{{Short description|Ukrainian footballer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Daryna Apanashchenko | image = Daryna Apanaschenko 2012.jpg | caption = in 2012 | fullname = Daryna Apanaschenko | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|5|16}} | birth_place = Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | height = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | currentclub = Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | clubnumber = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2001 | clubs1 = Kyivska Rus Kyiv | caps1 = 6 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2001–2003 | clubs2 = Lehenda Chernihiv | caps2 = 31| goals2 = 18 | years3 = 2004 | clubs3 = Energiya Voronezh | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2005–2008 | clubs4 = Ryazan VDV | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2009–2017 | clubs5 = Zvezda Perm | caps5 = 155 | goals5 = 68 | years6 = 2017–2021 | clubs6 = Zhytlobud-1 | caps6 = 61 | goals6 = 48 | years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = Ankara BB Fomget GS | caps7 = ?? | goals7 = 22 | years8 = 2023– | clubs8 = Metalist 1925 / Zhytlobud-1 | caps8 = 39 | goals8 = 9 | nationalyears1 = 2002–| nationalteam1 = Ukraine | nationalcaps1 = 155 | nationalgoals1 = 67 | club-update = 11 July 2025 | nationalteam-update = 2 December 2024 }} '''Daryna Apanashchenko''' ({{langx|uk|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.
== Club career == Apanashchenko started her career at the capital team Kyivska Rus when she was 15 years old in 2001.<ref name=sport100902>Nikolai Kizilov. ''[https://sport.ua/news/102679-darya-apanashchenko-u-nas-vse-kak-u-muzhchin Daria Apanashchenko: "We have everything that men do" (Дарья АПАНАЩЕНКО: "У нас все, как у мужчин")]''. Sport.ua (Komanda magazine). 2 September 2010</ref> In a 2010 interview Apanashchenko stated that women's football was completely ignored in Ukraine at that time.<ref name=sport100902/>
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".<ref>[https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/apanashhenko-darya-aleksandrovna/ Апанащенко Дарья Александровна / Апанащенко Дар'я Олександрівна / Apanashhenko Darya Aleksandrovna]. myrotvorets.center</ref>
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.<ref name="tff1"/> She scored three goals in ten league matches of the 2021–22 season.<ref name="tff0"/>
== 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.<ref name="uawomen">{{cite news |title=#МиЗбірна. Рекордсмени збірно Дар'я Апанащенкої України: 100 матчів |url=https://womensfootball.com.ua/myzbirna-rekordsmeny-zbirnoyi-ukrayiny-100-matchiv-dariyi-apanashchenko/ |access-date=28 May 2022 |publisher=Women's Football UAF |date=14 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006200028/https://womensfootball.com.ua/myzbirna-rekordsmeny-zbirnoyi-ukrayiny-100-matchiv-dariyi-apanashchenko/ |archive-date=6 October 2021}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=ТОП-10. Дарья Апанащенко сыграла за сборную 100 матчей! |url=http://wfpl.com.ua/news/?id_news=8990 |access-date=28 May 2022 |publisher=WFPL.com.ua |date=24 December 2018 |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
By June 2019 Apanashchenko had amassed over 100 international appearances and more than 50 goals.<ref name="uawomen" /> 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<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanna |first1=Gareth |title=Northern Ireland earn greatest result as Rachel Furness and Simone Magill strike to beat Ukraine in first leg of Women's Euro 2022 play-off |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/northern-ireland-earn-greatest-result-as-rachel-furness-and-simone-magill-strike-to-beat-ukraine-in-first-leg-of-womens-euro-2022-play-off-40292079.html |access-date=28 May 2022 |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |date=9 April 2021}}</ref> – but Ukraine were beaten 4–1 on aggregate.
