Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FA Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the world's most expensive female footballer following her transfer from VfL Wolfsburg to Chelsea,[1] but the record was broken in September 2022 by Keira Walsh when she was signed to Barcelona .[2]
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Full name | Pernille Mosegaard Harder | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ikast, Denmark | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chelsea | |||||||||||||||
Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
1997–2005 | Tulstrup-Faurholt | |||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Ikast | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Team Viborg | |||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Skovbakken | 27 | (22) | |||||||||||||
2012–2016 | Linköping | 88 | (71) | |||||||||||||
2017–2020 | VfL Wolfsburg | 75 | (68) | |||||||||||||
2020– | Chelsea | 42 | (18) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Denmark U17 | 23 | (9) | |||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Denmark U19 | 15 | (13) | |||||||||||||
2009– | Denmark | 140 | (70) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022 |
Harder, who is also known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy, won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award in 2018 and 2020.[3]
Harder played for Team Viborg and IK Skovbakken in her native Denmark's Elitedivisionen.[4] Skovbakken had made Harder and her contemporary Sofie Junge Pedersen contracted players in April 2010, in recognition of their exceptional potential.[5]
Harder chose Swedish club Linköpings FC 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.[6]
In the 2015 Damallsvenskan season Harder scored 17 goals in 22 appearances for Linköping, winning a series of national awards including Årets Anfallare (English: Forward of the Year) and Årets Allsvenska Spelare (English: League Player of the Year). 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.[7][8] Harder was also voted Danish Football Player of the Year in 2015.[9] In June 2016, Harder was among 30 local worthies to be named in a Wall of Fame by Linköping Municipality.[10]
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.[11] 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.[12]
In December 2016, it was announced that Harder had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with VfL Wolfsburg running from January 2017. In all four seasons with the team, Harder won the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double. She also played in two Champions League finals (2018 and 2020), losing both to Lyon.[13]
On 1 September 2020, Harder signed for Chelsea on a three-year contract for a world-record fee for a female footballer, reportedly in excess of £250,000.[14] In the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals, she scored in both legs against her former club VfL Wolfsburg.[15]
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.[16] 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.[17]
Harder scored further hat-tricks against Austria and Armenia in 2011 and Russia in 2013.[18] She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[19] With nine goals she had been the team's top goalscorer in qualifying.[20]
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.[21] In March 2016, Harder was appointed captain of the national team.[22]
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.[23] On 16 September 2021, she became the record goalscorer of the Denmark national team, with her 66 goal in her 129 games.[24] She was called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 and scored the only goal for denmark, but was eliminated with the national team in the group stage.
Since May 2014, Harder has been in a relationship with current Chelsea teammate and Swedish international, Magdalena Eriksson.[23][25][26]
She and Magdalena Eriksson work with the charity Common Goal and pledged 1% of their salaries to help tackle social issues throughout football. The couple also both push for equality and LGBTQ+ rights in sport.[27]
She has a Master's degree in Business administration.[28]
She grew up as an avid Manchester United fan.[29]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental[lower-alpha 3] | Other[lower-alpha 4] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
VSK Aarhus | 2010–11 | Elitedivisionen | 18 | 12 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | 22 | 18 | |||
2011–12 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 21 | 17 | |||||
Total | 36 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 35 | ||
Linköpings | 2012 | Damallsvenskan | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||
2013 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 20 | |||||
2014 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 10 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 26 | 20 | ||||
2015 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 27 | 20 | |||
2016 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 28 | ||||
Total | 88 | 71 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 91 | ||
VfL Wolfsburg | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 8 | ||
2017–18 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | — | 8 | 8 | — | 32 | 27 | ||||
2018–19 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | — | 6 | 8 | — | 32 | 31 | ||||
2019–20 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | — | 7 | 9 | — | 33 | 38 | ||||
Total | 75 | 68 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 104 | ||
Chelsea | 2019–20 | FA WSL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | 38 | 17 | |||
2021–22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 27 | 15 | |||
Total | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 32 | ||
