Earvin Ngapeth, Franco-Cameroonian Volleyball international, plays his last match in Poitiers this Friday, December 27. Arriving in September, the receiver-attacker will only have had a brief stint in this club to which he is so attached and in his city, Poitiers. The Alterna Stade Poitevin expects 5,000 people this evening to attend the match.
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The Poitou parenthesis was short-lived. After a final match in the colors of Alterna Stade Poitevin this Friday, December 27, Earvin Ngapeth will fly to Turkey as he suggested when he signed for the new season. Indeed, his one-season contract included a departure clause in January. The announcement of his return to Poitiers, his territory, was already a surprise on September 19. However, during the team presentation, he showed his satisfaction.
For the 33-year-old who chose the number 86 in homage to the department of Vienne, it was, at the time, a return home. A symbol also since his father, Eric, coached the club between 1998 and 2000, even allowing it to reach the title of champion of France.
For its part, the City had also welcomed the athlete with open arms, after a first spotlight in June during the passage of the Olympic flame where the public came in numbers to cheer him.
In parallel with his club, Earvin Ngapeth also plays as a receiver-attacker with the France team. A collective with which he won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Repeated twice at home this time at the Paris Olympics this summerwhere for the second time in his career, he became Olympic champion with the blues.
On this occasion, the International Volleyball Federation named him best player of the Games tournament in 2021 and 2024. The Poitevins were waiting for him at the station to celebrate their player.
The volleyball player, a native of the country, was eagerly awaited during the passage of the Olympic torch relay in Vienna.
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This Friday evening, it is at the Arena that he will bow out under the colors of the Poitevin stadium, in front of more than 5,000 spectators. As he told his supporters on the social network Instagram on November 29, he is sure that this meeting “will be a volleyball festival in Poitiers.”
His last match already appears as a nod to the volleyball player's career. The Poitevins will face Tours from 7 p.m. A derby against the club which saw the Olympic champion debut.
