June Pedersen

{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1985)}}

{{update after|2022|08|02}}

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| name = June Pedersen

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| fullname = June Renate Pedersen

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|4|3}}

| birth_place = Tromsø, Norway

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Malangshalvøya BK

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| clubs1 = Tromsdalen UIL

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| years2 = –2005

| clubs2 = IK Grand Bodø

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| years3 = 2006–2008

| clubs3 = Umeå IK

| caps3 = 31

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2009–2019

| clubs4 = Piteå

| caps4 = 191

| goals4 = 34

| years5 = 2020–2021

| clubs5 = Hammarby IF

| caps5 = 41

| goals5 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006

| nationalteam1 = Norway U21

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam2 = Norway U23

| nationalcaps2 = 12

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 2015

| nationalteam3 = Norway

| nationalcaps3 = 3

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| nationalteam4 = Sápmi

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| pcupdate = 1 January 2022

| ntupdate = 1 January 2022

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June Renate Pedersen (born 3 April 1985) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender. During her career, Pedersen won three caps for the Norway women's national football team.

Club career

In December 2005, Swedish national champions Umeå IK signed Pedersen from Norwegian second tier club IK Grand Bodø.{{cite news|title=June Pedersen joins Umeå IK|url=https://int.soccerway.com/news/2005/December/21/june-pedersen-joins-ume-ik/n85972/|accessdate=26 March 2016|publisher=Soccerway|date=20 December 2005}} She was a substitute in all four legs of Umeå's UEFA Women's Cup final defeats in 2007 and 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01c6-0e11dba96a6c-8b1a636823e7-1000--umea-and-rossiyanka-advance/amp/|title=Umeå and Rossiyanka advance|date=2007-10-14|publisher=UEFA|access-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803031614/https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01c6-0e11dba96a6c-8b1a636823e7-1000--umea-and-rossiyanka-advance/amp/|archive-date=2021-08-03}} She was part of Umeå when the team won the 2007 Swedish Championship.{{cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/1669670|title=Damallsvenskan: Umeå säkrade guldet|date=2007-10-21|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|language=sv|access-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803030900/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/1669670|archive-date=2021-08-03}} With her playing opportunities decreasing at Umeå, Pedersen moved to Damallsvenskan rivals Piteå in December 2008.{{cite news|title=June Pedersen till Piteå IF|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=98&artikel=2493412|accessdate=26 March 2016|publisher=Sveriges Radio|date=8 December 2008|language=Swedish}}{{cite web|last1=Fussgänger|first1=Rainier|title=Sju goda år för June Pedersen i Piteå|url=http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2015/03/sju-goda-ar-for-june-pedersen-i-pitea|publisher=Dam Football|accessdate=26 April 2016|date=1 March 2015}}{{cite news|title=Piteå revanscherade med två frisparksmål från mittlinjen|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=98&artikel=6233417|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|accessdate=26 April 2016|date=16 August 2015| last1=Lindberg | first1=Hjalmar }} Pedersen was part of the Piteå team that won the Swedish Championship in 2018, the first in the club's history.{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/EoekO3/pitea-vinner-sm-guld-2018|title=Piteå vinner SM-guld 2018|last1=Bohman|first1=Per|last2=Håkansson|first2=Johan|date=2018-10-27|publisher=Sport Bladet|access-date=2021-08-02|language=sv}} In 2020, after ten years on the team, she left Piteå to join Hammarby Fotboll on a two-year contract with the option of an additional year.{{cite web|url=https://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/aktuellt/nyheter/june-pedersen-klar-for-hammarby/|title=June Pedersen klar för Hammarby|date=n.d.|publisher=Hammarby Fotboll|access-date=2021-08-02|language=sv|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206210146/https://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/aktuellt/nyheter/june-pedersen-klar-for-hammarby/|url-status=dead}}

International career

On 17 September 2015, she made her debut for the Norway senior national team during a match against Scotland at the age of 30.{{cite news|last1=Eilertsen|first1=Tobias Stein|title=Tidligere TUIL-spiller fikk landslagsdebut som 30-åring|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/fotball/kvinner/Tidligere-TUIL-spiller-fikk-landslagsdebut-som-30-aring-605631_1.snd|accessdate=26 March 2016|publisher=Aftenposten|date=22 September 2015|language=Norwegian}} A week later, she earned her first start playing in the left-back position against Kazakhstan during Norway's first UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying match.{{cite web|last1=Johansen|first1=Torje Donnestad|title=June med målgivende i landslagsdebuten fra start|url=http://www.nordlys.no/fotball/kvinnelandslaget/roger-finjord/june-med-malgivende-i-landslagsdebuten-fra-start/s/5-34-249847|publisher=Nordly's|accessdate=26 April 2016|date=22 September 2015}} She has also played for the Sápmi women's national football team.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/tre-sapmi-fjes-pa-u23-1.4660779|title=Tre Sápmi-fjes på U23|date=2008-01-28|publisher=NRK|access-date=2021-08-02|language=no}}

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