Nicky Evrard

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Nicky Evrard
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Nicky Evrard in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Zottegem, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 PSV
Youth career
Racing Strijpen
SK Munkzwalm
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 AA Gent 51 (0)
2016–2019 FC Twente 42 (0)
2019–2020 Sporting Huelva 0 (0)
2020–2022 Gent 55 (0)
2022–2023 OH Leuven 30 (0)
2023–2024 Chelsea 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 1 (0)
2024– PSV 0 (0)
International career‡
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 69 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024 [1]

Nicky Evrard (born 26 May 1995) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for PSV and the Belgium women's national team. [2]

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Club career

Evrard started her career at RC Strijpen boy's teams. She was coached by Stefan Van de Voorde, a legendary coach at Eendracht Elene-Grotenberge. 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. [3] On 17 May 2017, Evrard announced that she would be joining FC Twente. [4] [5]

Evrard joined Women's Super League club Chelsea in 2023 Summer. [6]

On 14 September 2023, Evrard signed for Brighton & Hove Albion on loan for the 2023–24 season. [7] She returned to Chelsea on 9 January 2024 after suffering a long-term hamstring injury. [8]

Chelsea confirmed Evrard's departure for PSV on 19th July 2024. [9]

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 Ukraine. [10] Evrard was also part of the team who represented Belgium at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. [11] 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. [12]

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. [13] [14]

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. [15]
Evrard is in a relationship with Belgian footballer Shari Van Belle. [16]

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References

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