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Danish footballer (born 1973)

Merete Pedersen
Personal information
Full name	Merete Pedersen
Date of birth	(1973-06-30) 30 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Sæby, Denmark
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Jerlev
	Ammitzbøl
	Jelling
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1995	Vejle
1995–1999	OB
1999–2000	Siegen
2000–2003	OB
2003–2006	Torres
2006–2009	OB
International career
1993–2009	Denmark	136	(65)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2012

Merete Pedersen (born 30 June 1973) is a Danish former football striker who played for Vejle BK and Odense BK in the Elitedivisionen, TSV Siegen in the German Bundesliga and Torres CF in Italy's Serie A, taking part in the UEFA Women's Cup with Odense and Torres. She was a member of the Danish national team for sixteen years, taking part in the 1999 and 2007 World Cups, the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1997, 2001 and 2005 European Championships.

In September 2008 Pedersen scored the only goal in Denmark's 1–0 win over Ukraine to secure her country's place at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. It was her tenth goal of the qualifying series. Ahead of the final tournament she retired from international football, stating that she did not wish to sit on the substitute's bench as a 36–year–old and would prefer to concentrate on her career as a teacher. With 65 goals in 136 senior internationals she was the team's all–time top goalscorer, before her record was broken by Pernille Harder on 16 September 2021 with her 66th goal.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.
2.	3 July 1997	Lillestrøm, Norway	Italy	2–1	2–2	UEFA Women's Euro 1997
3.	18 March 1999	Albufeira, Portugal	Portugal	2–0	5–0	1999 Algarve Cup
4.	20 March 1999	Loulé, Portugal	Norway	2–2	2–2 (1–4 p)	1999 Algarve Cup
5.	29 September 1999	Odense, Denmark	Russia	1–0	2–4	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
6.	10 November 1999		Serbia	1–0	6–0
7.	10 November 1999		Serbia	4–0	6–0
8.	16 March 2000	lagos, Portugal	Portugal	?–0	2–0	2000 Algarve Cup
9.	18 March 2000	Lagoa, Portugal	Canada	1–1	2–3	2000 Algarve Cup
10.	24 May 2000	Novi Sad, Serbia	Serbia	3–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
11.	13 March 2001	Olhão, Portugal	Finland	3–0	6–0	2001 Algarve Cup
12.	30 September 2001	Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	1–1	1–4	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13.	13 October 2001	Vantaa, Finland	Finland	3–0	6–0
14.	13 October 2001	Vantaa, Finland	Finland	6–0	6–0
15.	20 April 2002	Gossau, Switzerland	Switzerland	3–1	4–1
16.	18 April 2004	Lucena, Spain	Spain	1–0	1–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
17.	26 September 2004	Aalborg, Denmark	Belgium	1–0	6–0
18.				2–0
19.				3–0
20.				6–0
21.	29 September 2004	Katwijk, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	5–1
22.	15 March 2005	Algarve, Portugal	Norway	1–0	1–2	2005 Algarve Cup
23.	27 August 2005	Słupsk, Poland	Poland	1–0	5–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
24.				2–0
25.				4–0
26.				5–0
27.	25 September 2005	Farum, Denmark	Belgium	1–0	3–0
28.	25 September 2005	Farum, Denmark	Belgium	2–0	3–0
29.	26 March 2006	Ath, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	2–0
30.	26 March 2006	Ath, Belgium	Belgium	2–0	2–0
31.	27 April 2006	Viborg, Denmark	Spain	1–0	5–0
32.	7 May 2006	Brøndbyvester, Denmark	Poland	1–0	3–1
33.	7 March 2007	Silves, Portugal	France	4–0	4–0	2007 Algarve Cup
34.	27 October 2007	Viborg, Denmark	Portugal	1–0	5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
35.	27 October 2007	Viborg, Denmark	Portugal	5–1	5–1
36.	31 October 2007	Perth, Scotland	Scotland	1–0	1–0
37.	5 March 2008	Faro, Portugal	Germany	1–0	1–0	2008 Algarve Cup
38.	27 April 2008	Viborg, Denmark	Scotland	2–1	2–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
39.	8 May 2008	Fão, Portugal	Portugal	3–0	4–0
40.	8 May 2008	Fão, Portugal	Portugal	4–0	4–0
41.	28 May 2008	Viborg, Denmark	Slovakia	2–0	6–1
42.				4–1
43.				6–1
44.	1 October 2008		Ukraine	1–0	1–0
45.	6 March 2009	Lagos, Portugal	Norway	2–0	2–0	2009 Algarve Cup

