Sofie Junge Pedersen

Sofie Junge Pedersen

Sofie Junge Pedersen playing for Denmark in July 2017
Personal information
Full name	Sofie Junge Pedersen[1]
Date of birth	(1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Inter Milan
Youth career
1999–2006	BMI
2007–2009	IK Skovbakken
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	IK Skovbakken
2012–2015	Fortuna Hjørring
2015–2017	FC Rosengård	6	(0)
2017–2018	Levante UD	24	(1)
2018	Vittsjö GIK	11	(1)
2018–2023	Juventus	74	(13)
2023–	Inter Milan	21	(2)
International career^‡
2007	Denmark U16	3	(1)
2007–2008	Denmark U17	19	(4)
2010–2012	Denmark U19	25	(5)
2011	Denmark U23	1	(0)
2011–	Denmark	88	(7)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Denmark UEFA Women's Championship 2017 Netherlands Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2023

Sofie Junge Pedersen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Inter Milan and the Denmark national team. She previously played for Juventus FC in Serie A, 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. After four and a half years, she left Juventus in July 2023 and signed for Inter Milan.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] 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.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 September 2020	Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta	Malta	6–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.	21 October 2020	Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark	Israel	4–0	4–0

Personal life

As well as being a footballer, Junge Pedersen is a widely read intellectual who identifies as a socialist.[7] In addition to her football career and university studies she undertakes charity and development work in Africa.[8]

Honours

IK Skovbakken

• Danish Women's Cup: 2009

Fortuna Hjørring

• Elitedivisionen: 2013–14

FC Rosengård

• Damallsvenskan: 2015
• Svenska Cupen: 2016
• Svenska Supercupen: 2016

Juventus

• Serie A: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Coppa Italia: 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21, 2021–22

References

1. "List of Players - Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 27 October 2008. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
2. Dahl Mikkelsen, Tejs (27 April 2010). "To talenter på kontrakt i Skovbakken" (in Danish). Århus Stiftstidende. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
3. Andersson, Jan Peter (15 June 2015). "Junge Pedersen snart klar för FC Rosengård" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
4. "Sofie Junge Pedersen joins Inter | Inter.it".
5. "Sofie Pedersen". UEFA. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
6. Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
7. "Sofie Junge Pedersen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
8. Ahlstrøm, Frits (15 November 2014). "Topspiller magter fodbold, studier og ulandsarbejde" (in Danish). TV 3 (Denmark). Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

External links

• Sofie Junge – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Sofie Junge Pedersen at Soccerway
• Profile at fussballtransfers.de (in German)
• Profile at soccerdonna.de (in German)
• Sofie Junge Pedersen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Profile Archived 19 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine at FC Rosengård (in Swedish)