Danelle Tan

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Danelle Tan
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Personal information
Full name Danelle Tan Li Ern
Date of birth (2004-10-25) 25 October 2004 (age 18)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Still Aerion 10 (20)
2020–2021 Lion City Sailors 4 (6)
2022 Lion City Sailors 4 (5)
National team‡
2019 6 (6)
2017–2019 11 (4)
2018–2019 3 (0)
2019–present Singapore 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:45, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:06, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Danelle Tan Li Ern (born 25 October 2004) is a Singaporean women's football player.[1][2]

Early life and education[]

Tan started playing football when she was 6 and joined her brothers at JSSL academy. She was proficient from a young age and scored 12 goals in her first session.[3][4] Tan moved to London, England to study at Mill Hill School in 2022.[5]

Club career[]

In 2019, Tan joined Still Aerion FC, an amateur women's team from the FAS Women's National League. Scoring on her debut match in May 2019 at the age of 14 made her the second-youngest goal scorer in the league's history.[6] Tan scored 16 goals in 6 games and became the league's top scorer for the season.[7] She also scored 4 goals in the Challenge Cup and helped the club to enter the finals where they lost 0–1 to Tanjong Pagar United FC.[8]

Tan then joined Lion City Sailors in 2020 but played no official matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. While studying at Mill Hill School in London, she was part of the school's First XI football team and was the first female footballer player in the team.[9]

Tan made her debut for Lion City Sailors in July 2022 against Still Aerion FC. She scored two minutes after coming on in the second half and she scored again 14 minutes later.[10][11]

International career[]

Tan made the in 2017 at the age of 12. She scored her first goal for the under 16 team in September 2018 in a 4–1 win against .[12] She registered her first hat-trick a few days later in a 4–0 win against .[13]

She made her debut on 24 October 2018 in a 0–8 loss against in the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification. She was the youngest player in the Singapore squad at the age of 13.[14]

In a UEFA-FAS tournament in March 2019, she scored 4 goals against and 1 against , to be the joint top scorer in the tournament held in Singapore. She also received the Golden Boot of the UEFA Under-15 Tournament in 2019.[15]

Tan was called up to the senior national team and made her debut on 16 August 2019 at the AFF Women's Championship.[16] She scored a last-minute goal in the 1–2 defeat against Timor-Leste. She was 14 years, which made her the youngest goalscorer (male and female) in Singapore and the fifth youngest in the world.[1][2]

In the 2022 FAS Tri-Nations series, Tan scored 2 goals and had 1 assist in a 6–2 win against Seychelles.[17] She was also named as one of three best players in a 0–1 defeat against Papua New Guinea.[18]

Personal life[]

Tan has been chosen to be an ambassador for women's football in Singapore and has been honoured by Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Law at the Women's Football Conference 2022.[4][19]

Career statistics[]

As of 3 August 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Still Aerion 2019 6 16 4 4 0 0 10 20
Lion City Sailors 2020
2022 4 5 4 5
Career total 10 21 4 4 0 0 14 25

International goals[]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 August 2019 IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand  Timor-Leste 1–2 1–2 2019 AFF Women's Championship
2 4 April 2022 Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore  Seychelles 3–1 6–2 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series
3 6–2

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Danelle Tan, 14, youngest to score for Singapore women's national team". The New Paper. August 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Oldest and youngest players and goal-scorers in international football". www.rsssf.com.
  3. ^ "Soccer Girl Goals - News Who are the 23 Lionesses at AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers". www.soccergirlgoals.com.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Profiles\Danelle". SGWomensFootball.
  5. ^ Auto, Hermes (2022-04-10). "Football: Lionesses Putri and Danelle step out of comfort zone in pursuit of dream | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  6. ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (June 4, 2019). "Danelle Tan, 14, to give her football dreams the old college try". The New Paper.
  7. ^ "Faris Ramli named SPL Player of the Year as FAS Nite 2019 recognises season's best - Football Association of Singapore".
  8. ^ "Women's Challenge Cup". Football Association of Singapore.
  9. ^ "Football: Lionesses Putri and Danelle step out of comfort zone in pursuit of dream | the Straits Times". 10 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Danelle determined to drive WPL title charge". Lion City Sailors. 22 July 2022.
  11. ^ Kwek, Kimberly (23 July 2022). "Football: Danelle Tan bags another brace to send Sailors to top of Women's Premier League". The Straits Times.
  12. ^ "Tajik football players at home lost to the team of Singapore". asiaplustj.info.
  13. ^ "Match Report of Singapore U16 vs Northern Mariana Islands U16 - 2018-09-23 - AFC U-16 Women Championship Qualification". ar.globalsportsarchive.com.
  14. ^ "Danelle Tan - Soccer player profile & career statistics". globalsportsarchive.com.
  15. ^ "Singapore finish second as Moldova win UEFA-FAS U15 Girls' Tournament - Football Association of Singapore".
  16. ^ "Lionesses lose to Timor Leste in opening game of Women's AFF Championships". www.goal.com.
  17. ^ Kwek, Kimberly (4 April 2022). "Football: S'pore women beat Seychelles 6-2 in the FAS Tri-Nations Series". The Straits Times.
  18. ^ Nangoi, Donald (12 April 2022). "PNG women beat Singapore". Post Courier.
  19. ^ "Celebrating Achievements And Shaping The Future Of Women's Football Together". MCCY.gov.sg. Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.

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