Daryna Apanashchenko

Daryna Apanashchenko
in 2012
Personal information
Full name Daryna Apanaschenko
Date of birth (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ankara BB Fomget GSK
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 WFC Kyivska Rus Kyiv 6 (0)
2001–2003 WFC Lehenda Chernihiv 29 (18)
2004 Energiya Voronezh
2004 Ryazan VDV
2009–2017 Zvezda Perm 93 (36)
2017–2021 Zhytlobud-1 18 (10)
2022– Ankara BB Fomget GS 16 (16)
International career‡
2002– Ukraine 153 (67)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 Novembery 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2024

Daryna Apanashchenko (Ukrainian: Дарина Олександрівна Апанащенко; born 16 May 1986) is a Ukrainian footballer, who plays as a striker for Ankara BB Fomget GSK and the Ukraine women's national football team. For 14 years she played in Russia for Russian Women's Football Championship teams Energiya Voronezh, Ryazan VDV, and Zvezda Perm.

Club career

Apanashchenko started her career at the capital team Kyivska Rus when she was 15 years old in 2001.[1] In a 2010 interview Apanashchenko stated that women's football was completely ignored in Ukraine at that time.[1]

In the 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup semi-final second leg at Umeå she scored two goals that sealed Zvezda's surprising qualification for the final. She also scored Zvezda's only goal in the two-legged final.

In 2016 Apanashchenko appeared on Myrotvorets for "deliberate violation of the State border of Ukraine in order to penetrate into the Crimea occupied by Russian invaders, participation in propaganda activities of Russia (the aggressor country) against Ukraine, participation in attempts to legalize the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by Russian invaders".[2]

In March 2022, she moved to Turkey and joined Ankara-based club Fomget FSK to play in the second half of the 2021-22 Women's Super League.[3] She scored three goals in ten league matches of the 2021–22 season.[4]

International career

Apanashchenko won her first cap for the Ukraine national team on 12 May 2002, as an 88th-minute substitute in a 1–1 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) draw with Norway in Boryspil.[5]

She scored three goals in the qualifying stage for UEFA Women's Euro 2009, including winners against Denmark and Scotland, and contributed further to Ukraine's qualification for the tournament scoring three more goals in the play-off against Slovenia. In the final tournament she scored again against Denmark, but that time it was not enough to win the match. In 2013 she was appointed national team captain.[6]

By June 2019 Apanashchenko had amassed over 100 international appearances and more than 50 goals.[5] In April 2021, she scored in Ukraine's UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs tie against Northern Ireland – her 61st goal in her 122nd appearance[7] – but Ukraine were beaten 4–1 on aggregate.

She currently is her country's top goalscorer with 63 goals.

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
23. 9 May 2007 NTC Stadion, Senec, Slovakia  Slovakia 3–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
24. 28 May 2008 McDiarmid Park, Perh, Scotland  Scotland 1–0 1–0
25. 22 June 2008 Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv, Ukraine  Denmark 1–0 1–0
26. 26 October 2008 Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia  Slovenia 1–0 3–0
27. 2–0
28. 29 October 2008 Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv, Ukraine  Slovenia 1–0 2–0
29. 26 August 2009 Finnair Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Denmark 1–1 1–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2009
30. 25 August 2010 Stadion Yuri Gagarin, Chernihiv, Ukraine  Poland 2–1 3–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
31. 3–1
32. 18 September 2011 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 2–0 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
33. 3–0
34. 5 April 2012 Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine  Estonia 1–0 5–0
35. 2–0
36. 5–0
37. 15 September 2012 Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus  Belarus 1–0 5–0
38. 2–0
39. 25 October 2012 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 2–2 2–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
40. 20 August 2014 Traktor Stadium, Minsk, Belarus  Belarus 2–1 3–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
41. 25 October 2014 Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti, Italy  Italy 1–1 1–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
42. 4 March 2016 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania  Albania 1–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
43. 8 March 2016 Acharnes Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece 1–0 3–1
44. 8 April 2016 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine  Albania 1–0 2–0
45. 2–0
46. 7 June 2016  Greece 1–0 2–0
47. 15 September 2017 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine  Croatia 1–0 1–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
48. 24 November 2017 Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros, Hungary  Hungary 1–0 1–0
49. 2 March 2018 Side, Turkey  Kosovo 1–0 2–0 2018 Turkish Women's Cup
50. 4 March 2018 Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey  Northern Ireland 3–1 3–1
51. 12 June 2018 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine  Sweden 1–0 1–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
52. 4 September 2018 Ternopilsky Misky Stadion, Ternopil, Ukraine  Hungary 2–0 2–0
53. 9 November 2018 Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey  Kosovo 1–0 4–1 Friendly
54. 26 February 2019 Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb, Croatia  Croatia 2–0 4–0 2019 Istria Cup
55. 2 March 2019  Slovenia 1–1 1–3
56. 4 March 2019 Igralište Lučkog, Zagreb, Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 1–0
57. 7 March 2020 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain  Northern Ireland 2–0 4–0 2020 Pinatar Cup
58. 3–0
59. 18 September 2020 DG Arena, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 1–0 3–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
60. 22 September 2020 Obolon Arena, Kyiv, Ukraine  Greece 4–0 4–0
61. 23 February 2021 Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey  India 2–2 3–2 2021 Turkish Women's Cup
62. 3–2
63. 9 April 2021 Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka, Ukraine  Northern Ireland 1–1 1–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
64. 30 November 2021 Várkerti Stadion, Kisvárda, Hungary  Hungary 1–3 2–4 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
65. 19 February 2022 Gold City Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey  Uzbekistan 2–0 2–0 2022 Turkish Women's Cup
66. 31 October 2023 Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece  Greece 1–0 1–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
67. 12 July 2024 Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo  Kosovo 1–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
68. 29 October 2024 Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova  Turkey 1–0 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

Honours

Lehenda Chernihiv
Zvezda Perm
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Nikolai Kizilov. Daria Apanashchenko: "We have everything that men do" (Дарья АПАНАЩЕНКО: "У нас все, как у мужчин"). Sport.ua (Komanda magazine). 2 September 2010
  2. ^ Апанащенко Дарья Александровна / Апанащенко Дар'я Олександрівна / Apanashhenko Darya Aleksandrovna. myrotvorets.center
  3. ^ "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi - Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi Fomget G.S.K. 2-0 Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Daria Apanashchenko" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "#МиЗбірна. Рекордсмени збірно Дар'я Апанащенкої України: 100 матчів". Women's Football UAF. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. ^ "ТОП-10. Дарья Апанащенко сыграла за сборную 100 матчей!" (in Ukrainian). WFPL.com.ua. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  7. ^ Hanna, Gareth (9 April 2021). "Northern Ireland earn greatest result as Rachel Furness and Simone Magill strike to beat Ukraine in first leg of Women's Euro 2022 play-off". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Дар'я Апанащенко вшосте стає найкращою в Україні - Жіночий футбол України". www.womensfootball.com.ua. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Дарія Апанащенко - кращий гравець України 2017 - Жіночий футбол України". www.womensfootball.com.ua. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Дар'я Апанащенко - найкращий гравець Чемпіонату України 2018 - Жіночий футбол України". www.womensfootball.com.ua. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018.