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Cecilie Vedel Pedersen (born 19 March 1983) is a Danish former footballer. She played for Elitedivisionen club Brøndby IF and also represented the Denmark national team.

Cecilie Pedersen

Personal information
Full name	Cecilie Vedel Pedersen
Date of birth	(1983-03-19) 19 March 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth	Denmark
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Hvidovre IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2006	Brøndby IF	74	(9)
National team‡
1999–2000	Denmark U-17	13	(1)
2000–2002	Denmark U-19	25	(3)
2002–2005	Denmark	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:29, 29 November 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:29, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Pedersen made a total of 89 appearances for Brøndby between 2000 and 2006, scoring nine goals.[1] She was part of the Brøndby team which reached the 2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup semi-finals.[2]

International career

Pedersen represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada. She made her debut for the senior Denmark women's national football team in October 2002; a 2–0 defeat by Germany in Ulm. She was named in national coach Peter Bonde's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2005,[3] where Denmark were eliminated at the group stage.

Personal life

After injury ended Pedersen's football career, she began a relationship with her Indian yoga instructor Rahul Alinje. In December 2015 they were married in Manmad, India, in a traditional Marathi Buddhist ceremony.[4][5]

References

External links

• Danish Football Union (DBU) statistics (in Danish)

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