Yana Daniëls

Yana Daniëls (; born 8 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Women's Super League 2 club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Belgium national team.

Club career Daniëls started her club career at Oud-Heverlee Leuven, 2008–2010 where she originally scored 7 goals in 46 games.

Daniëls left OH Leuven and joined Sint-Truidense, scoring 4 times in 12 regular season appearances. Daniëls returned to OH Leuven for one season where she scored 8 goals in 22 league appearances.

Daniëls joined Lierse SK from OH Leuven ahead of the 2012 season. She went on to score 10 goals in 48 league appearances.

Daniëls then moved to FC Twente, where she scored seven goals in 18 appearances. She also got the opportunity to play Champions league football. She suffered a serious injury during the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup.

After recovering from a serious injury sustained at the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup, Daniëls signed a short-term contract with RSC Anderlecht. After success she re-signed with the club in December 2016.

In June 2017, Daniëls joined FA WSL 1 club Bristol City. In July 2018, Daniëls left Bristol City to join Liverpool. A year after leaving, Daniëls re-signed with Bristol City in July 2019.

On 23 June 2021 it was announced that Daniëls re-signed with Liverpool after a two-year stint with Bristol City. On 6 August 2025, it was announced that Daniëls would be following former Liverpool manager Matt Beard to Burnley.

On 2 July 2026, it was announced that Daniëls had joined Wolves.

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 Russia on penalties in the final after a 0–0 draw.

Personal life Yana Daniëls is in a relationship with her teammate Jasmine Matthews.

In 2015, Daniëls spent time working as a zookeeper while recovering from injury. She also maintains a side career as a carpenter, running her own business called The Woodcycle, and in 2025 designed and made the trophy cases for the Player of the Match awards at that summer's UEFA Women's Championship.

Honours FC Twente Winner KNVB Women's Cup: 2014–15

Runners-up BeNe League: 2014–15

Lierse SK Runners-up Belgian Women's Super Cup: 2012–13

Belgium Pinatar Cup: 2022