Sofie Junge Pedersen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Juventus FC and the Denmark national team. She previously played for

IK Skovbakken Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken deci ...

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 in the Swedish

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Club career

Junge Pedersen played for

until 2011 before moving to

. Skovbakken had made Junge Pedersen and fellow youngster

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contracted players in April 2010, in recognition of their exceptional potential. In June 2015, Junge Pedersen signed for FC Rosengård, after impressing the Swedish

champions while playing against them with Fortuna Hjørring in the UEFA Women's Champions League. During her time at Rosengård, Junge sustained a serious head injury which left her unable to play for the entire

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season. In 2017, FC Rosengård chose not to renew her contract and she signed with

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...

in the Spanish

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. At the conclusion of her contract with Levante in July 2018, Junge moved back to

where she signed with

Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a football club from Vittsjö, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OB ...

. In December 2018, Junge signed for

Juventus Women Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), known for commercial purposes as Juventus Women or simply Juve Women, is a women's football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It was established in 2017 as the women's section of th ...

in Italy

International career

At the inaugural

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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 in São Paulo. She was named in national

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Kenneth Heiner-Møller Kenneth Heiner-Møller (born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen; 17 January 1971) is a Danish football manager and former player. He is the former manager of the Canadian women's national team. In 1994–1995 he played for Ferencvárosi TC in Hungary, ...

's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. 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 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 who identifies as a socialist. In addition to her football career and university studies she undertakes charity and development work in Africa.

Honours

Fortuna Hjørring *

: 2013–14 FC Rosengård *

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Juventus * Serie A: 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 * Coppa Italia: *

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, 2021–22

Club career

International career

International goals

Personal life

Honours

References

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