Sofie Junge Pedersen

Sofie Junge Pedersen
	Sofie Junge Pedersen playing for Denmark in July 2017
Personal information
Full name	Sofie Junge Pedersen
Date of birth	24 April 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Juventus
Number	14
Youth career
1999–2006	BMI
2007–2009	IK Skovbakken
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	IK Skovbakken
2012–2015	Fortuna Hjørring
2015–2017	FC Rosengård
2017–2018	Levante UD
2018	Vittsjö GIK
2019–	Juventus
National team‡
2007
2007–2008	Denmark U17
2010–2012	Denmark U19
2011
2011–	Denmark
Honours
Women's football
Representing Denmark
UEFA Women's Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 October 2020

Sofie Junge Pedersen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Juventus of the Italian Serie A and for the Danish national team. She previously played for IK Skovbakken and Fortuna Hjørring of the Danish Elitedivisionen, the latter of which she captained, and for FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.

Club career[]

Junge Pedersen played for IK Skovbakken until 2011 before moving to Fortuna Hjørring. Skovbakken had made Junge Pedersen and fellow youngster Pernille Harder contracted players in April 2010, in recognition of their exceptional potential.^[2]

In June 2015, Junge Pedersen signed for FC Rosengård, after impressing the Swedish Damallsvenskan champions while playing against them with Fortuna Hjørring in the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[3] During her time at Rosengård, Junge sustained a serious head injury which left her unable to play for the entire 2016 season. In 2017, FC Rosengård chose not to renew her contract and she signed with Levante UD in the Spanish Primera División. At the conclusion of her contract with Levante in July 2018, Junge moved back to Damallsvenskan where she signed with Vittsjö GIK. In December 2018, Junge signed for Juventus Women in Italy

International career[]

At the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand, Junge Pedersen was part of the Denmark team who won their group before losing 4–0 to eventual champions North Korea in the quarter-final.^[4]

In December 2011, Junge Pedersen scored on her senior international debut, a 4–0 win over Chile in São Paulo. She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.^[5] In 2017, she was named in Nils Nielsen's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 which saw her get playing time in the final against the Netherlands following Line Sigvardsen Jensen's ACL injury.

Personal life[]

As well as being a footballer, Junge Pedersen is a widely read intellectual who identifies as a socialist.^[6] In addition to her football career and university studies she undertakes charity and development work in Africa.^[7]

Honours[]

Club[]

Fortuna Hjørring

Elitedivisionen: 2013–14

FC Rosengård

Damallsvenskan: 2015

Juventus

Serie A: 2019–20, 2020–21
Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020

References[]

^ "List of Players - Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 27 October 2008. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ Dahl Mikkelsen, Tejs (27 April 2010). "To talenter på kontrakt i Skovbakken" (in Danish). Århus Stiftstidende. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ Andersson, Jan Peter (15 June 2015). "Junge Pedersen snart klar för FC Rosengård" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ "Sofie Pedersen". UEFA. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
^ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
^ "Sofie Junge Pedersen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
^ Ahlstrøm, Frits (15 November 2014). "Topspiller magter fodbold, studier og ulandsarbejde" (in Danish). TV 3 (Denmark). Retrieved 5 September 2015.