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Yana Daniëls
Daniëls playing for Belgium in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 32)
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)
*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

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Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2008–2010

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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

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Daniëls left OH Leuven and joined Sint-Truidense, scoring 4 times in 12 regular season appearances.[1]

Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2011–2012

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Daniëls returned to OH Leuven for one season where she scored 8 goals in 22 league appearances.

Lierse SK, 2012–2014

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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

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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

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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

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In June 2017, Daniëls joined FA WSL 1 club Bristol City.[3][4]

Liverpool FC, 2018–2019

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In July 2018, Daniëls left Bristol City to join Liverpool.[5][6]

Bristol City, 2019–2021

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A year after leaving, Daniëls re-signed with Bristol City in July 2019.[citation needed]

Liverpool FC, 2021–present

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On 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]

Honours

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FC Twente

Winner

Runners-up

Lierse SK

Runners-up

References

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  1. ^ "BELGIUM ST-TRUIDEN SOCCER WOMEN BELGIUM VS NORWAY". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ Mahieu, Maryan (12 December 2016). "Ook Yana Daniëls tekent voor RSC Anderlecht!" [Also Yana Daniëls signs for RSC Anderlecht] (in Dutch). vrouwenvoetbal.be.
  3. ^ "Yana Daniels: Bristol City Women sign Belgium striker from Anderlecht". BBC Sport. 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Bristol City Women sign Belgian striker Yana Daniëls from Anderlecht". Womens Soccer United.com. 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Yana Daniels: Liverpool Ladies sign Bristol City Women forward". BBC Sport. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Ladies sign Belgium international Yana Daniels". 4 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. ^ Kelly, Andy (23 June 2021). "Yana Daniels seals return to Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool.
  8. ^ "Yana Daniels". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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