Stine Ballisager Pedersen

Stine Ballisager Pedersen (born 3 January 1994) is a Danish women's footballer who plays as a defender for American club Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), and the Denmark national team. She previously played for Vålerenga in the Toppserien.[2]

Stine Ballisager Pedersen
Personal information
Full name Stine Ballisager Pedersen[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994
Place of birth Vellev, Denmark
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Kansas City Current
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2009 Vellev
2009–2012 Team Viborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 IK Skovbakken
2017–2018 VSK Aarhus 14 (2)
2018–2023 Vålerenga 127 (3)
2023– Kansas City Current 0 (0)
International career‡
2009–2010 Denmark U16 8 (0)
2009–2011 Denmark U17 24 (0)
2011–2013 Denmark U19 29 (2)
2016 Denmark U23 2 (0)
2012– Denmark 44 (3)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Denmark
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2017 NetherlandsTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Pedersen started playing football at six years old. She played youth soccer for Vellev IF, and then for Team Viborg. In 2012, Pedersen signed with IK Skovbakken.[2]

Vålerenga, 2018–2023

Pedersen signed with Vålerenga before the 2018 Toppserien, and the club named her captain in the 2021 season. She made 140 total appearances for the club across all competitions.[3]

Kansas City Current, 2023–

On 3 July 2023, American club Kansas City Current of the NWSL announced that it had signed Pedersen through the 2024 season, with an option for an additional year, and that she would join the team following the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. With six months remaining on her contract, Vålerenga transferred her for an undisclosed fee but stated that it was the largest in club history.[3]

International career

Pedersen played for several youth Danish national teams. In 2012, she debuted for the senior national team in a match against Brazil.[4] She was also part of the team which represented Denmark at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017,[5] where they reached the competition final for the first time in history, but eventually lost to the Netherlands.[6]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 October 2019Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Bosnia and Herzegovina1–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.10 March 2020Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal Belgium4–04–02020 Algarve Cup
3.1 September 2022Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Montenegro3–15–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honors

Individual

Vålerenga

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. Ballisager Pedersen, Stine (22 May 2017). "Fodboldspiller Stine Ballisager Pedersen har Girlpower" [Soccer player Stine Ballisager Pedersen has Girlpower]. Kvindesport.dk (Interview) (in Danish). Interviewed by Peter Arndal. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. "Vålerenga-stopper til USA i rekordstor overgang" [Vålerenga stops to the USA in a record-breaking transfer]. ABC Nyheter (in Norwegian). NTB. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. Hollsberg Makussen, Maria (20 June 2017). "Skovbakken-anfører er udtaget til EM". Arhus Stiftstidende. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. "23 kvinder er på vej til EM". DBU. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. "Netherlands win Women's EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. "Højbjerg og Ballisager er årets spillere i Danmark" [Højbjerg and Ballisager are the players of the year in Denmark]. Stiften.dk (in Danish). 7 January 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.


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