# Daryna Apanashchenko

Daryna Apanashchenko (Ukrainian: Дарина Олександрівна Апанащенко; born 16 May 1986) is a Ukrainian footballer, who plays as a striker for Ankara BB Fomget GSK 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 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".
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 ten league matches of the 2021–22 season.

## 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.
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. 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 – but Ukraine were beaten 4–1 on aggregate.
She currently is her country's top goalscorer with 63 goals.

## International goals

    Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 23. | 9 May 2007 | NTC Stadion, Senec, Slovakia | Slovakia | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
| 24. | 28 May 2008 | McDiarmid Park, Perh, Scotland | Scotland | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
| 25. | 22 June 2008 | Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv, Ukraine | Denmark | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
| 26. | 26 October 2008 | Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia | Slovenia | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
| 27. | 26 October 2008 | Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia | Slovenia | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
| 28. | 29 October 2008 | Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv, Ukraine | Slovenia | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
| 29. | 26 August 2009 | Finnair Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | Denmark | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 |
| 30. | 25 August 2010 | Stadion Yuri Gagarin, Chernihiv, Ukraine | Poland | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 31. | 25 August 2010 | Stadion Yuri Gagarin, Chernihiv, Ukraine | Poland | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 32. | 18 September 2011 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 2–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 33. | 18 September 2011 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 3–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 34. | 5 April 2012 | Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine | Estonia | 1–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 35. | 5 April 2012 | Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine | Estonia | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 36. | 5 April 2012 | Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine | Estonia | 5–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 37. | 15 September 2012 | Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus | Belarus | 1–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 38. | 15 September 2012 | Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus | Belarus | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 39. | 25 October 2012 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 2–2 | 2–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 40. | 20 August 2014 | Traktor Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | Belarus | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 41. | 25 October 2014 | Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti, Italy | Italy | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs |
| 42. | 4 March 2016 | Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania | Albania | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 43. | 8 March 2016 | Acharnes Stadium, Athens, Greece | Greece | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 44. | 8 April 2016 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | Albania | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 45. | 8 April 2016 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | Albania | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 46. | 7 June 2016 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | Greece | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 47. | 15 September 2017 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | Croatia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 48. | 24 November 2017 | Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros, Hungary | Hungary | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 49. | 2 March 2018 | Side, Turkey | Kosovo | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2018 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 50. | 4 March 2018 | Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey | Northern Ireland | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2018 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 51. | 12 June 2018 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 52. | 4 September 2018 | Ternopilsky Misky Stadion, Ternopil, Ukraine | Hungary | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 53. | 9 November 2018 | Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey | Kosovo | 1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 54. | 26 February 2019 | Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb, Croatia | Croatia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2019 Istria Cup |
| 55. | 2 March 2019 | Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb, Croatia | Slovenia | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2019 Istria Cup |
| 56. | 4 March 2019 | Igralište Lučkog, Zagreb, Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Istria Cup |
| 57. | 7 March 2020 | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain | Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2020 Pinatar Cup |
| 58. | 7 March 2020 | Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain | Northern Ireland | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2020 Pinatar Cup |
| 59. | 18 September 2020 | DG Arena, Podgorica, Montenegro | Montenegro | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 60. | 22 September 2020 | Obolon Arena, Kyiv, Ukraine | Greece | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 61. | 23 February 2021 | Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey | India | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 62. | 23 February 2021 | Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey | India | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 63. | 9 April 2021 | Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka, Ukraine | Northern Ireland | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs |
| 64. | 30 November 2021 | Várkerti Stadion, Kisvárda, Hungary | Hungary | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 65. | 19 February 2022 | Gold City Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey | Uzbekistan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 66. | 31 October 2023 | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece | Greece | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 67. | 12 July 2024 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo | Kosovo | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 68. | 29 October 2024 | Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova | Turkey | 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, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Ukrainian Women's League Footballer of the Year: 2018