Pernille Harder (footballer)


Pernille Mosegaard Harder is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder or striker for VfL Wolfsburg and in 2018 was named Europe's best female footballer.
She also plays for Danish national team and She was on the team that won silver at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. She was only 23 years old when she was named the national team leader in March 2016 and She made her debut for the national team in 2009.

Club career

Before signing for Linköpings in June 2012 Harder played for Team Viborg and IK Skovbakken in her country's Elitedivisionen. Skovbakken had made Harder and her contemporary Sofie Junge Pedersen contracted players in April 2010, in recognition of their exception potential.
Harder chose a Swedish club for her next destination because she wanted a new challenge, but also because she wanted to remain in Scandinavia. In September 2013 she scored all four goals in Linköpings' 4–1 win at relegation-bound Sunnanå SK.
In the 2015 Damallsvenskan season Harder scored 17 goals in 22 appearances for Linköping, winning a series of national awards including Årets Anfallare and Årets Allsvenska Spelare. At the annual awards gala she shared the stage with male winner Zlatan Ibrahimović and was described as "hyper-talented" and "world class" by Swedish national coach Pia Sundhage. Harder was also voted Danish Football Player of the Year in 2015. In June 2016, Harder was among 30 local worthies to be named in a Wall of Fame by Linköping Municipality.
Harder enjoyed further success in the 2016 Damallsvenskan season, retaining the League Player of the Year award. Her 23 league goals secured the Top Goalscorer award and helped Linköping win the Damallsvenskan title. By now a transfer target for the biggest clubs in women's football, Harder's agent announced in November 2016 that she would be leaving Linköping for a new challenge. In December 2016, it was announced that Harder had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with VfL Wolfsburg running from January 2017.

International career

At the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand, Harder was part of the Denmark team who won their group before losing 4–0 to eventual champions North Korea in the quarter-final. Still 16 years old, she contributed a hat-trick to a crushing 15–0 win over Georgia in her senior international debut in October 2009, and she has continued to score regularly for the Danish team ever since.
Harder scored further hat-tricks against Austria and Armenia in 2011 and Russia in 2013. She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. With nine goals she had been the team's top goalscorer in qualifying.
In October 2013, Harder won her 50th cap for Denmark in a 1–1 draw with Serbia. She scored Denmark's goal in the match. In March 2016, Harder was appointed captain of the national team.
In 2017, she was named in national coach Nils Nielsen's Denmark squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. She captained the team to the final and scored a goal in Denmark's 4–2 defeat by hosts the Netherlands. She was voted runner-up to Lieke Martens in the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award for 2016–17.

International goals

#DateLocationOpponentAssist/PassScoreResultCompetition
1Vejle, Denmark3–015–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying round
2Vejle, Denmark7–015–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying round
3Vejle, Denmark12–015–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying round
4Vejle, Denmark1–31–32011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying play-off
5Yerevan, Armenia3–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
6Vejle, Denmark1–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
7Vejle, Denmark2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
8Vejle, Denmark3–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
9Vejle, Denmark4–011–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
10Vejle, Denmark6–011–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
11Vejle, Denmark10–011–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
12São Paulo, Brazil4–04–02011 International Tournament of São Paulo
13São Paulo, Brazil2–22–22011 International Tournament of São Paulo
14São Paulo, Brazil1–01–22011 International Tournament of São Paulo
15Prague, Czech Republic2–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
16Vejle, Denmark1–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying round
17São Paulo, Brazil3–05–02012 International Tournament of São Paulo
18Lagos, Portugal2–03–02013 Algarve Cup
19Horsens, Denmark3–15–1Friendly
20Horsens, Denmark4–15–1Friendly
21Horsens, Denmark5–15–1Friendly
22Budapest, Hungary2–04–0Friendly
23Budapest, Hungary4–04–0Friendly
24Belgrade, Serbia1–01–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
25Valletta, Malta3–05–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26Tel Aviv, Israel2–05–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
27Reykjavik, Iceland1–01–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
28Albufeira, Portugal1–32–52015 Algarve Cup
29Albufeira, Portugal2–52–52015 Algarve Cup
30Stockholm, Sweden3–33–3Friendly
31Viborg, DenmarkKatrine Veje2–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification
32Viborg, DenmarkSanne Troelsgaard1–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification
33Viborg, Denmarkunassisted2–06–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification
34Viborg, DenmarkSimone Boye4–06–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification
35Chișinău, MoldovaNadia Nadim2–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification
36Chișinău, MoldovaTheresa Nielsen3–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification
37Chișinău, Moldovaunassisted5–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification
38Turbize, Belgium2–03–1Friendly
39Turbize, Belgium3–13–1Friendly
40Larnaca, Cyprus0–12–2Friendly
41Vila Real de Santo António, Portugalunassisted1–06–12016 Algarve Cup
42Vila Real de Santo António, Portugalunassisted2–16–12016 Algarve Cup
43Vila Real de Santo António, PortugalNicoline Sørensen4–16–12016 Algarve Cup
44Albufeira, PortugalCecilie Sandvej1–11–12016 Algarve Cup
45Slagelse, DenmarkStine Larsen1–05–0Friendly
46Gladsaxe, Denmarkunassisted1–11–2Friendly
47Enschede, Netherlandsunassisted2–22–4UEFA Women's Euro 2017
48Győr, Hungaryunassisted3–16–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
49Zaprešić, Croatiaunassisted1–04–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
50Zaprešić, CroatiaTheresa Nielsen2–04–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
51Vila Real de Santo António, Portugalunassisted1–02–32018 Algarve Cup
52Lviv, Ukraineunassisted3–05–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
53Viborg, DenmarkNadia Nadim5–15–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
54Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal1–01–02019 Algarve Cup
55Viborg, Denmark2–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
56Ramat Gan, Israel3–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
57Viborg, Denmarkunassisted7–014–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
58Viborg, Denmarkunassisted10–014–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
59Viborg, DenmarkSofie Svava12–014–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
60Parchal, PortugalSofie Svava1–01–22020 Algarve Cup
61Lagos, Portugalunassisted1–04–02020 Algarve Cup

Personal life

Since May 2014, Harder has been in a relationship with former Linköpings FC teammate and Swedish international, Magdalena Eriksson.

Honours

Club

;Linköpings FC
;VfL Wolfsburg