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Yana Daniëls
	Daniëls with Liverpool in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2008–2010	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2010–2011	Sint-Truidense V.V. (women)
2011–2012	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2012–2014	Lierse SK
2014–2015	FC Twente
2015–2017	RSC Anderlecht
2017–2018	Bristol City
2018–2019	Liverpool
2019–2021	Bristol City
2021–	Liverpool
International career‡
2007–2008	Belgium U-17
2008–2011	Belgium U-19
2011–	Belgium
	*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

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]

Liverpool FC, 2018–2019

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

Bristol City, 2019–2021

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

Liverpool FC, 2021–present

On 23 June 2021 it was announced that Daniëls re-signed with Liverpool after a two-year stint with Bristol City.^[7]

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.^[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

FC Twente

Winner

KNVB Women's Cup: 2014–15

Runners-up

BeNe League: 2014–15

Lierse SK