Stine Ballisager Pedersen

Stine Ballisager Pedersen
Ballisager with the Kansas City Current in 2024
Personal information
Full name Stine Ballisager Pedersen[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Vellev, Denmark
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
–2009 Vellev
2009–2012 Team Viborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 IK Skovbakken
2017–2018 VSK Aarhus 14 (2)
2018–2023 Vålerenga 127 (3)
2023–2024 Kansas City Current 22 (1)
International career‡
2009–2010 Denmark U16 8 (0)
2009–2011 Denmark U17 24 (0)
2011–2013 Denmark U19 29 (2)
2016 Denmark U23 2 (0)
2012– Denmark 62 (4)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Denmark
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Netherlands Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Stine Ballisager Pedersen (born 3 January 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who most recently played as a defender for American club Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and is a member of the Denmark national team. She previously played for Vålerenga in the Toppserien.

Club career

Ballisager started playing football at six years old. She played youth soccer for Vellev IF, and then for Team Viborg. In 2012, she signed with IK Skovbakken.[2]

Vålerenga, 2018–2023

Ballisager signed with Vålerenga before the 2018 Toppserien, and the club named her captain in the 2021 season. She made 140 total appearances for the club across all competitions.[3]

Kansas City Current, 2023–2024

On 3 July 2023, American club Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League announced that they had signed Ballisager through the 2024 season, with an option for an additional year, and that she would join the team following the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. With six months remaining on her contract, Vålerenga transferred her for an undisclosed fee but stated that it was the largest in club history.[3]

On 19 December 2024, the Kansas City Current announced that Ballisager had departed the club.[4]

International career

Ballisager played for several youth Danish national teams. In 2012, she debuted for the senior national team in a match against Brazil.[5] She was also part of the team which represented Denmark at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017,[6] where they reached the competition final for the first time in history, but eventually lost to the Netherlands.[7]

Honors

Individual

Vålerenga

Career statistics

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 October 2019 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2. 10 March 2020 Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal  Belgium 4–0 4–0 2020 Algarve Cup
3. 1 September 2022 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark  Montenegro 3–1 5–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4. 5 April 2024 Městský fotbalový stadion, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 2–1 3–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ Ballisager Pedersen, Stine (22 May 2017). "Fodboldspiller Stine Ballisager Pedersen har Girlpower" [Soccer player Stine Ballisager Pedersen has Girlpower]. Kvindesport.dk (Interview) (in Danish). Interviewed by Peter Arndal. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Vålerenga-stopper til USA i rekordstor overgang" [Vålerenga stops to the USA in a record-breaking transfer]. ABC Nyheter (in Norwegian). NTB. 3 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Thank you for everything you brought to this club, Stine
    Wishing you all the best in what's coming next for you!"    . 19 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.     {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  5. ^ Hollsberg Makussen, Maria (20 June 2017). "Skovbakken-anfører er udtaget til EM". Arhus Stiftstidende. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ^ "23 kvinder er på vej til EM". DBU. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Netherlands win Women's EURO". UEFA. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Højbjerg og Ballisager er årets spillere i Danmark" [Højbjerg and Ballisager are the players of the year in Denmark]. Stiften.dk (in Danish). 7 January 2023. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.


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