Nelson_Onana
Nelson Onana
Belgian field hockey player
Nelson Zacharie M. Onana Alima (born 1 March 2000)[1] is a field hockey player from Belgium, who plays as a forward.[2][3]
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| Full name | Nelson Zacharie M. Onana Alima | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24) Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Braxgata | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Belgium | 25 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Belgium U–21 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Domestic league
In the ION Hockey League, Onana represents the Braxgata first team.[4][5]
National teams
Onana has represented Belgium at both junior and senior level.[6][3]
Under–21
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]
Red Lions
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. Now he is a basis player in the belgian red lios.[8][9]
- "Team Details – Belgium". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- "RED LIONS". hockey.be (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Hockey Association. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- "ONANA Nelson". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- "NELSON ONANA". ionhockeyleague.be. ION Hockey League. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- "ONANA Nelson". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- "ONANA NELSON". juniorworldcup.hockey. FIH Junior World Cup. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- "Red Lions roar their way to men's EuroHockey bronze". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- "Nelson Onana, attaquant des Red Lions : "Si les jeunes peuvent briller, c'est grâce aux vieux qui les soutiennent"". rtbf.be. RTBF. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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