Daryna Apanashchenko

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Daryna Apanashchenko (Ukrainian: Дарина Олександрівна Апанащенко; born 16 May 1986) is a Ukrainian footballer, who plays as a striker for 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.

Full name Daryna Apanaschenko
Date of birth (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
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Daryna Apanashchenko
in 2012
Personal information
Full name Daryna Apanaschenko
Date of birth (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Kyivska Rus Kyiv 6 (0)
2001–2003 Lehenda Chernihiv 31 (18)
2004 Energiya Voronezh
2005–2008 Ryazan VDV
2009–2017 Zvezda Perm 155 (68)
2017–2021 Zhytlobud-1 61 (48)
2022–2023 Ankara BB Fomget GS ?? (22)
2023– Metalist 1925 / Zhytlobud-1 39 (9)
International career‡
2002– Ukraine 155 (67)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 December 2024
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Club career

Apanashchenko started her career at the capital team Kyivska Rus when she was 15 years old in 2001.[1] In a 2010 interview Apanashchenko stated that women's football was completely ignored in Ukraine at that time.[1]

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 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 (the aggressor country) against Ukraine, participation in attempts to legalize the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by Russian invaders".[2]

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.[3] She scored three goals in ten league matches of the 2021–22 season.[4]

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.[5]

She scored three goals in the 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.[6]

By June 2019 Apanashchenko had amassed over 100 international appearances and more than 50 goals.[5] 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[7] – but Ukraine were beaten 4–1 on aggregate.

She currently is her country's top goalscorer with 63 goals.

International goals

As of 8 April 2025[8]

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.
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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 June 2003Stadion Avanhard, Lutsk, Ukraine Czech Republic1–01–1UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
2.29 March 2004Stadion Avanhard, Uzhhorod, Ukraine Poland1–12–2Friendly
3.7 March 2005Stadion Krymteplytsia, Ahrarne, Ukraine Russia1–21–2Friendly
4.5 November 2005Stadion Lajkovac, Lajkovac, Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro2–04–02007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.9 May 2007NTC Stadion, Senec, Slovakia Slovakia3–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
6.28 May 2008McDiarmid Park, Perh, Scotland Scotland1–01–0
8.22 June 2008Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine Denmark1–01–0
9.26 October 2008Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia Slovenia1–03–0
10.2–0
11.29 October 2008Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine Slovenia1–02–0
12.26 August 2009Finnair Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Denmark1–11–2UEFA Women's Euro 2009
13.25 October 2009Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine Bosnia and Herzegovina2–07–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
14.5–0
15.20 May 2010 Hungary1–04–2
16.2–0
17.19 June 2010Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–05–0
18.3–0
19.21 August 2010Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine Romania1–03–1
20.3–1
21.25 August 2010 Poland2–13–1
22.3–1
23.18 May 2011Russian Federation Russia1–12–2Friendly
24.18 September 2011A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2–04–1UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
25.3–0
26.5 April 2012Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine Estonia1–05–0
27.2–0
28.5–0
29.23 May 2012Hungary Hungary1–04–0Friendly
30.15 September 2012Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus Belarus1–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
31.2–0
32.25 October 2012Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland2–22–3UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
33.14 June 2014Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine Montenegro4–07–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
34.2 August 2014Training Complex imeni Bannikova, Kyiv, Ukraine Belarus2–08–0
35.20 August 2014Traktor Stadium, Minsk, Belarus Belarus2–13–1
36.25 October 2014Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti, Italy Italy1–11–22015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
37.19 September 2015Portugal Portugal1–01–1Friendly
38.21 September 2015 Portugal1–02–0
39.4 March 2016Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania Albania1–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
40.8 March 2016Acharnes Stadium, Athens, Greece Greece1–03–1
41.8 April 2016Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine Albania1–02–0
42.2–0
43.7 June 2016 Greece1–02–0
44.15 September 2017Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine Croatia1–01–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
45.24 November 2017Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros, Hungary Hungary1–01–0
46.2 March 2018Side, Turkey Kosovo1–02–02018 Turkish Women's Cup
47.4 March 2018Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey Northern Ireland3–13–1
48.12 June 2018Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine Sweden1–01–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
49.4 September 2018Ternopilsky Misky Stadion, Ternopil, Ukraine Hungary2–02–0
50.9 November 2018Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey Kosovo1–04–1Friendly
51.12 November 2018 Kosovo4–04–0
52.26 February 2019Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb, Croatia Croatia2–04–02019 Istria Cup
53.2 March 2019 Slovenia1–11–3
54.4 March 2019Igralište Lučkog, Zagreb, Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina1–01–0
55.11 November 2019 Turkey2–04–0Friendly
56.7 March 2020Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Northern Ireland2–04–02020 Pinatar Cup
57.3–0
58.18 September 2020DG Arena, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro1–03–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
59.22 September 2020Obolon Arena, Kyiv, Ukraine Greece4–04–0
60.23 February 2021Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey India2–23–22021 Turkish Women's Cup
61.3–2
62.9 April 2021Stadion Kolos, Kovalivka, Ukraine Northern Ireland1–11–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
63.30 November 2021Várkerti Stadion, Kisvárda, Hungary Hungary1–32–42023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
64.19 February 2022Gold City Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Uzbekistan2–02–02022 Turkish Women's Cup
65.31 October 2023Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece Greece1–01–02023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
66.12 July 2024Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo Kosovo1–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
67.29 October 2024Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova Turkey1–01–1UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
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Honours

Lehenda Chernihiv
Zvezda Perm
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

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