Career total | 237 | 179 | 47 | 44 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 335 | 262 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 24 October 2009 | Vejle, Denmark | Georgia | 3–0 | 15–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2 | 7–0 | |||||
3 | 12–0 | |||||
4 | 3 October 2010 | Switzerland | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||
5 | 21 September 2011 | Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia | 3–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualification |
6 | 22 October 2011 | Vejle, Denmark | Austria | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
7 | 2–0 | |||||
8 | 3–0 | |||||
9 | 23 November 2011 | Armenia | 4–0 | 11–0 | ||
10 | 6–0 | |||||
11 | 10–0 | |||||
12 | 8 December 2011 | São Paulo, Brazil | Chile | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2011 International Tournament of São Paulo |
13 | 11 December 2011 | Italy | 2–2 | 2–2 | ||
14 | 13 December 2011 | Brazil | 1–0 | 1–2 | ||
15 | 4 April 2012 | Prague, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualification |
16 | 19 September 2012 | Vejle, Denmark | Portugal | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
17 | 9 December 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil | Mexico | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2012 International Tournament of São Paulo |
18 | 13 March 2013 | Lagos, Portugal | Mexico | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2013 Algarve Cup |
19 | 8 April 2013 | Horsens, Denmark | Russia | 3–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
20 | 4–1 | |||||
21 | 5–1 | |||||
22 | 25 September 2013 | Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
23 | 4–0 | |||||
24 | 26 October 2013 | Belgrade, Serbia | Serbia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
25 | 24 November 2013 | Valletta, Malta | Malta | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
26 | 19 June 2014 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Israel | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
27 | 21 August 2014 | Reykjavik, Iceland | Iceland | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
28 | 11 March 2015 | Albufeira, Portugal | Norway | 1–3 | 2–5 | 2015 Algarve Cup |
29 | 2–5 | |||||
30 | 8 April 2015 | Stockholm, Sweden | Sweden | 3–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
31 | 22 October 2015 | Viborg, Denmark | Moldova | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification |
32 | 2 June 2016 | Slovakia | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
33 | 7 June 2016 | Poland | 2–0 | 6–0 | ||
34 | 4–0 | |||||
35 | 15 September 2016 | Chișinău, Moldova | Moldova | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
36 | 3–0 | |||||
37 | 5–0 | |||||
38 | 28 November 2016 | Turbize, Belgium | Belgium | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
39 | 3–1 | |||||
40 | 20 January 2017 | Larnaca, Cyprus | Scotland | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
41 | 6 March 2017 | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | Russia | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2016 Algarve Cup |
42 | 2–1 | |||||
43 | 4–1 | |||||
44 | 8 March 2017 | Albufeira, Portugal | Australia | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
45 | 11 April 2017 | Slagelse, Denmark | Finland | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
46 | 1 July 2017 | Gladsaxe, Denmark | England | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
47 | 6 August 2017 | Enschede, Netherlands | Netherlands | 2–2 | 2–4 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
48 | 19 August 2017 | Győr, Hungary | Hungary | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
49 | 24 October 2017 | Zaprešić, Croatia | Croatia | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
50 | 2–0 | |||||
51 | 2 March 2018 | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | Netherlands | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2018 Algarve Cup |
52 | 8 June 2018 | Lviv, Ukraine | Ukraine | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
53 | 12 June 2018 | Viborg, Denmark | Hungary | 5–1 | 5–1 | |
54 | 4 March 2019 | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | China | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Algarve Cup |
55 | 29 August 2019 | Viborg, Denmark | Malta | 2–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
56 | 3 September 2019 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Israel | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
57 | 12 November 2019 | Viborg, Denmark | Georgia | 7–0 | 14–0 | |
58 | 10–0 | |||||
59 | 12–0 | |||||
60 | 4 March 2020 | Parchal, Portugal | Norway | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
61 | 10 March 2020 | Lagos, Portugal | Belgium | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
62 | 22 September 2020 | Ta' Qali, Malta | Malta | 5–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
63 | 21 October 2020 | Viborg, Denmark | Israel | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
64 | 2–0 | |||||
65 | 13 April 2021 | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff | Wales | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
66 | 16 September 2021 | Viborg, Denmark | Malta | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
67 | 21 October 2021 | Viborg, Denmark | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7–0 | 8–0 | |
68 | 12 June 2022 | Wiener Neustadt, Austria | Austria | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
69 | 12 July 2022 | Milton Keynes, England | Finland | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 |
70 | 1 September 2022 | Viborg, Denmark | Montenegro | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
Linköpings
VfL Wolfsburg
Chelsea
Denmark
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