Darya Dmytrivna Kravets (Ukrainian: Дар'я Дмитрівна Кравець, born 21 March 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who played for Serie A club FC Como Women and the Ukraine women's national team. She previously played in France for Reims, in Russia for Mordovochka Saransk, FC Zorky Krasnogorsk, and in Kazakhstan for BIIK Kazygurt.[1]

Darya Kravets
Дар'я Кравець (Ukrainian)
Personal information
Full name Darya Dmytrivna Kravets
Date of birth (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Donetsk, Ukraine
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Mordovochka Saransk 13 (0)
2015–2016 FC Zorky Krasnogorsk 14 (0)
2016–2019 BIIK Kazygurt 41 (5)
2019–2021 Reims 21 (1)
2021–2022 Fiorentina 21 (0)
2022–2023 Como 16 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Ukraine U17 6 (0)
2010–2013 Ukraine U19 12 (3)
2014– Ukraine 56 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:18, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022

Club career

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Darya started with another sport, road cycling, at the age of nine. While she continued to practice the discipline in competition, even winning a podium in a national championship, she finally chose football at the age of 14 and made her debut for Lehenda Chernihiv. In 2014, she joined the women's team of the Russian club FC Mordovia Saransk. She played her first match in the Russian Premier League on April 13, 2014 against the club Ryazan-VDV. The following year she joined FC Zorky Krasnogorsk and finished at the third position of the Russian Women's Football Championship.

In 2016 she joined the club BIIK Kazygurt in Kazakhstan. Darya participates in the Champions League with BIIK Kazygurt and in the 2018-2019 season faces and beats Barcelona 3-1 in the round of 16.

Darya Kravets joined France in the summer 2019 by signing at the Stade de Reims, for the club's return among the elite in D1 Féminine. In 2023, she attempted to enter the Russian Federation when incriminating material was found on her phone.

International career

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She made her debut for the Ukraine national team WU-17 on October 21, 2010, in the winning (6-1) home game of the WU-17 European Championship first qualifying round against Kazakhstan. She made her debut for the Ukraine women's national team on September 13, 2014, in the winning World Cup (8-0) home qualifying match against Turkey.

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 March 2016 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania   Albania 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2. 2 March 2018 Gold City, Alanya, Turkey   Kosovo 2–0 2–0 2018 Turkish Women's Cup
3. 4 September 2018 Ternopilsky Misky Stadion, Ternopil, Ukraine   Hungary 1–0 2–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4. 22 September 2020 Obolon Arena, Kyiv, Ukraine   Greece 3–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
5. 27 October 2020 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece   Greece 2–0 4–0
6. 3–0
7. 28 June 2022 Stadion Miejski w Rzeszowie, Rzeszów, Poland   Hungary 1–0 2–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

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Lehenda Chernihiv

Mordovia Saransk

BIIK Kazygurt

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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