Katrine Pedersen

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Katrine Pedersen

| image = File:Katrine Pedersen (cropped).jpg

| caption = Pedersen in 2025

| fullname = Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|4|13}}

| birth_place = Horsens, Denmark

| currentclub = Ottawa Rapid FC
(head coach)

| clubnumber =

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| position = Centre back
Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1993

| youthclubs1 = Stensballe IK

| years1 = 1994–2002 | clubs1 = HEI | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2002 | clubs2 = IK Skovbakken | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2002–2003 | clubs3 = Fulham | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2003–2005 | clubs4 = Fløya | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 2006 | clubs5 = Djurgården/Älvsjö | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 2007–2008 | clubs6 = Asker | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 2009–2013 | clubs7 = Stabæk | caps7 = 99 | goals7 = 18

| years8 = 2014–2015 | clubs8 = Adelaide United | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2015 | clubs9 = Stabæk | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1994–2013

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 210

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| manageryears1 = 2015–2021

| managerclubs1 = Denmark (women) (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs2 = AGF (women)

| manageryears3 = 2024–

| managerclubs3 = Ottawa Rapid FC

}}

Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen (born 13 April 1977) is a Danish former footballer and current coach who serves as the head coach of Canadian Northern Super League club Ottawa Rapid FC.

She has played for and captained Denmark, for whom she accrued a national record 210 caps. Pedersen is a member of the Danish Football Hall of Fame.{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Neil |date=10 October 2024 |title=Katrine Pedersen 1st head coach of Ottawa's Northern Super League women's team |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/katrine-pedersen-head-coach-ottawa-rapid-fc-nsl-1.7348637 |access-date=16 May 2025 |work=The Canadian Press}}

Club career

At club level, Pedersen spent the final years of her career with Norwegian club Stabæk,{{Cite web |title=Hva gjør du nå, Katrine Pedersen? |url=https://www.stabak.no/nyheter/hva-gjor-du-na-katrine-pedersen |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Stabæk |language=nb-no}} as a result of Stabæk taking over the bankrupt club Asker FK at the end of 2008.

Most of Pedersen's club football has been played outside Denmark. During 2002–03 she played for the English professional club Fulham Ladies, where she won a domestic treble.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/may/06/newsstory.sport6|title=Triumph at the end of Fulham road|date=6 May 2003|access-date=13 July 2013|work=The Guardian|location=London|first=Paula|last=Cocozza}} When Fulham reverted to semi-professional status several players left and Pedersen moved to Norway to join the Toppserien club IF Fløya based in Tromsø. After two seasons there she moved to spend the 2006 season playing in Stockholm, Sweden for the Damallsvenskan club Djurgården/Älvsjö. For the 2007 season, she moved back to Norway to play for Asker SK in Oslo,{{Cite web |date=2007-01-28 |title=KM Akershus 2007 – Lørdag fristil |url=https://www.langrenn.com/langrenn-allround/km-akershus-2007-lordag-fristil/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Langrenn |language=nb-NO}} and stayed there during 2008.

At the end of 2014, Pedersen joined Australian club Adelaide United.{{cite web|url=http://www.w-league.com.au/article/adelaide-snare-danish-international/1ovs7t1lm55pn1ajddulwsiib0|title=Adelaide snare Danish international|first=John|last=Greco|publisher=Football Federation Australia|date=29 August 2014}}

International career

Pedersen made her senior international debut in September 1994; a 1–0 win over the Netherlands in Hoogezand. She was in her national team in the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship in North West England, and was captain at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 in China. She also played in earlier World Cup competitions in 1995 (as an 18-year-old){{Cite web |date=2023-12-05 |title=The seven Europeans with 200 international caps: Seger, Spitse, Prinz, Sjögran, Pedersen, Panico, Fay |url=https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/news/025b-0edff2b5bd76-ec369f3d51ef-1000--the-seven-europeans-with-200-international-caps-seger-spits/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |publisher=UEFA}} and 1999, as well as UEFA Women's Championships in 1997, 2001 and 2009.{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=26709/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713092454/http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=26709/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2013|title=Katrine Pedersen|access-date=13 July 2013|publisher=UEFA}}

