Did you know Pernille Harder is a footballer from Denmark? This piece lets you know Pernille Harder’s husband, partner, spouse, children and other information you need. But then, who is Pernille Harder?
Husband
Pernille Harder has no husband or children as of June 2023.
Life & career
Pernille Mosegaard Harder is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the world’s most expensive female footballer following her transfer from VfL Wolfsburg to Chelsea, but the record was broken in September 2022 by Keira Walsh when she was signed by Barcelona.
Harder is considered one of the best footballers in the world. Harder, who is also known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy, won the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year Award in 2018 and 2020. Her remarkable achievements have earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips.
Club career
Pernille Harder played for Team Viborg and IK Skovbakken in her native Denmark’s Elitedivisionen. Skovbakken had made Harder and her contemporary Sofie Junge Pedersen contract players in April 2010, in recognition of their exceptional potential.
Harder chose Swedish club Linköpings FC for her next destination because she wanted a new challenge, but also because she wanted to remain in Scandinavia. In September 2013 she scored all four goals in Linköpings’ 4–1 win at relegation-bound Sunnanå SK.
In the 2015 Damallsvenskan season, Harder scored 17 goals in 22 appearances for Linköping, winning a series of national awards including Årets Anfallare (English: Forward of the Year) and Årets Allsvenska Spelare (English: League Player of the Year). At the annual awards gala, she shared the stage with male winner Zlatan Ibrahimović and was described as “hyper-talented” and “world-class” by Swedish national coach Pia Sundhage.
Pernille Harder was also voted Danish Football Player of the Year in 2015. In June 2016, Harder was among 30 local worthies to be named in a Wall of Fame by Linköping Municipality. She is one of the richest and most influential professional football players in Denmark. She stands at an appealing height of 1.69m and has a good body weight which suits her personality.
Harder enjoyed further success in the 2016 Damallsvenskan season, retaining the League Player of the Year award. Her 23 league goals secured the Top Goalscorer award and helped Linköping win the Damallsvenskan title. By now a transfer target for the biggest clubs in women’s football, Harder’s agent announced in November 2016 that she would be leaving Linköping for a new challenge.
In December 2016, it was announced that Harder had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with VfL Wolfsburg running from January 2017. In all four seasons with the team, Harder won the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double. She was the top scorer in the league twice. She also played in two Champions League finals (2018 and 2020), losing both to Lyon.
On 1 September 2020, Harder signed for Chelsea on a three-year contract for a world-record fee for a female footballer, reportedly in excess of £250,000. In the 2020–21 UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-finals, she scored in both legs against her former club VfL Wolfsburg.
On 1 June 2023, it was announced that Harder, along with partner and former Chelsea teammate Magdalena Eriksson, had signed for Bayern Munich on a three-year deal. She played in the Algarve Cup in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015, but had an injury in 2014. In October 2013, Harder won her 50th cap for Denmark in a 1–1 draw with Serbia. She scored Denmark’s goal in the match. In March 2016, Harder was appointed captain of the national team.
In 2017, she was named in national coach Nils Nielsen’s Denmark squad for the Euro 2017. She captained the team to the final and scored a goal in Denmark’s 4–2 defeat by hosts the Netherlands. She was voted runner-up to Lieke Martens in the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year Award for 2016–17. On 16 September 2021, she broke Merete Pedersen’s 12.5-year-long national record, becoming the record goalscorer of the Denmark national team, with 66 goals in her 129 games.
In the successful qualifying for the Euro 2022, she was used in all ten games and scored eight goals. She was called up for the Euro 2022 and scored the only goal for Denmark, but was eliminated with the national team in the group stage. In qualifying for the 2023 World Cup, she was used four times and scored two goals. In July she was nominated for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Is Pernille Harder married?
As of June 2023, Pernille Harder is not married but has been in a relationship with current Bayern Munich teammate and Swedish international, Magdalena Eriksson since May 2014. She and her partner Magdalena Eriksson work with the charity Common Goal and pledged 1% of their salaries to help tackle social issues throughout football. The couple also both push for equality and LGBTQ+ rights in sports.