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.
 Daniëls with Liverpool in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Knesselare, 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 | 48 | (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 | |||
Club career
editOud-Heverlee Leuven, 2008–2010
editDaniëls 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
editDaniëls left OH Leuven and joined Sint-Truidense, scoring 4 times in 12 regular season appearances.[1]
Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2011–2012
editDaniëls returned to OH Leuven for one season where she scored 8 goals in 22 league appearances.
Lierse SK, 2012–2014
editDaniëls 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
editDaniëls 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
editAfter 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
editIn June 2017, Daniëls joined FA WSL 1 club Bristol City.[3][4]
Liverpool FC, 2018–2019
editIn July 2018, Daniëls left Bristol City to join Liverpool.[5][6]
Bristol City, 2019–2021
editA year after leaving, Daniëls re-signed with Bristol City in July 2019.[citation needed]
Liverpool FC, 2021–present
editOn 23 June 2021 it was announced that Daniëls re-signed with Liverpool after a two-year stint with Bristol City.[7]
International career
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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]
At the start of 2022, Daniels helped Belgium win the Pinatar Cup in Spain for the first time, beating Russia on penalties in the final after a 0-0 draw.[9]
Honours
edit- FC Twente
Winner
- KNVB Women's Cup: 2014–15
Runners-up
- Lierse SK
Runners-up
- Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13
Belgium
References
edit- ^ "BELGIUM ST-TRUIDEN SOCCER WOMEN BELGIUM VS NORWAY". Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Yana Daniels: Bristol City Women sign Belgium striker from Anderlecht". BBC Sport. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Bristol City Women sign Belgian striker Yana Daniëls from Anderlecht". Womens Soccer United.com. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Yana Daniels: Liverpool Ladies sign Bristol City Women forward". BBC Sport. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 October 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. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ (in French) Les Red Flames remportent la Pinatar Cup face à la Russie, le tout premier trophée de leur histoire Archived 9 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Yana Daniëls at Liverpool F.C. Women
- Yana Daniëls at Soccerway.com
- Yana Daniëls at WorldFootball.net
- Yana Daniëls at FBref.com
- Yana Daniëls at the Belgian Football Association
