Full name Sofie Junge Pedersen 1999–2006 BMI Current team FC Rosengard Number 27 Height 1.76 m | Role Footballer Name Sofie Pedersen | |
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Date of birth (1992-04-24) April 24, 1992 (age 23) | ||
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UEFA Women's Champions League: FC Rosengård 2 - 1 Fortuna Hjørring 2014-11-08
Sofie Junge Pedersen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Levante UD in the Spanish Primera División as well as 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 FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.
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- UEFA Womens Champions League FC Rosengrd 2 1 Fortuna Hjrring 2014 11 08
- Club career
- International career
- Personal life
- Club
- References
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.
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. 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.
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 in São Paulo. She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller'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's ACL injury.
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.