20 Times Earvin N'Gapeth Shocked the World !!! Earvin N'Gapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Iranian club Paykan Tehran VC, 2015 European Champion, gold medalist of the World League (2015 and 2017), French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016) and Olympic Champion (2020).
In season 2008-09 he debuted into professional volleyball, hired by Tours VB, where he stayed for three seasons and winner Pro A League. In season 2011-12 he was hired in the Italian team of Cuneo Piemonte in Series A1 League, where he remained for two seasons. With the team, he reached the final of the CEV Europe League. N'gapeth in the next year moved to Kuzbass Kemerovo, a club playing in Super League; however, during the season he abandoned the team and returned to Italy, wearing the shirt of Modena in the Serie A1. With Modena, he won the 2014-15 Italian Cup and the 2015-16 Italian Championship, Italian Cup, and Italian Supercup. In the season 2015-16 he won his second Italian Supercup.[5][6] Ngapeth after four years in Modena joined Zenit Kazan with a two-year contract.
National team
On October 7, 2010 he was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during World Championship held in Italy.[9] He came back to national team at European Championship 2011. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in Poland. France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place.[10] He was one of the key players in the 2015 World League championship campaign. On October 18, 2015 French national team, including N'Gapeth, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3-0 with Slovenia in the finale).[11][12] Ngapeth for the second time in a year 2017, selected Most Valuable Player of FIVB World League and winner gold medalist with France.
2015/2016 Simple gold cup.svg Italian SuperCup, with DHL Modena
2015/2016 Simple gold cup.svg Italian Cup, with DHL Modena
2015/2016 Gold medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with DHL Modena
2016/2017 Simple gold cup.svg Italian SuperCup, with DHL Modena
National team
2020 Gold medal with cup.svg Olympic Games
Youth national team
2007 Gold medal europe.svg CEV U19 European Championship
2008 Gold medal europe.svg CEV U20 European Championship
2009 Gold medal europe.svg CEV U19 European Championship
Individual awards
2017: FIVB World League - Most Valuable Player
2021: Olympic Games Tokyo - Most Valuable Player and Best Outside Spiker
2022: Asian Club Championship - Best Outside Spiker
2022: FIVB Nations League - Most Valuable Player and Best Outside Spiker
Personal information
Nationality France French
Born 12 February 1991 (age 32)
Saint-Raphaël, France
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Spike 358 cm (141 in)
Block 327 cm (129 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Iran Paykan Tehran VC
Number 9
Career
Teams
France Tours VB
Italy Piemonte Volley
Russia Kuzbass Kemerovo
Italy Modena Volley
Russia Zenit Kazan
Italy Modena Volley
Iran Paykan Tehran VC
National team
2010- France
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