Nicky Evrard (born 26 May 1995) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for OH Leuven and the Belgium women's national team.[1]
![]() Evrard in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Zottegem, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | OH Leuven | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Racing Strijpen | |||
SK Munkzwalm | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | AA Gent | 50 | (0) |
2017–2019 | FC Twente | 42 | (0) |
2019 | Sporting Huelva | 0 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Gent | 55 | (0) |
2022- | OH Leuven | 6 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Belgium U17 | 15 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Belgium U19 | 6 | (0) |
2014 | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
2013– | Belgium | 58 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2022 |
Evrard started her career at Racing Strijpen and SK Munkzwalm boys teams. In the 2011–12 season, she signed with Cercle Melle. In 2012, the team change its name to AA Gent. In the 2016–17 season, she won the Cup of Belgium with AA Gent.[2] On 17 May 2017, Evrard announced that she would be joining FC Twente.[3][4]
From 2009 to April 2013, Evrard was part of several Belgium's youth teams. On 2 June 2013, she played for Belgium senior team for the first time in a friendly match against Ukraine.[5] Evrard was also part of the team who represented Belgium at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[6] Evrard was in the national team in 2022. The other two goalkeepers in the national team were Lisa Lichtfus who plays for Dijon and Diede Lemey who at the time played for Sassuolo.[7]
Evrard was the first-choice goalkeeper for Belgium's UEFA Women's Euro 2022 campaign in England. She was vital to their progression to the quarter-finals despite not being amongst the heavy favourites in their group, and saved both penalties she faced in the group stages, one each against Iceland and France.[8][9]
Like many of her Belgium teammates, Evrard is semi-professional and when she is not playing football, she is an entrepreneur with her own business renting out bouncy castles.[10]
Evrard lives in a same-sex relationship with Belgian footballer Shari Van Belle.[11]
Belgium squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 | ||
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Belgium squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 | ||
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