Lenie Onzia (born 30 May 1989) is a former Belgian

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. She played professionally in

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and

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Club career

She played for

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and

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

in the

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and

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's reserves. She was a member of

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in the renewed

Belgian Women's Super League The Belgian Women's Super League (Dutch: Super League ''Vrouwenvoetbal/Belgisch Vrouwenvoetbal Kampioenschap''; French: ''Superligue/Championnat de Belgique féminin de football''; German: ''Superliga/Belgische Frauenfußballmeisterschaft'') is t ...

for the 2020-2022 seasons, ending both seasons as vice-champions behind

RSC Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, commonly abbreviated to RSC Anderlecht (, , ) or RSCA (, , ), is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Div ...

. Onzia played her last game for OHL on 7 May 2022, during a 5-2 victory over

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where she scored the 3rd OHL goal.

International career

Onzia was a member of the Belgium U-17 and U-19 squads. She made her first appearance for the Red Flames on 6 September 2006, against Scotland. She was also a member of the Euro 2017 squad. She made the preliminary squad list for the women's EURO 2022 championship.

Managerial career

At the start of 2022, Onzia helped Belgium win the

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in Spain for the first time, beating

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on penalties in the final after a 0-0 draw. After missing out on the EURO 2022 finals, Onzia ended her active playing career and joined the Belgian squad as a staff member for the rest of the tournament. She subsequently joined the Belgium U-23 staff as assistant coach.

Career statistics

International

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* 1989 births Living people Belgian women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in England Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Women's association football midfielders Arsenal W.F.C. players FC Twente (women) players VVV-Venlo (women) players Eredivisie (women) players Belgium women's international footballers Footballers from Antwerp Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England RSC Anderlecht (women) players Lierse SK (women) players Oud-Heverlee Leuven (women) players K.A.A. Gent (women) players BeNe League players Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 21st-century Belgian sportswomen {{Belgium-women-footy-bio-stub