Yana Daniëls
Yana Daniëls (born 8 May 1992) is a Belgian football striker currently playing for Bristol City in the FA Women's Super League and for the Belgium national team.
Daniëls playing for Belgium in April 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yana Daniëls | ||
Date of birth | 8 May 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Belgium | ||
Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Bristol City | ||
Number | 10 | ||
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– | Bristol City | 11 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2008 | Belgium U-17 | 9 | (4) |
2008–2011 | Belgium U-19 | 11 | (3) |
2011– | Belgium | 44 | (7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2019 |
Club career
Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2008–2010
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
Daniëls left OH Leuven and joined Sint-Truidense, scoring 4 times in 12 regular season appearances.[1]
Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2011–2012
Daniëls returned to OH Leuven for one season where she scored 8 goals in 22 league appearances.
Lierse SK, 2012–2014
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
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
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
In June 2017, Daniëls joined FA WSL 1 club Bristol City.[3][4]
Bristol City, 2019–
A year after leaving, Daniëls re-signed with Bristol City in July 2019.
International career
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.[7]
Honours
- FC Twente
Winner
- KNVB Women's Cup: 2014–15
Runners-up
- Lierse SK
Runners-up
- Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13
References
- "BELGIUM ST-TRUIDEN SOCCER WOMEN BELGIUM VS NORWAY". Retrieved May 27, 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. 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- "Ladies sign Belgium international Yana Daniels". 2018-07-04. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- "Yana Daniels". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2017.