Sofie Junge Pedersen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...
for Italian
Serie A
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club
Juventus FC
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, founded = as Sport-Club Juventus
, ground = Juventus Stadium
, capacity = 41,507
, owner = Agnell ...
and the
Denmark national team. She previously played for
IK Skovbakken and
Fortuna Hjørring
Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where they ...
of the Danish
Elitedivisionen
The Danish Women's League ( da, Danmarksturneringens Kvindeliga, Kvinde-DM Liga or Kvindeligaen) is a semi-professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the ...
, the latter of which she captained, and for
FC Rosengård
FC Rosengård, formerly Malmö FF Dam (1970–2007) and LdB FC Malmö (2007–2013), is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970. It started out with playing 7 seasons in th ...
in the Swedish
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
.
Club career
Junge Pedersen played for
IK Skovbakken until 2011 before moving to
Fortuna Hjørring
Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where they ...
. Skovbakken had made Junge Pedersen and fellow youngster
Pernille Harder contracted players in April 2010, in recognition of their exceptional potential.
In June 2015, Junge Pedersen signed for
FC Rosengård
FC Rosengård, formerly Malmö FF Dam (1970–2007) and LdB FC Malmö (2007–2013), is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970. It started out with playing 7 seasons in th ...
, after impressing the Swedish
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
champions while playing against them with Fortuna Hjørring in the
UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
. During her time at Rosengård, Junge sustained a serious head injury which left her unable to play for the entire
2016
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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
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
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.
In December 2011, Junge Pedersen scored on her senior international debut, a 4–0 win over
Chile
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in
São Paulo
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. She was named in national
coach
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* Co ...
Kenneth Heiner-Møller
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's
Denmark
)
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, song_type = National and royal anthem
, image_map = EU-Denmark.svg
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark
, establish ...
squad for
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
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. In 2017, she was named in
Nils Nielsen
Nils Herbert Kromann Nielsen (born 3 November 1971) is a Danish football manager. Since 14 November 2018, he is the head coach of the Switzerland women's national football team.
Nielsen is best known for his tenure with the Denmark women's natio ...
's squad for
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
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which saw her get playing time in the final against
the Netherlands
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, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
following
Line Sigvardsen Jensen
Line Sigvardsen Jensen (born 23 August 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Fortuna Hjørring in the 3F-Ligaem and for the Danish national team.
Club career
Sigvardsen Jensen, originally a centre back, ...
's ACL injury.
International goals
Personal life
As well as being a footballer, Junge Pedersen is a widely read
intellectual
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who identifies as a
socialist
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. In addition to her football career and university studies she undertakes charity and development work in Africa.
Honours
Fortuna Hjørring
*
Elitedivisionen
The Danish Women's League ( da, Danmarksturneringens Kvindeliga, Kvinde-DM Liga or Kvindeligaen) is a semi-professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the ...
: 2013–14
FC Rosengård
*
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
:
2015
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Juventus
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Serie A
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:
2019–20,
2020–21
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,
2021–22
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Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
:
*
Supercoppa Italiana
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:
2019
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,
2020–21
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,
2021–22
References
External links
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Profileat fussballtransfers.de
at soccerdonna.de
Profileat dbu.dk
Profileat FC Rosengård
1992 births
Living people
Danish women's footballers
Danish expatriate women's footballers
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Denmark women's international footballers
Fortuna Hjørring players
Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
FC Rosengård players
Damallsvenskan players
Footballers from Aarhus
Women's association football midfielders
Vittsjö GIK players
Juventus F.C. (women) players
Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Serie A (women's football) players
Levante UD Femenino players
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
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