Danelle started playing football at the young age of 6. She scored 12 goals on her first day at the football academy! Scoring on her senior international debut, she became Singapore’s youngest goal scorer and the 5th youngest in the world at 14-years-old.
Date of Birth
25 October 2004
Age
Position
Forward
Team
Brisbane Roar
Number
9
Danelle was the first Singaporean to play in a European League when she made her debut for the London Bees, in the UK. She was also the first Singaporean to receive a scholarship to play in a NCAA Division 1 university, William and Mary, which she chose to forgo to sign with Borussia Dortmund. She is the first Asian to play for Borussia Dortmund’s women’s team.
In her debut season at Borussia Dortmund, she won the Landesliga title and secured promotion to the Westfalenliga. She is the first Singaporean to win a European title.
Domestically, she is an ambassador for Women’s Football and has been cited as one of eight female Singaporean trailblazers in a Straits Times article.
Singapore
Appearances
22
Goals
7
Assists
1
Borussia Dortmund
Appearances
27
Goals
16
Assists
11