Daryna Apanashchenko

Daryna Apanashchenko (; 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.

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 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 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.

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

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first. No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 8 June 2003 Stadion Avanhard, Lutsk, Ukraine 1–0 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying 2. 29 March 2004 Stadion Avanhard, Uzhhorod, Ukraine 1–1 2–2 Friendly 3. 7 March 2005 Stadion Krymteplytsia, Ahrarne, Ukraine 1–2 1–2 Friendly 4. 5 November 2005 Stadion Lajkovac, Lajkovac, Serbia and Montenegro 2–0 4–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 5. 9 May 2007 NTC Stadion, Senec, Slovakia 3–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 6. 28 May 2008 McDiarmid Park, Perh, Scotland 1–0 1–0 8. 22 June 2008 Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine 1–0 1–0 9. 26 October 2008 Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia 1–0 3–0 10. 2–0 11. 29 October 2008 Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine 1–0 2–0 12. 26 August 2009 Finnair Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 1–1 1–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 13. 25 October 2009 Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine 2–0 7–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 14. 5–0 15. 20 May 2010 1–0 4–2 16. 2–0 17. 19 June 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 5–0 18. 3–0 19. 21 August 2010 Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine 1–0 3–1 20. 3–1 21. 25 August 2010 2–1 3–1 22. 3–1 23. 18 May 2011 Russian Federation 1–1 2–2 Friendly 24. 18 September 2011 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 2–0 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 25. 3–0 26. 5 April 2012 Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine 1–0 5–0 27. 2–0 28. 5–0 29. 23 May 2012 Hungary 1–0 4–0 Friendly 30. 15 September 2012 Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus 1–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 31. 2–0 32. 25 October 2012 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 2–2 2–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 33. 14 June 2014 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine 4–0 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 34. 2 August 2014 Training Complex imeni Bannikova, Kyiv, Ukraine 2–0 8–0 35. 20 August 2014 Traktor Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 2–1 3–1 36. 25 October 2014 Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti, Italy 1–1 1–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs 37. 19 September 2015 Portugal 1–0 1–1 Friendly 38. 21 September 2015 1–0 2–0 39. 4 March 2016 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania 1–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 40. 8 March 2016 Acharnes Stadium, Athens, Greece 1–0 3–1 41. 8 April 2016 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine 1–0 2–0 42. 2–0 43. 7 June 2016 1–0 2–0 44. 15 September 2017 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine 1–0 1–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 45. 24 November 2017 Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros, Hungary 1–0 1–0 46. 2 March 2018 Side, Turkey 1–0 2–0 2018 Turkish Women's Cup 47. 4 March 2018 Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey 3–1 3–1 48. 12 June 2018 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine 1–0 1–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 49. 4 September 2018 Ternopilsky Misky Stadion, Ternopil, Ukraine 2–0 2–0 50. 9 November 2018 Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey 1–0 4–1 Friendly 51. 12 November 2018 4–0 4–0 52. 26 February 2019 Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb, Croatia 2–0 4–0 2019 Istria Cup 53. 2 March 2019 1–1 1–3 54. 4 March 2019 Igralište Lučkog, Zagreb, Croatia 1–0 1–0 55. 11 November 2019 2–0 4–0 Friendly 56. 7 March 2020 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain 2–0 4–0 2020 Pinatar Cup 57. 3–0 58. 18 September 2020 DG Arena, Podgorica, Montenegro 1–0 3–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying 59. 22 September 2020 Obolon Arena, Kyiv, Ukraine 4–0 4–0 60. 23 February 2021 Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey 2–2 3–2 2021 Turkish Women's Cup 61. 3–2 62. 9 April 2021 Stadion Kolos, Kovalivka, Ukraine 1–1 1–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs 63. 30 November 2021 Várkerti Stadion, Kisvárda, Hungary 1–3 2–4 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 64. 19 February 2022 Gold City Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey 2–0 2–0 2022 Turkish Women's Cup 65. 31 October 2023 Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece 1–0 1–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League 66. 12 July 2024 Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo 1–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying 67. 29 October 2024 Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova 1–0 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

Honours Lehenda Chernihiv Ukrainian Women's League (2) 2001, 2002 Women's Cup (2) 2001, 2002

Zvezda Perm Russian Women's Leagues (3) 2014, 2015, 2017 Russian Women's Cup (4) 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016,

Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv Russian Women's Cup (4) 2012 (1) 2018 Individual Russian Women's Leagues Top Scorer (3) 2009, 2014, 2015 Ukrainian Woman Footballer of the Year: (6) 2009, 2018, 2019 Ukrainian Women's League Footballer of the Year: 2018