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Danielle Marcano

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Danielle Marcano
Marcano with FOMGET in 2023
Personal information
Full name Danielle Julia Marcano
Date of birth (1997-08-20) August 20, 1997 (age 29)
Place of birth Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Valencia
Number 7
Youth career
2011–2015 Greater Atlanta Christian School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Tennessee Volunteers 76 (16)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 HK Kópavogur 12 (10)
2022 Thróttur Reykjavík 15 (9)
2022–2023 Fenerbahçe 19 (7)
2023–2024 FOMGET 28 (10)
2024–2025 Nantes 21 (2)
2025– Valencia 26 (9)
International career‡
2024– Puerto Rico 12 (11)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of September 29, 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of February 27, 2026

Danielle Julia Marcano (born August 20, 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Valencia. Born in the United States, she plays for the Puerto Rico women's national team.

Early life

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Danielle Julia Marcano was born to Michael Marcano and his wife Lora in Red Bank, New Jersey, United States, on August 20, 1997. She has an older brother Ryan who also played college soccer.[1]

Marcano attended the private Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross, Georgia, where she scored 70 goals for her high school team. She was named GHSA Girls' Soccer Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015. Between 2015 and 2018, Marcano studied psychology at the University of Tennessee.[1]

College career

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Marcano played college soccer with the Tennessee Volunteers from 2015 to 2018 with 76 total appearances, scoring 16 goals including six game-winners, and making seven assists.[2]

Initially a wing-back, Marcano was moved to forward in 2017.[1] During the first round of the 2017 NCAA Division I tournament, she scored the winning goal against Murray State in the 60th minute after coming off the bench to replace the Lady Vols' leading scorer, Khadija Shaw, who was injured in the first three minutes.[3]

During the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, Marcano scored twice against University of Arizona, including the winning goal with 55 seconds left in the game, sending the University of Tennessee to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2007.[4] In the third round, Marcano scored twice again, this time against No. 16-ranked Texas A&M, helping to send UT to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time ever.[5] She was named the Player of the Week by TopDrawerSoccer.com in November 2018.[1][6]

Professional career

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Icelandic clubs

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In April 2021, she signed a professional contract with the Icelandic club HK Kópavogur to play in the 1. deild kvenna.[7][8] She scored six goals in 12 games.[9] In 2022, she transferred to the Besta deild kvenna club Thróttur Reykjavík,[9] where she capped in 15 league games and in one cup match scoring ten goals in total.[10]

Fenerbahçe

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In October 2022, Marcano moved to Turkey, and signed with the Istanbul-based club Fenerbahçe S.K. to play in the Women's Super League.[11] Her team finished the season as runners-up after losing the play-offs final to Ankara BB Fomget GSK.[12]

Ankara BB Fomget

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In August 2023, she transferred to league rivals Ankara BB Fomget GSK.[11] She played in two matches of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds, and scored two goals in the match against Hajvalia from Kosovo.[13]

FC Nantes and Valencia

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Marcano joined French side Nantes ahead of the 2024–25 season. On January 18, 2025, Danielle scored her first goal for the club, against Reims. The following week, she scored in the French Cup, she dit it again against Paris Saint-Germain.[citation needed]

On August 14, 2025, after just one year, she left Nantes to join Valencia in Spain.[14]

International career

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During her high school years, Marcano was part of the U.S. national player pool, and called up to camp in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, she was part of the U.S. women's national U-17 soccer team.[1]

Career statistics

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As of match played 14 October 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HK Kópavogs 2021 Icelandic League 1210—1210
Thróttur Reykjavík 2022 Icelandic First League 159—159
Fenerbahçe 2022–23 Turkish Super League 197—197
Ankara BB Fomget GSK 2023–24 Turkish Super League 16722189
Career total 6233226435

International

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Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marcano goal.
List of international goals scored by Danielle Marcano
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
124 February 2024Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States Panama2–12–12024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
23 April 2024Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Cayman Islands5–012–0Friendly
311–0
412–0
523 February 2025Gold City Sport Complex, Alanya, Turkey Iran1–11–12025 Turkish Women's Cup
626 February 2025Gold City Sport Complex, Alanya, Turkey Iran2–02–02025 Turkish Women's Cup
731 May 2025Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City, Guatemala Guatemala1–02–1Friendly
82–?
91 December 2025Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón, Puerto Rico Saint Lucia2–07–02026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
1027 February 2026Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón, Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1–010–02026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
116–0
125 March 2026Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands2–09–02026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
134–0

Honors

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Greater Atlanta Christian School

Fenerbahçe

Individual

  • GHSA Girls' Soccer Player of the Year for all classifications (2014)
  • GHSA Class AA Girls' Soccer Player of the Year (2015)

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2018 Women's Soccer Roster – Marcano, Danielle". UT Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Marcano Inks First Pro Deal With HK Kópavogur". UT Sports – Tennessee Lady Volunteers. April 21, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  3. ↑ Lesar, Al (November 13, 2017). "Lady Vols defeat Murray State in NCAA soccer tournament". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved February 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Kaplan, Phil (November 17, 2018). "Marcano scores twice to send Vols to Sweet 16". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. 5B. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Kaplan, Phil (November 19, 2018). "UT in NCAA quarterfinals for first time". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved February 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Women's Team of the Week: November 20". TopDrawerSoccer. 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Danielle Marcano semur við HK" (in Icelandic). HK. April 20, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Marcano Inks First Pro Deal With HK Kópavogur". UT Sports. April 21, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Þróttur sækir sóknar mann úr Kópa vogi". Visir (in Icelandic). December 13, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Danielle Julia Marcano" (in Turkish). Maçkolik. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 "Danielle Julia Marcano" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  12. ↑ Korkmaz, Ali; Erkan Tiryaki (June 2, 2023). "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi FOMGET". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Fomget, Şampiyonlar Ligi 1. Eleme Turunu Grup Üçüncüsü Olarak Tamamladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. September 9, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Comunicado Oficial – Danielle Marcano 2026" (in Spanish). August 14, 2025. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
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