Danielle Monique Etienne (born 16 January 2001) is a
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Southern Conference
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team
The Citadel Bulldogs
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. Born in the United States, she represents
Haiti
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at international level.
International career
Etienne represented the Haitian National Team at various levels. Etienne competed at the
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
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in Nicaragua, the
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
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in Trinidad and Tobago, the
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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in France, the
2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
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in the United States and the
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
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in the Dominican Republic. She made a senior appearance debut on October 3, 2019, vs. Suriname. Danielle scored her first goal for the senior women's team in Haiti's historic 21–0 win over the British Virgin Islands in 2023 World Cup Qualifiers. In February 2023, Etienne was called up to the senior team that again made history defeating Senegal and Chile in playoff matches in New Zealand securing their first ever appearance in the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup Finals. Etienne competed in the
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
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making an appearance against China in a 1-0 loss in the group stage.
International goals
Personal life
Etienne is the daughter of former Haitian International and Long Island Roughriders forward
Derrick Etienne and the younger sister of Darice Etienne and Haitian International winger
Derrick Etienne Jr. Danielle Etienne attended
Paramus Catholic High School before joining
Fordham University
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. Etienne returned to the national team two months after giving birth to her son Ezekiel, and earned a place in Haiti's final roster competing in the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup Finals only seven months after giving birth.
References
2001 births
Living people
Haitian women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Haiti women's international footballers
American women's soccer players
Soccer players from Passaic County, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Paterson, New Jersey
African-American soccer players
American sportspeople of Haitian descent
Fordham Rams women's soccer players
Paramus Catholic High School alumni
21st-century American sportswomen
21st-century African-American sportswomen
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
The Citadel Bulldogs women's soccer players
21st-century Haitian sportswomen
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