Full name Daryna Apanaschenko Name Daryna Apanaschenko Current team Zvezda 2005 Perm 2005–2008 Ryazan VDV Position Forward | Years Team Height 1.74 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986 (age 29) Place of birth Krivyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR |
Daryna Apanaschenko (born 16 May 1986) is an Ukrainian footballer currently playing as a striker for Zvezda Perm. She previously played for Lehenda Chernihiv and Ryazan VDV. In the 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup semifinals' second leg in Umea she scored two goals that sealed Zvezda's shocking qualification for the final. She also scored Zvezda's only goal in the two-legged final.
As a member of the Ukrainian national team Apanaschenko scored 3 goals at the qualifying stage for the 2009 Euro including winners against Denmark and Scotland, and contributed further to Ukraine's qualification for the tournament scoring three more goals at the play-off against Slovenia. In the Euro she scored again against Denmark, but that time it wasn't enough to win the match.