Sofie Junge Pedersen

Sofie Junge Pedersen
Junge Pedersen with Denmark in July 2017
Personal information
Full name Sofie Junge Pedersen
Date of birth (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992
Place of birth Aarhus, Denmark
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Badalona
Number 24
Youth career
1999–2006 BMI
2007–2009 IK Skovbakken
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 IK Skovbakken
2012–2015 Fortuna Hjørring 95
2015–2017 FC Rosengård 6 (0)
2017–2018 Levante UD 24 (1)
2018 Vittsjö GIK 11 (1)
2018–2023 Juventus 74 (13)
2023–2025 Internazionale 22 (2)
2025– Badalona 7 (0)
International career
2007 Denmark U16 3 (1)
2007–2008 Denmark U17 19 (4)
2010–2012 Denmark U19 25 (5)
2011 Denmark U23 1 (0)
2011– Denmark 89 (7)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Denmark
UEFA Women's Championship
2017 Netherlands Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 03 March 2026

Sofie Junge Pedersen (born 24 April 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga F club Badalona and the Denmark national team. Junge previously played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and Juventus FC, Danish A-Liga sides IK Skovbakken and Fortuna Hjørring, the latter of which she captained, and Swedish Damallsvenskan side FC Rosengård. In 2024 Junge was named Footballer of the Year by English newspaper The Guardian for her climate and human rights activism in football.