Danai Kaldaridou

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Danai Kaldaridou
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-09-03) 3 September 1997 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Athens, Greece [2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Sion Féminin
Number 24
Youth career
2010–2014 Ifaistos Peristeriou
2014–2015 Birmingham City
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Saint Rose Golden Knights 19 (6 [4] )
2016–2018 UT Martin Skyhawks 57 (17 [5] )
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Diósgyőr 13 (3)
2020–2022 Clube de Albergaria 51 (12)
2022–2023 Damaiense 16 (0)
2023–2024 Club YLA 6 (0)
2024– Sion 6 (2)
International career
2013 Greece U17 2 (2)
2014–2016 Greece U19 3 (2)
2019– Greece 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2024 [6] [7]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 July 2024 [8]

Danai Kaldaridou (born 3 September 1997) is a Greek footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club FC Sion and the Greece national team.

Contents

International career

Kaldaridou made her debut for the Greece national team on 12 November 2019, coming on as a substitute for Eleni Kakambouki against the Republic of Ireland. [9] [10]

Personal life

Of partial English descent, Kaldaridou grew up in Athens and moved to England at the age of 16. [2]

Honours

Birmingham City
Individual [3]

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