Danya Sarah-Elenor Barsalona (born January 12, 1988) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder for German club Viktoria Berlin.

Danya Barsalona
Personal information
Full name Danya Sarah-Elenor Barsalona[1]
Date of birth (1988-01-12) January 12, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Viktoria Berlin
Youth career
Burlington Xtreme[2]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 UAB Blazers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 UPC Tavagnacco 3 (0)
2011 Hamilton Rage
2011–2012 Lagunak 19 (0)
2013 K-W United FC
2015 Sandviken 1 (0)
2015–2016 Lübars 8 (0)
2016–2017 Union Berlin 17 (0)
2018– Viktoria Berlin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2020

She previously played for IL Sandviken in Norway's Toppserien, SD Lagunak in Spain's Primera División,[3] for 1. FC Lübars and 1. FC Union Berlin in the German 2. Bundesliga and UPC Tavagnacco in Italy's Serie A.[4] She attended and played for the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2006 to 2010 in the United States's NCAA Division 1.[5] She was also a member of the Canadian National Team.[6]

Besides her football career she is working as a sports journalist with Deutsche Welle. Her brother, Andrew, is also a soccer player.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Danya Barsalona at the Canadian Soccer Association  
  2. ^ "Burlington Youth Soccer Club NCAA/NAIA Scholarship Players".
  3. ^ Pólvora canadiense para el Lagunak Archived 2011-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Futfem.com
  4. ^ Statistics in Soccerway.com
  5. ^ Profile Archived April 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine in Blazers' website
  6. ^ "Home".
  7. ^ "Oakville Soccer Club – OSC's Andrew Barsalona: Life and Pro soccer in Germany". Archived from the original on January 20, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
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