Sofie Junge Pedersen
Danish association football player
Sofie Junge Pedersen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for A-Liga club Fortuna Hjørring and the Denmark national team. Junge previously played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and Juventus FC, Danish A-Liga sides IK Skovbakken and Fortuna Hjørring, the latter of which she captained, and Swedish Damallsvenskan side FC Rosengård. In 2024 Junge was named Footballer of the Year by English newspaper The Guardian for her climate and human rights activism in football.
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. 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.
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