Yana Daniëls
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 Daniëls playing for Belgium in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 46 | (7) |
| 2010–2011 | Sint-Truidense V.V. (women) | 12 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 22 | (8) |
| 2012–2014 | Lierse SK | 48 | (10) |
| 2014–2015 | FC Twente | 18 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | RSC Anderlecht | 7 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Bristol City | 17 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Liverpool | 15 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Bristol City | 37 | (3) |
| 2021– | Liverpool | 35 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Belgium U-17 | 9 | (4) |
| 2008–2011 | Belgium U-19 | 11 | (3) |
| 2011– | Belgium | 45 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 February 2022 | |||
Yana Daniëls (born 8 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liverpool in the Women's Super League and for the Belgium national team.
Club career[edit]
Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2008–2010[edit]
Daniëls started her club career at Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2008–2010 where she originally scored 7 goals in 46 games.
Sint-Truidense V.V. (women), 2010–2011[edit]
Daniëls left OH Leuven and joined Sint-Truidense, scoring 4 times in 12 regular season appearances.[1]
Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2011–2012[edit]
Daniëls returned to OH Leuven for one season where she scored 8 goals in 22 league appearances.
Lierse SK, 2012–2014[edit]
Daniëls joined Lierse SK from OH Leuven ahead of the 2012 season. She went on to score 10 goals in 48 league appearances.
FC Twente, 2014–2015[edit]
Daniëls then moved to FC Twenty where she scored seven goals in 18 appearances. She also got the opportunity to play Champions league football. She unfortunately suffered a serious injury during the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup.
RSC Anderlecht, 2015–2017[edit]
After recovering from a serious injury sustained at the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup, Daniëls signed a short-term contract with RSC Anderlecht. After success she re-signed with the club in December 2016.[2]
Bristol City, 2017–2018[edit]
In June 2017, Daniëls joined FA WSL 1 club Bristol City.[3][4]
Liverpool FC, 2018–2019[edit]
In July 2018, Daniëls left Bristol City to join Liverpool.[5][6]
Bristol City, 2019–2021[edit]
A year after leaving, Daniëls re-signed with Bristol City in July 2019.[citation needed]
Liverpool FC, 2021–present[edit]
On 23 June 2021 it was announced that Daniëls re-signed with Liverpool after a two-year stint with Bristol City.[7]
International career[edit]
Daniëls has represented Belgium at youth level, scoring 4 goals in 9 appearances for Belgium under-17 and scoring 3 goals in 11 appearances for Belgium under-19. She has also represented Belgium's senior team more than 30 times and represented them during the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship.[8]
Honours[edit]
- FC Twente
Winner
- KNVB Women's Cup: 2014–15
Runners-up
- Lierse SK
Runners-up
- Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13
References[edit]
- ^ "BELGIUM ST-TRUIDEN SOCCER WOMEN BELGIUM VS NORWAY". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Mahieu, Maryan (12 December 2016). "Ook Yana Daniëls tekent voor RSC Anderlecht!" [Also Yana Daniëls signs for RSC Anderlecht] (in Dutch). vrouwenvoetbal.be.
- ^ "Yana Daniels: Bristol City Women sign Belgium striker from Anderlecht". BBC Sport. 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Bristol City Women sign Belgian striker Yana Daniëls from Anderlecht". Womens Soccer United.com. 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Yana Daniels: Liverpool Ladies sign Bristol City Women forward". BBC Sport. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Ladies sign Belgium international Yana Daniels". 4 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Kelly, Andy (23 June 2021). "Yana Daniels seals return to Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool.
- ^ "Yana Daniels". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
External links[edit]
- Yana Daniëls at Liverpool F.C. Women
- Yana Daniëls at UEFA
- Yana Daniëls at the Belgian Football Association
- Yana Daniëls at FBref.com
- Yana Daniëls at Soccerdonna (in German)
- Yana Daniëls at Soccerway.com
- Yana Daniëls at WorldFootball.net
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Belgian women's footballers
- Belgium women's international footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven (women) players
- FC Twente (women) players
- Bristol City W.F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. Women players
- Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands
- Eredivisie (women) players
- Women's Super League players
- Women's association football forwards
- Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players
- RSC Anderlecht (women) players
- UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands