The Danish professional footballer Pernille Harder currently plays as a forward for English FA Women’s Super League club Chelsea and also the Danish national team.
As of September 2020, Harder became the world’s most expensive female footballer. She is also known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy. She also believes that training facilities and coaching availability to aspiring female footballers should be on an equal playing field to that of their male counterparts.
Biography
The Danish professional footballer was born in Ikast, Denmark on November 15, 1992. Her parents are Mogens Harder and Annie Harder. She has only one sibling, a sister, Louise Harder.
She attended Ikast-Brande Gymnasium. She was raised in the small Danish town of Ikast.
Pernille Harder Current Player Profile (2021/2022)
Full Name: Pernille Harder
Date of Birth: 15 November 1992
Place of birth: Ikast Denmark
Nationality: Danish
Age: 31 years old
Girlfriend: Magdalena Eriksson
Parents: Mogens and Annie Harder
Salary: $557,121
Net worth: $2 million
Height: 1.69m (5 ft 7 in)
Position: Attacking Midfielder/Striker
Jersey Number: 23
Current club: Chelsea
Joined: 2020
Contract expires: 2023
Salary and Net worth
Pernille Harder has an estimated salary and income of $557,121 and a net worth of nearly $2 million as of August 2021. She broke the world record as a female footballer with the highest transfer fee. Her three-year contract with Chelsea was speculated to have cost £250,000.
Here are 7 untold facts about Pernille Harder
1. Pernille Harder was contracted in 2010 because of her exceptional talent
Harder got recognized for her exceptional skills at a tender age. She played for Team Viborg and IK Skovbakken in Denmark’s Elitedivisionen.
The striker moved to the Swedish club Linköpings FC and in September 2013, she scored four goals at relegation bound Sunnanå SK. In the 2015 Damallsvenskan season, Pernille Harder scored 17 goals in just 22 appearances for her club.
Aside from winning several national awards, she was described as a hyper-talented and world-class player by the Swedish national coach, Pia Sundhage. She was also voted as Danish Football player of the year in 2015. She became one of the 30 local worthies to be named in a wall of fame by Linkoping municipality.
Pernille Harder became a target for other big clubs in women’s football after she became the top goalscorer and won the Damallsvenskan title.
It was announced in December 2016 that harder signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Vfl Wolfsburg. She played four seasons with the club and eventually won the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double. Harder also played in two champions league finals but lost to Olympique Lyonnais Feminine.
After spending close to four years with Vfl Wolfsburg, Harder signed for Chelsea on September 1, 2020. She played for Chelsea in the 2020-21 UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-finals. She scored against Vfl Wolfsburg during the match.
2. International career
Pernille Harder has had an impressive football career. She joined the Danish national team in 2009 and later became part of Denmark’s team at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. At the age of 16, she made her senior debut with a hat-trick that contributed to the win over Georgia in October 2009.
She continued to score for the national team and was eventually named in national coach Kenneth Heinerrmoller’s Denmark squad for UEFA Women’s Euro 2013.
Harder won her 50th cap for Denmark in a 1-1 draw with Serbia in October 2013. She also scored the only goal for her team in the match.
In 2017, Pernille Harder became named in national coach Nils Nielsen’s Denmark squad for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017. She became the captain of the team during the completion and scored Denmark’s 4-2 defeat by hosts in the Netherlands. Harder was voted runner-up in the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year Award for 2016-17.
3. She has been dating Magdalena Eriksson since 2014
Pernille Harder and Magdalena Eriksson are not just teammates but partners. Eriksson is a Swedish defender and was playing in the world cup in France in 2019 when she kissed harder in the crowd.
The moment was captured and the picture went viral on social media. The couple became prominent figures for gay couples in women’s football afterward. They are said to have been in a relationship since 2014.
4. Pernille Harder is from a family of footballers
While growing up, Harder’s parents were keen football players. They noticed her skills at an early age and nurtured it. They were both amateur footballers. Her mother was a center-back while her father was a midfielder in her hometown.
The Danish player revealed that her mother was her coach for the local girl’s team until she got to age 13. Her older sister Louise Harder was also a footballer but did not pursue it as a career as she chooses to go to college and study instead.
5. She sacrifices her salary for common goal projects
Harder is currently the highest-paid female footballer in Chelsea. Spends her money on advocating for greater opportunities for girls.
She spends it through the common goal project which supports PlayProud, a coaching project that aims at supporting the LGBTQ+ community inclusive in grassroots football.
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6. Height and weight
The 31 year-old footballer stands 5 feet 7 inches tall.
7. Pernille Harder keeps all her awards at her parent’s house
Harder has received several awards in her career. She credits her parents for her success in her career and also does them well by keeping her awards at their place.
- Danish Breakthrough Player Of The Year: 2010
- Danish Football Player Of The Year: 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 And 2019
- Top Scorer in Damallsvenskan: 2016
- Forward of the Year in Damallsvenskan: 2016
- The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World Winner: 2018, 2020
- Women’s Footballer of the Year(Germany): 2020
- IFFHS World’s Best Woman Player: 2020
- IFFHS UEFA Woman Team of the Decade 2011-2020
- UEFA Champions League Forward of the Season: 2019-2020
Complete profile of Pernille Harder
| Pernille Harder | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Pernille Harder |
| Date of Birth | 15 November 1992 |
| Age | 31 years |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Birth place | Ikast, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Education | NA |
| Profession | Professional Football Player |
| Playing Position | Attacking Midfielder / Striker |
| Clubs | CD Lérez 2016–2020 Deportivo La Coruña 2020– Real Madrid 2016– Galicia 2016–2018 Spain U17 2018–2019 Spain U19 2019– Spain U20 |
| Father | Mogens Harder |
| Mother | Annie Harder |
| Siblings | Louise Harder |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Spouse/Partner | Magdalena Eriksson |
| Boyfriend | NA |
| Kids | NA |
| Estimated Net Worth: | $2 million |
| Source of net worth | Football career |
| Height | Feet- 5 ft 7in Meters- 1.70m Centimeters- 170cm |
| Weight | 64 kg |
| Eye color | NA |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Social media | Instagram |
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