When Pedersen was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 she was the most experienced active player in Europe, with 203 caps.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020a-0e1416d60e73-ef0048a5dc34-1000--upbeat-heiner-moller-confirms-denmark-squad/|title=Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad|date=21 June 2013|access-date=13 July 2013|publisher=UEFA|first=Peter|last=Bruun}} Pedersen was named Danish women's player of the year in 2007, 2011, and 2013. In November 2013, she announced her pregnancy and retirement while accepting the Danish Player of the Year award.{{cite web|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/8858|title=Pregnant Pedersen retires with 210 caps|date=12 November 2013|access-date=13 November 2013|publisher=She Kicks}} Her total of 210 international appearances is 81 more than her countryman, Peter Schmeichel. She was four games short of Birgit Prinz's record for European players.

Coaching career

In August 2015, Pedersen was named an assistant coach with the Denmark women's national team.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213438/http://www.dbu.dk/Nyheder/2015/August/Katrine_pedersen_assistent|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead|url=http://www.dbu.dk/Nyheder/2015/August/Katrine_pedersen_assistent|trans-title=The captain back in red and white|date=August 24, 2015|title=Anføreren tilbage i rødt og hvidt|language=da|first=Pia|last=Schou Nielsen|work=Danish Football Association}}

In December 2020, it was announced that she would become the head coach of AGF Fodbold in the Danish Women's League beginning in the summer of 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://kvindesport.dk/agf-ansaetter-katrine-s-pedersen-og-afsloerer-flere-ambitioese-planer-for-klubben/|title=AGF ansætter Katrine S. Pedersen og afslører flere ambitiøse planer for klubben|first=Peter|last=Arndalon|trans-title=AGF hires Katrine S. Pedersen and reveals more ambitious plans for the club|language=da|date=13 December 2020|work=Kvinde Sport}}

In October 2024, she was announced as the first head coach of Ottawa Rapid FC in the Canadian Northern Super League, ahead of the inaugural season in 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/katrine-pedersen-head-coach-ottawa-rapid-fc-nsl-1.7348637|title=Katrine Pedersen 1st head coach of Ottawa's Northern Super League women's team|date=October 10, 2024|work=CBC Sports|first=Neil|last=Davidson}}

As of 10 October 2024, Pedersen was among four Danish women to have a UEFA Pro Coaching Licence.

Personal life

Pedersen works as a teacher and football trainer at a high school in Oslo, Norway. In May 2011, her autobiography "Katrine" was published in Denmark.{{cite web|url=http://tema.3f.dk/article/20110504/FODBOLD/110509938/1862/fodboldportal&template=fodboldportal|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714210107/http://tema.3f.dk/article/20110504/FODBOLD/110509938/1862/fodboldportal&template=fodboldportal|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2012|title=Landsholdsduo bag ny bold-biografi|publisher=3f.dk|access-date=13 February 2012|language=da|author=Helle Møller Riis|date=4 May 2011}} Pedersen is in a relationship with fellow former football player, Maiken Pape.{{cite news |title=Hva gjør du nå, Katrine Pedersen? |url=https://www.stabak.no/nyheter/hva-gjor-du-na-katrine-pedersen#cookie-line-accept |access-date=25 May 2021 |publisher=Stabæk Fotball |language=Norwegian|date=24 November 2020}}

References

External links

[http://askerfk.no/default.asp?p=showExtra&id={F891210D-D3F0-427D-8EB8-0B1AB79FB33D} Profile at Asker club site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209160123/http://askerfk.no/default.asp?p=showExtra&id=%7BF891210D-D3F0-427D-8EB8-0B1AB79FB33D%7D |date=9 February 2012 }}
[http://www.stabakdata.no/soccerstats/player.php?id=14 Profile at Stabæk club site]
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