Elena Yurievna Danilova is a former

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who played for

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. At 16 she took part in the 2003 World Cup. She scored Russia's last goal in the tournament, in the quarterfinals against eventual champions

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. Two years later she led with 9 goals the Under-19 NT in Russia's first international women's football triumph, the 2005 U-19 Euro. Danilova was named the competition's MVP. The following year she was included in the 2006 U-20 World Cup All-Star Team. She was also the top scorer of the 2006 U-19 Euro. Danilova missed the 2008 season and the 2009 Euro qualifying because of a knee injury she suffered during a move to WPSL's

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, but she recovered in time for the tournament and took part in Russia's three games. She scored five goals in the 2011 World Cup qualifying, four of them against

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International goals

Honours

;Club ;Energiya Voronezh * Russian Women's Football Championship, Russian Women's Championship: Winner 2002, 2003 ;F.C. Indiana *

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: Winner

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;Rossiyanka *

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: Winner 2009 ;Ryazan VDV * Russian Women's Football Championship, Russian Women's Championship: Winner 2013, 2017 *

: Winner 2014 ;Rusia National team (U19) *

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: Winner

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;Individual *

: Best Player

: Topscorer

(9 goals) * Russian League top scorer: 2013, 2017, 2018

References

1987 births Living people Russian women's footballers People from Voronezh Russia women's international footballers 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players FC Energy Voronezh players Ryazan-VDV players WFC Rossiyanka players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Women's association football forwards F.C. Indiana players Russian Women's Football Championship players Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Women's Premier Soccer League players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Russia-women-footy-bio-stub