Daryna Apanashchenko


Daryna Apanashchenko is a Ukrainian footballer, who plays as a striker for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (women)|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv] 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. In a 2010 interview Apanashchenko stated that women's football was completely ignored in Ukraine at that time.
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 Women's Cup Final|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 against Ukraine, participation in attempts to legalize the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by Russian invaders".
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. She scored three goals in ten league matches of the 2021–22 season.

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.
She scored three goals in the 2009 qualifying|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.
By June 2019 Apanashchenko had amassed over 100 international appearances and more than 50 goals. 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 – but Ukraine were beaten 4–1 on aggregate.
She currently is her country's top goalscorer with 63 goals.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 June 2003Stadion Avanhard, Lutsk, Ukraine1–01–1UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
2.29 March 2004Stadion Avanhard, Uzhhorod, Ukraine1–12–2Friendly
3.7 March 2005Stadion Krymteplytsia, Ahrarne, Ukraine1–21–2Friendly
4.5 November 2005Stadion Lajkovac, Lajkovac, Serbia and Montenegro2–04–02007 [FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 1|2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification]
5.9 May 2007NTC Stadion, Senec, Slovakia3–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
6.28 May 2008McDiarmid Park, Perh, Scotland1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
8.22 June 2008Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
9.26 October 2008Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia1–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
10.26 October 2008Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
11.29 October 2008Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine1–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
12.26 August 2009Finnair Stadium, Helsinki, Finland1–11–2UEFA Women's Euro 2009
13.25 October 2009Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine2–07–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
14.25 October 2009Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine5–07–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
15.20 May 2010Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine1–04–22011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
16.20 May 2010Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine2–04–22011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
17.19 June 2010Bosnia and Herzegovina1–05–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
18.19 June 2010Bosnia and Herzegovina3–05–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.21 August 2010Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine1–03–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
20.21 August 2010Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine3–13–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
21.25 August 2010Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine2–13–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
22.25 August 2010Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine3–13–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
23.18 May 2011Russian Federation1–12–2Friendly
24.18 September 2011A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia2–04–1UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
25.18 September 2011A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia3–04–1UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
26.5 April 2012Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine1–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
27.5 April 2012Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine2–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
28.5 April 2012Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine5–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
29.23 May 2012Hungary1–04–0Friendly
30.15 September 2012Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus1–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
31.15 September 2012Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus2–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
32.25 October 2012Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland2–22–3UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
33.14 June 2014Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine4–07–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
34.2 August 2014Training Complex imeni Bannikova, Kyiv, Ukraine2–08–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
35.20 August 2014Traktor Stadium, Minsk, Belarus2–13–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
36.25 October 2014Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti, Italy1–11–22015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
37.19 September 2015Portugal1–01–1Friendly
38.21 September 2015Portugal1–02–0Friendly
39.4 March 2016Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania1–04–0UEFA [Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 3|UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying]
40.8 March 2016Acharnes Stadium, Athens, Greece1–03–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
41.8 April 2016Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine1–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
42.8 April 2016Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine2–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
43.7 June 2016Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine1–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
44.15 September 2017Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine1–01–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
45.24 November 2017Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros, Hungary1–01–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
46.2 March 2018Side, Turkey1–02–02018 Turkish Women's Cup
47.4 March 2018Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey3–13–12018 Turkish Women's Cup
48.12 June 2018Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine1–01–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
49.4 September 2018Ternopilsky Misky Stadion, Ternopil, Ukraine2–02–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
50.9 November 2018Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey1–04–1Friendly
51.12 November 20184–04–0Friendly
52.26 February 2019Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb, Croatia2–04–02019 Istria Cup
53.2 March 2019Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb, Croatia1–11–32019 Istria Cup
54.4 March 2019Igralište Lučkog, Zagreb, Croatia1–01–02019 Istria Cup
55.11 November 20192–04–0Friendly
56.7 March 2020Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain2–04–02020 Pinatar Cup
57.7 March 2020Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain3–04–02020 Pinatar Cup
58.18 September 2020DG Arena, Podgorica, Montenegro1–03–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
59.22 September 2020Obolon Arena, Kyiv, Ukraine4–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
60.23 February 2021Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey2–23–22021 Turkish Women's Cup
61.23 February 2021Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey3–23–22021 Turkish Women's Cup
62.9 April 2021Stadion Kolos, Kovalivka, Ukraine1–11–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
63.30 November 2021Várkerti Stadion, Kisvárda, Hungary1–32–42023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
64.19 February 2022Gold City Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey2–02–02022 Turkish Women's Cup
65.31 October 2023Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece1–01–02023–24 [UEFA Women's Nations League B|2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League]
66.12 July 2024Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo1–04–0UEFA [Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B|UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying]
67.29 October 2024Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova1–01–1UEFA Women's [Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs]

Honours

;Lehenda Chernihiv
;Zvezda Perm
;Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
Individual