Caroline Pleidrup
{{short description|Danish footballer (born 2000)}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Caroline Pleidrup
| image =
| image_size =
| fullname = Caroline Pleidrup Gram
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brøndbyvester, Denmark
| height = 1.73 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Sassuolo
| clubnumber = 4
| youthyears1= 2007–2017
| youthclubs1= Brøndby IF
| years1 = 2017–2022
| clubs1 = Brøndby IF
| caps1= 93
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2022–
| clubs2 = Sassuolo
| caps2= 71
| goals2 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam1 = Denmark U16
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam2 = Denmark U17
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2017–2019
| nationalteam3 = Denmark U19
| nationalcaps3 = 19
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2019–
| nationalteam4 = Denmark U23
| nationalcaps4 = 11
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2024–
| nationalteam5 = Denmark
| nationalcaps5 = 1
| nationalgoals5 = 0
|club-update = 30 March 2025
|nationalteam-update = 6 April 2025
}}
Caroline Pleidrup Gram (born 11 December 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian Serie A club Sassuolo and the Denmark national team.{{cite web|url=https://kvindeliga.dk/player-details?id=9000336604&clubId=16150|title=Caroline Pleidrup player profile|access-date=10 June 2020|publisher=kvindeliga.dk}}
Career
A defender from her days in schools football,{{cite web|url=https://www.calciofemminileitaliano.it/intervista-in-esclusiva/caroline-pleidrup-sassuolo-qui-ho-spazio-per-poter-crescere-calcisticamente-sogno-di-vestire-la-maglia-della-danimarca/|title=Caroline Pleidrup, Sassuolo: "Qui ho spazio per poter crescere calcisticamente. Sogno di vestire la maglia della Danimarca" (Caroline Pleidrup, Sassuolo: "Here I have space to grow as a footballer. I dream of wearing the Denmark jersey")|date=20 October 2023|access-date=11 October 2024|publisher=Calcio Femminile}} Pleidrup played for Brøndby IF's first team from December 2017 to 2022,{{cite web|url=https://www.fodboldforpiger.dk/2017/12/caroline-har-altid-spillet-broendby-rykker-hun-3f-truppen/|title=Caroline har altid spillet i Brøndby – nu rykker hun op i 3F-truppen|date=3 December 2017|publisher=fodboldforpiger.dk}} and joined Italian Serie A Femminile side Sassuolo in the summer of the latter year, citing the extra physicality of the Italian league as an attractive factor in her move.
After finishing sixth with her new club in 2023, Pleidrup enjoyed a fourth-place finish with Sassuolo in 2024.
International career
Pleidrup has won 38 caps at underage level for Denmark, 19 of them at Under-19 level.
She made her debut for the Denmark senior women's team on 28 February 2024 in a 1-1 draw against Austria in an international friendly.{{cite web|url=https://ie.soccerway.com/matches/2024/02/28/world/friendly-women/denmark/austria/4314710/|title=Soccerway: Denmark 1-1 Austria|date=28 February 2024|access-date=11 October 2024|publisher=Soccerway}}
Personal
Honours
Brøndby IF
- Elitedivisionen: Winner: 2019; Runners-up: 2018
- Danish Cup: Winner: 2018; Runners-up: 2019
References
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External links
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- {{DBU player|7602}}
{{U.S. Sassuolo Calcio (women) squad}}
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Category:Danish women's footballers
Category:Denmark women's international footballers
Category:Brøndby IF (women) players
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:People from Brøndby Municipality
Category:Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark
Category:21st-century Danish sportswomen
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