Nicky Evrard (born 26 May 1995) is a Belgian

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who plays as a

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for OH Leuven and the Belgium women's national team.

Club career

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

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. In the 2016–17 season, she won the Cup of Belgium with AA Gent. On 17 May 2017, Evrard announced that she would be joining

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International career

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

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. Evrard was also part of the team who represented Belgium at the

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. 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. Evrard was the first-choice goalkeeper for Belgium's

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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

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she faced in the group stages, one each against

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Personal life

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.
Evrard lives in a same-sex relationship with Belgian footballer

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References

External links

Player's Profile at UEFA
* * 1995 births Living people Women's association football goalkeepers Belgian women's footballers Footballers from East Flanders People from Zottegem Belgium women's international footballers BeNe League players Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players K.A.A. Gent (women) players Eredivisie (women) players FC Twente (women) players Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate women's footballers in Spain UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Belgian lesbians Belgium LGBT sportspeople LGBT association football players Lesbian sportswomen 21st-century Belgian LGBT people {{Belgium-women-footy-bio-stub