Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nicolas akatanga kutamba nechikwata chenyika yeFrance muna 1995. Kusvikira pamudyandigere wake kubva kuchikwata chenyika muna 2008 (mushure meMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha), Valérie Nicolas akatamba mitambo 234 yenyika. Muna 1997 akapedza ari 10th paWorld Championship. Akakunda menduru yesirivha pa1999 World Championship, mushure memutambo wekupedzisira pakati peFrance neNorway muLillehammer, iyo yaida nguva mbiri dzekuwedzera kuputsa tie, ichipera 25-24 kuNorway. Muna 2000, akapedza ari 6th paOlympics muSydney, uye 5th paEuropean Championship. Akapedza wechishanu pa2001 World Championship nechikwata cheFrance, uye akahwina menduru yebronze pa2002 European Women's Handball Championship. Akakunda menduru yegoridhe nechikwata cheFrance pa2003 World Championship, uye akavhotwa Most Valuable Player uye All-Star Team goalkeeper pamakwikwi. Mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya2004 muAthens akapedza ari wechina nechikwata chenyika. Akapedza ari 12th pa2005 World Championship muRussia, uye akahwina menduru yebronze pa2006 European Women's Handball Championship. Pa
2007 World Championship muFrance, apo chikwata French akaisa rechishanu, ake kuita akanga kuzivikanwa zvakare, uye akasarudzwa nhengo All-Star Team pamwe naye Ikast chikwata Gro Hammerseng uye Katja Nyberg. Akakwikwidza kumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing, uko timu yeFrance yakapedza yechishanu, uye akaisa chikamu chechipiri pane runyorwa rweTop Goalkeepers aine 40% yekuponesa mwero.