Yana Daniëls (; born 8 May 1992) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a striker for

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in the

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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.

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

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. After success she re-signed with the club in December 2016.

Bristol City, 2017–2018

In June 2017, Daniëls joined

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club

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Liverpool FC, 2018–2019

In July 2018, Daniëls left Bristol City to join

Bristol City, 2019–2021

A year after leaving, Daniëls re-signed with Bristol City in July 2019.

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.

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. At the start of 2022, Daniels helped Belgium win the Pinatar Cup in Spain for the first time, beating

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on penalties in the final after a 0-0 draw.Les Red Flames remportent la Pinatar Cup face à la Russie, le tout premier trophée de leur histoire

Personal Life

Yana Daniëls is in a relationship with her teammate Jasmine Matthews. 112] 314]

Honours

;FC Twente Winner *

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: 2014–15 Runners-up *

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: 2014–15 ;Lierse SK Runners-up * Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13 Belgium * Pinatar Cup:

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References

https://www.thisisanfield.com/2025/05/liverpool-announce-3-players-will-leave-club-ahead-of-anfield-womens-derby/

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniels, Yana 1992 births Living people Belgian women's footballers Belgium women's international footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Oud-Heverlee Leuven (women) players FC Twente (women) players Bristol City W.F.C. players Liverpool F.C. Women players Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Eredivisie (women) players Women's Super League players Women's association football forwards Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players RSC Anderlecht (women) players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Belgian sportswomen