Danish · Viborg, Denmark · Born 15 November 1992Danish footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest female players of all time, known for her prolific goalscoring and technical ability.
Pernille Mosegaard Harder was born on 15 November 1992 in Ikast, Denmark, and progressed through local youth clubs before beginning her senior career with Team Viborg and Skovbakken. A move to Swedish club Linköping in 2012 marked the start of her rise to becoming the finest player Danish football, male or female, has ever produced. Harder joined VfL Wolfsburg in 2017, where her clinical finishing and creative vision helped establish her as one of the most feared attacking players in European women's football, winning four consecutive German league titles. In September 2020, she moved to Chelsea for a then-world-record transfer fee for a female player, becoming the most expensive player in the history of the women's game at that time. Harder won three consecutive league titles with Chelsea before moving to Bayern Munich in 2023, extending an extraordinary run of domestic success that has seen her win the league championship in every single season of her career since 2015 — an unbroken streak spanning four different clubs and two countries. Harder captains the Denmark national team and is the country's all-time leading goalscorer, male or female, having also won the Danish Football Player of the Year award a record nine times. Her sustained excellence across more than a decade at the top of the women's game has made her one of the sport's most respected and consistently successful players of her generation.
Being the world's most expensive female footballer when transferring to Chelsea
How They Played
Versatile attacking player with excellent finishing, pace, and ability to play multiple forward positions
Lasting Impact
One of Denmark's greatest female footballers and a global icon for women's football
Career Honours
- UEFA Women's Player of the Year 2018, 2020
- Champions League (Wolfsburg)
- Danish Footballer of the Year multiple times
- Champions League 2013
- Champions League 2014
- Bundesliga 2013
- Bundesliga 2014
- Bundesliga 2017
- Bundesliga 2018
- Bundesliga 2019
- Bundesliga 2020
| Club | Period | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2012–2020 | 177 | 103 |
| Chelsea FC Women | 2020–2023 | 79 | 33 |
| Ikast FS | 2009–2011 | 0 | 0 |
| Linkoping FC | 2011–2012 | 28 | 23 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 2023–2024 | 0 | 0 |
 Denmark | — | 143 | 68 |
Danish Athletes