Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nicolas akaita kutanga kwake muchikwata 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. Pamutambo Wenyika wa2007
MuFrance, uko chikwata cheFrance chakaiswa chechishanu, kuita kwake kwakazivikanwa zvakare, uye akasarudzwa kuve nhengo yeAll-Star Team pamwe chete nevamwe vake veIkast Gro Hammerseng naKatja Nyberg. Akakwikwidza kumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing, uko timu yeFrance yakapedza yechishanu, uye akaisa chikamu chechipiri pane runyorwa rweTop Goalkeepers aine 40% yekuponesa mwero.