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Full name | Nelson Zacharie M. Onana Alima | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Belgium | 1 March 2000||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Braxgata | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Belgium | 25 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Belgium U–21 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nelson Zacharie M. Onana Alima (born 1 March 2000)[1] is a field hockey player from Belgium, who plays as a forward.[2][3]
In the ION Hockey League, Onana represents the Braxgata first team.[4][5]
Onana has represented Belgium at both junior and senior level.[6][3]
In 2019 Onana made his debut for the Belgium U–21 team during an eight–nations tournament in Madrid, winning a bronze medal.[6]
He was a member of the junior team at the 2021 Men's FIH Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar.[7]
Prior to making his junior debut, Onana earned his first senior cap in a 2019 test match against Russia. He went on to appear in the team once more that year.[6]
Onana didn't represent the national team again until 2022, when he appeared in the season three of the FIH Pro League. He has since been named permanently in the national squad.[6][2]
He won his first medals with the national team in 2023, taking home bronze at the EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, as well as season four of the FIH Pro League.[8][9]