She currently is her country's top goalscorer with 63 goals. {{clear}}
== International goals == {{as of|2025|4|8}}<ref>[https://womensfootball.com.ua/player/apanashchenko-darya-oleksandrivna/?season=all АПАНАЩЕНКО Дар’я Олександрівна]. womensfootball.com.ua</ref> :''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 8 June 2003 || Stadion Avanhard, Lutsk, Ukraine || {{fbw|CZE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–1 || UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying |- | 2. || 29 March 2004 || Stadion Avanhard, Uzhhorod, Ukraine || {{fbw|POL}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 2–2 || Friendly |- | 3. || 7 March 2005 || Stadion Krymteplytsia, Ahrarne, Ukraine || {{fbw|RUS}} || align=center|'''1'''–2 || align=center| 1–2 || Friendly |- | 4. || 5 November 2005 || Stadion Lajkovac, Lajkovac, Serbia and Montenegro || {{fbw|SCG}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 5. || 9 May 2007 || NTC Stadion, Senec, Slovakia || {{fbw|SVK}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || rowspan=6| UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |- | 6. || 28 May 2008 || McDiarmid Park, Perh, Scotland || {{fbw|SCO}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 |- | 8. || 22 June 2008 || Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine || {{fbw|DEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 |- | 9. || rowspan=2| 26 October 2008 || rowspan=2| Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia || rowspan=2| {{fbw|SVN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–0 |- | 10. || align=center|'''2'''–0 |- | 11. || 29 October 2008 || Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine || {{fbw|SVN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 |- | 12. || 26 August 2009 || Finnair Stadium, Helsinki, Finland || {{fbw|DEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–2 || UEFA Women's Euro 2009 |- | 13. || rowspan=2| 25 October 2009 || rowspan=4| Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine || rowspan=2| {{fbw|BIH}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 7–0 || rowspan=10| 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 14. || align=center|'''5'''–0 |- | 15. || rowspan=2| 20 May 2010 || rowspan=2| {{fbw|HUN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 4–2 |- | 16. || align=center|'''2'''–0 |- | 17. || rowspan=2| 19 June 2010 || rowspan=2| Bosnia and Herzegovina || rowspan=2| {{fbw|BIH}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 5–0 |- | 18. || align=center|'''3'''–0 |- | 19. || rowspan=2| 21 August 2010 || rowspan=4| Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv, Ukraine || rowspan=2| {{fbw|ROM}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–1 |- | 20. || align=center|'''3'''–1 |- | 21. || rowspan=2| 25 August 2010 || rowspan=2| {{fbw|POL}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–1 |- | 22. || align=center|'''3'''–1 |- | 23. || 18 May 2011 || Russian Federation || {{fbw|RUS}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 2–2 || Friendly |- | 24. || rowspan=2| 18 September 2011 || rowspan=2| A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia || rowspan=2| {{fbw|EST}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 4–1 || rowspan=5| UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |- | 25. || align=center|'''3'''–0 |- | 26. || rowspan=3| 5 April 2012 || rowspan=3| Sevastopol Sports Complex, Sevastopol, Ukraine || rowspan=3| {{fbw|EST}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=3 align=center| 5–0 |- | 27. || align=center|'''2'''–0 |- | 28. || align=center|'''5'''–0 |- | 29. || 23 May 2012 || Hungary || {{fbw|HUN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || Friendly |- | 30. || rowspan=2| 15 September 2012 || rowspan=2| Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus || rowspan=2| {{fbw|BLR}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 5–0 || rowspan=2| UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |- | 31. || align=center|'''2'''–0 |- | 32. || 25 October 2012 || Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland || {{fbw|ISL}} || align=center|'''2'''–2 || align=center| 2–3 || UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |- | 33. || 14 June 2014 || Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine|| {{fbw|MNE}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 7–0 || rowspan=3| 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 34. || 2 August 2014 || Training Complex imeni Bannikova, Kyiv, Ukraine || {{fbw|BLR}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 8–0 |- | 35. || 20 August 2014 || Traktor Stadium, Minsk, Belarus || {{fbw|BLR}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || align=center| 3–1 |- | 36. || 25 October 2014 || Stadio Centro d'Italia, Rieti, Italy || {{fbw|ITA}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–2 || 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs |- | 37. || 19 September 2015 || rowspan=2| Portugal || {{fbw|POR}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–1 || rowspan=2| Friendly |- | 38. || 21 September 2015 || {{fbw|POR}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 |- | 39. || 4 March 2016 || Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania || {{fbw|ALB}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || rowspan=5| UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |- | 40. || 8 March 2016 || Acharnes Stadium, Athens, Greece || {{fbw|GRE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 3–1 |- | 41. || rowspan=2| 8 April 2016 || rowspan=3| Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine || rowspan=2| {{fbw|ALB}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 2–0 |- | 42. || align=center|'''2'''–0 |- | 43. || 7 June 2016 || {{fbw|GRE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 |- | 44. || 15 September 2017 || Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine || {{fbw|CRO}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–1 || rowspan=2| 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 45. || 24 November 2017 || Balmazújvárosi Városi Sportpálya, Balmazújváros, Hungary || {{fbw|HUN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 |- | 46. || 2 March 2018 || Side, Turkey || {{fbw|KOS}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || rowspan=2| 2018 Turkish Women's Cup |- | 47. || 4 March 2018 || Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey || {{fbw|NIR}} || align=center|'''3'''–1 || align=center| 3–1 |- | 48. || 12 June 2018 || Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine || {{fbw|SWE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 || rowspan=2| 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 49. || 4 September 2018 || Ternopilsky Misky Stadion, Ternopil, Ukraine || {{fbw|HUN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 |- | 50. || 9 November 2018 || Gold City Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey || {{fbw|KOS}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 4–1 || rowspan=2| Friendly |- | 51. || 12 November 2018 || || {{fbw|KOS}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 |- | 52. || 26 February 2019 || rowspan=2| Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb, Croatia || {{fbw|CRO}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || rowspan=3| 2019 Istria Cup |- | 53. || 2 March 2019 || {{fbw|SVN}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–3 |- | 54. || 4 March 2019 || Igralište Lučkog, Zagreb, Croatia || {{fbw|BIH}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 |- | 55. || 11 November 2019 || || {{fbw|TUR}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || Friendly |- | 56. || rowspan=2| 7 March 2020 || rowspan=2| Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain || rowspan=2| {{fbw|NIR}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 4–0 || rowspan=2| 2020 Pinatar Cup |- | 57. || align=center|'''3'''–0 |- | 58. || 18 September 2020 || DG Arena, Podgorica, Montenegro || {{fbw|MNE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 3–1 || rowspan=2| UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |- | 59. || 22 September 2020 || Obolon Arena, Kyiv, Ukraine || {{fbw|GRE}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 |- | 60. || rowspan=2|23 February 2021 || rowspan=2| Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey || rowspan=2| {{fbw|IND}} || align=center|'''2'''–2 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–2 || rowspan=2| 2021 Turkish Women's Cup |- | 61. || align=center|'''3'''–2 |- | 62. || 9 April 2021 || Stadion Kolos, Kovalivka, Ukraine || {{fbw|NIR}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–2 || UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs |- | 63. || 30 November 2021 || Várkerti Stadion, Kisvárda, Hungary || {{fbw|HUN}} || align=center|'''1'''–3 || align=center| 2–4 || 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |- | 64. || 19 February 2022 || Gold City Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey || {{fbw|UZB}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || 2022 Turkish Women's Cup |- | 65. || 31 October 2023 || Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece || {{fbw|GRE}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 || 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |- | 66. || 12 July 2024 || Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo || {{fbw|KOS}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 4–0 || UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |- | 67. || 29 October 2024 || Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova || {{fbw|TUR}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 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,<ref name="wfootball2018" /> 2010,<ref name="wfootball2018" /> 2015,<ref name="wfootball2018" /> 2016,<ref name="wfootball2018" /> 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womensfootball.com.ua/news/darja_apanashhenko_krashhij_gravec_ukrajini_2017/2018-01-05-390 |title=Дарія Апанащенко - кращий гравець України 2017 - Жіночий футбол України |website=www.womensfootball.com.ua |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181406/https://www.womensfootball.com.ua/news/darja_apanashhenko_krashhij_gravec_ukrajini_2017/2018-01-05-390 |archive-date=2019-01-29}}</ref> 2018,<ref name="wfootball2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.womensfootball.com.ua/news/darja_apanashhenko_vshoste_stae_krashhoju_v_ukrajini/2018-12-24-1214 |title=Дар'я Апанащенко вшосте стає найкращою в Україні - Жіночий футбол України |website=www.womensfootball.com.ua |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181342/https://www.womensfootball.com.ua/news/darja_apanashhenko_vshoste_stae_krashhoju_v_ukrajini/2018-12-24-1214 |archive-date=2019-01-29}}</ref> 2019 * Ukrainian Women's League Footballer of the Year: 2018<ref name="wfpl2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.womensfootball.com.ua/news/darja_apanashhenko_krashhij_gravec_chempionatu_ukrajini_2018/2018-12-19-1198 |title=Дар'я Апанащенко - найкращий гравець Чемпіонату України 2018 - Жіночий футбол України |website=www.womensfootball.com.ua |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175231/https://www.womensfootball.com.ua/news/darja_apanashhenko_krashhij_gravec_chempionatu_ukrajini_2018/2018-12-19-1198 |archive-date=2018-12-25}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="tff0">{{cite web |url=https://tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=30&kisiID=2362512 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=Daria Apanashchenko |language=tr |accessdate=2 October 2022 }}</ref> <ref name="tff1">{{cite web|url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=29&macId=230934 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi - Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi Fomget G.S.K. 2-0 Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor |language=tr |access-date=19 March 2022 }}</ref> }}
== External links == * {{Soccerway|-apanaschenko/76513}}
{{Ukraine Squad 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship}} {{Ukrainian Woman Footballer of the Year}} {{FC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv}}
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