Danielle Fotopoulos

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Danielle Fotopoulos
Personal information
Full name Danielle Ruth Fotopoulos
Date of birth March 24, 1976 (1976-03-24) (age 32)
Place of birth    Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth clubs

1994-1995
1996-1998		 Lyman High School
SMU
Florida
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998
2001-2003
2005		 Tampa Bay Extreme
Carolina Courage
Central Florida Krush		 4 (6)
53 (27)   
National team2
1996-2005 United States 35 (16)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of January 26, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of January 26, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Danielle Fotopoulos (born Danielle Garett on March 24, 1976 in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) is a retired American soccer player who holds the all-time NCAA Division 1 record for goals and points, and was a member of the United States national team squad that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

She played professionally with the Carolina Courage of the Women's United Soccer Association, winning the league championship in 2002. She played collegiately with Southern Methodist and Florida, whom she helped win the 1998 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship, scoring the winning goal against North Carolina.

Fotopoulos is married to former Louisiana State women's soccer team head coach George Fotopoulos, with whom she served as co-head coach at LSU in 2004. She is currently an assistant coach of the women's soccer team at her alma mater, Florida.

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[edit] Honors

[edit] Individual awards and honors

  • WUSA All-Star team selection: 2003
  • Second-team All-WUSA: 2002
  • Honda Award: 1998
  • NSCAA National Player of the Year: 1998
  • ESPN.com/Soccer Times National Player of the Year: 1998
  • Soccer America Player of the Year: 1998
  • NCAA Final Four Offensive MVP: 1998
  • Southeastern Conference Player of the Year: 1996, 1998
  • All-American: 1995, 1996, 1998
  • SEC Tournament MVP: 1996

[edit] Team honors

[edit] Statistics

[edit] College

Year Team GP/GS Goals Assists Total Points
1994 SMU 20/19 20 5 45
1995 SMU 24/23 32 19 85
1996 Florida 22/22 34 13 83
1997 Florida Did not play
1998 Florida 26/26 32 11 75
Totals 92/90 118 48 284

[edit] WUSA

Year Team GP/GS Goals Assists Total Points
2001 Carolina Courage 21/21 9 5 23
2003 Carolina Courage 21/20 11 10 32
2003 Carolina Courage 12/12 7 6 20
Totals 54/53 27 21 75

[edit] W-League

Year Team GP Goals
1998 Tampa Bay Extremes 4 6
2005 Central Florida Krush 9
Totals 15

[edit] National team

Year GP/GS Goals Assists Total Points
1996 2/1 3 2 8
1997 6/0 1 1 3
1998 1/0 0 0 0
1999 17/1 7 4 18
2000 Did not play
2001
2002 4/0 1 0 2
2003 Did not play
2004
2005 5/1 4 0 8
Totals 35/3 16 7 39

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1 Scurry • 2 Fair • 3 Pearce • 4 Overbeck • 5 Roberts • 6 Chastain • 7 Whalen • 8 MacMillan • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Parlow • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Venturini • 16 Milbrett • 17 Fotopoulos • 18 Webber • 19 Ducar • 20 Sobrero • Coach: DiCicco
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