Elena Yurievna Danilova is a former

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. At 16 she took part in the 2003 World Cup. She scored Russia's last goal in the tournament, in the quarterfinals against eventual champions

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. Two years later she led with 9 goals the Under-19 NT in Russia's first international women's football triumph, the 2005 U-19 Euro. Danilova was named the competition's MVP. The following year she was included in the 2006 U-20 World Cup All-Star Team. She was also the top scorer of the 2006 U-19 Euro. Danilova missed the 2008 season and the 2009 Euro qualifying because of a knee injury she suffered during a move to WPSL's

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, but she recovered in time for the tournament and took part in Russia's three games. She scored five goals in the 2011 World Cup qualifying, four of them against

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Honours

;Club ;Energiya Voronezh * Russian Women's Football Championship, Russian Women's Championship: Winner 2002, 2003 ;F.C. Indiana *

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: Winner

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;Rossiyanka *

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: Winner 2009 ;Ryazan VDV * Russian Women's Football Championship, Russian Women's Championship: Winner 2013, 2017 *

: Winner 2014 ;Rusia National team (U19) *

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: Winner

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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(9 goals) * Russian League top scorer: 2013, 2017, 2018

International goals

References

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