Pernille Harder
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Harder with FC Bayern in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pernille Mosegaard Harder | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ikast, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Chelsea | 48 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Bayern Munich | 54 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Denmark U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Denmark U17 | 23 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Denmark U19 | 15 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Denmark | 169 | (82) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 07 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team. She has won the domestic league with her teams every year for a decade straight, from 2015 to 2025; the first with Linköping, then 4 with VfL Wolfsburg, 3 with Chelsea and 2 with Bayern Munich. In September 2020, Harder became the world's most expensive female footballer following her transfer from VfL Wolfsburg to Chelsea, a record she held for two years. She is considered one of the best footballers in the world.
Harder has been nominated thrice for the Ballon d'Or in 2018, 2019, and 2021, placing second with only a 6-point margin at the first ever awarding in 2018 while playing for VfL Wolfsburg. She was awarded the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award in 2018 and 2020, the first player to win the award twice. English newspaper The Guardian named Harder as the best footballer in the world in 2018 and 2020, with Harder also the first player to twice receive this honour. In 2020 British football magazine Four Four Two named Harder the best footballer in the world.
Harder, like her fiancée Magdalena Eriksson, is also known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy in sport and beyond.