Earvin N'Gapeth

His father Éric, from Cameroon, is a former volleyball player who represented France in the 1980s.

His father named him after Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

Growing up, he played youth football alongside current Paris Saint-Germain defender Layvin Kurzawa when the pair lived in Fréjus.

N'Gapeth is a model and brand ambassador for Adidas.

Earvin N'Gapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French professional volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Italian club Modena Volley, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League (2015 and 2017), French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016), and Olympic Champion (2020).

In season 2008–09, N'Gapeth debuted into professional volleyball, hired by Tours VB, where he stayed for three seasons and winner Pro A League.

On October 7, 2010, N'Gapeth was expelled from the national team on disciplinary grounds during the World Championship held in Italy.

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.

He came back to the national team at the European Championship 2011.

In December 2014, N'Gapeth was sentenced to three months suspended imprisonment by the Criminal Court of Montpellier for a fight in a nightclub in the city a few months earlier.

With Modena, he won the 2014-15 Italian Cup and the 2015-16 Italian Championship, Italian Cup, and Italian Supercup.

In 2014, he played at the World Championship 2014 held in Poland.

France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place.

In July 2015, he was arrested and heard in an open hearing by the police following the assault of a TGV train ticket inspector in the Paris-Montparnasse train station.

In the season 2015-16 he won his second Italian Supercup.

After four years in Modena, N'Gapeth joined Zenit Kazan with a two-year contract.

He was one of the key players in the 2015 World League championship campaign.

On October 18, 2015, the French national team, including N'Gapeth, won the title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).

In 2017, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the FIVB World League and was a gold medalist with France.

In December 2019, he was arrested in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, accused of sexual harassment for slapping a woman's behind without her permission.