References

"Merete Pedersen". SR/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
Merete Pedersen. Archived 8 September 2012 at archive.today OB125.dek
Profile in UEFA's website
Profile and list of appearances in the Danish Football Association's website
Bruun, Peter (1 October 2008). "Pedersen goal takes Denmark to finals". Copenhagen: UEFA. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
Wadland, Jacob (13 May 2009). "Merete Pedersen stopper på landsholdet" (in Danish). Copenhagen: Danish Football Association. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

External links

v t e Danish Women's Football Player of the Year
2000: Krogh 2001: Bonde 2002: Johansen 2003: Eggers Nielsen 2004: Paaske Sørensen 2005: M. Pedersen 2006: Paaske Sørensen 2007: K. Pedersen 2008: Gajhede 2009: Brogaard 2010: Røddik 2011: Troelsgaard 2012: T. Nielsen 2013: K. Pedersen 2014: Boye 2015: Harder 2016: Harder 2017: Harder 2018: Harder 2019: Harder 2020: Harder 2021: Bruun 2022: Pedersen 2023: Vangsgaard

v t e Denmark women's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics
1 Larsen 2 Laursen 3 B. Madsen 4 Flæng 5 Holm 6 Petersen 7 Christensen 8 Kolding 9 H. Jensen 10 Krogh 11 L. Madsen 12 Terp 13 Eggers Nielsen 14 Pedersen 15 Bonde 16 Bjerregaard 17 C. Jensen 18 Hansen 19 Stelling Coach: Gantzhorn

v t e Denmark squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Larsen 2 Sand Christensen 3 K. Christensen 4 Terp (c) 5 Kristensen 6 Axelsen 7 L. Hansen 8 Rasmussen 9 Petersen 10 Krogh 11 M. Pedersen 12 L. Jensen 13 Knudsen 14 K. Pedersen 15 M. Hansen 16 C. Jensen 17 Nørregaard 18 Søndergaard 19 Johansen 20 A. Christensen Coach: Hvidemose

v t e Denmark squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2001 semi-finalists
1 Johansen 2 Knudsen 3 K. Pedersen 4 Terp (c) 5 Andersen 6 Paaske Sørensen 7 Andersson 8 Jensen 9 Petersen 10 Krogh 11 M. Pedersen 12 Kjældgaard 13 Bukh 14 Søndergaard 15 M. Møller 16 Cederkvist 17 Bonde 18 Jokumsen 19 A. Møller 20 Madsen Coach: Højmose

v t e Denmark squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005
1 Cederkvist 2 Falk 3 K. Pedersen (c) 4 Andersen 5 Gajhede 6 Hansen 7 Paaske Sørensen 8 S. Jensen 9 L. Jensen 10 Eggers Nielsen 11 M. Pedersen 12 Dalum 13 Rasmussen 14 C. Pedersen 15 Christensen 16 Bjerg 17 Johansen 18 Olsen 19 H. Nielsen 20 Lykke Petersen Coach: Bonde

v t e Denmark squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Johansen 2 Olsen 3 K. Pedersen (c) 4 Andersen 5 Falk 6 Hansen 7 Paaske Sørensen 8 Bukh 9 Pape 10 Eggers Nielsen 11 M. Pedersen 12 Dimun 13 Rasmussen 14 Dalum 15 Gajhede 16 Cederkvist 17 Madsen 18 Ørntoft 19 Røddik 20 Sand 21 Graversen Coach: Heiner-Møller

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