Nicky Evrard

Nicky Evrard
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*
Years Team Apps (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 5 December 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]

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 the summer of 2023,[6] signing on a season's loan with Brighton & Hove Albion on loan for the 2023–24 season on 14 September 2024.[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 19 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 alongside Lisa Lichtfus then of Dijon and Diede Lemey who at the time played for Sassuolo.[12]

At the start of 2022, Evrard kept goal in Belgium's winning of the Pinatar Cup for the first time in Spain, beating Russia on penalties in the final after a 0-0 draw.[13]

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.[14][15]

Her hamstring injury at the end of 2023 meant Evrard did not play a single international for Belgium in 2024, recovering sufficiently to be substitute goalkeeper in Belgium's final games of their successful UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualification via the play-offs, and remained on the bench for both legs of the play-off final against Ukraine, with Lisa Lichtfus starting instead.[16][17]

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.[18]
Evrard is in a relationship with Belgian footballer Shari Van Belle.[19]

Honours

Belgium

References

  1. ^ "Al onze Red Flames" [All our Red Flames]. RBFA (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ "National Women's Team selection – Royal Belgian Football Association". www.belgianfootball.be. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Nicky Evrard (KAA Gent 2011–2017)". Facebook. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ Van Der Meulen, Eline. "Red Flame Nicky Evrard ruilt Gent voor Twente". HLN. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Nicky Evrard (KAA Gent Ladies) kiest voor Nederlands avontuur! (met video)". Nieuws. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Chelsea transfer news: Welcome to Chelsea, Nicky Evrard!". www.chelseafc.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Nicky Evrard joins Albion on loan from Chelsea". Brighton & Hove Albion. 14 September 2023. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Statement on Nicky Evrard injury". Chelsea F.C. 9 January 2024. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Nicky Evrard departs Chelsea". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  10. ^ "België 3 – 0 Oekraïne". Belgian Football. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  11. ^ "23 Belgian Red Flames in EK-selectie". Belgian Football. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  12. ^ UEFA.com (4 July 2022). "Women's EURO 2022 inside track: Belgium". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. ^ (in French) Les Red Flames remportent la Pinatar Cup face à la Russie, le tout premier trophée de leur histoire
  14. ^ "Tale of two penalties as Iceland rue miss from spot in Belgium draw". independent. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  15. ^ "France 2–1 Belgium: Women's Euro 2022, Group D – as it happened". the Guardian. 14 July 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Red Flames dansen, zingen en glunderen na EK-kwalificatie: "Zeer belangrijk voor ons vrouwenvoetbal"" [Red Flames dance, sing and beam after European Championship qualification: "Very important for our women's football"]. Sporza (in Dutch). 5 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Het EK is binnen! Red Flames klaren ook laatste klus tegen Oekraïne na knappe goal en assist van Tessa Wullaert" [The European Championship is here! Red Flames complete final task against Ukraine after a great goal and assist from Tessa Wullaert]. Sporza (in Dutch). 5 December 2024.
  18. ^ UEFA.com (22 July 2022). "Goalkeeper Evrard giving Belgium their bounce". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Ik blonk van trots". hln.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

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