In four seasons with the Harvard Crimson, as a central midfielder, Hasbo scored 25 goals and provided 17 assists in 55 appearances, ranking ninth all-time in career points, ninth all-time in career goals, and tied for 13th all-time in career assists.
In her junior season in 2023, after leading Harvard to the Ivy League tournament title, she was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, a unanimous selection to the First-Team All-Ivy League, and earned United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-America honors.
She was also recognized as a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, the most prestigious individual award in American collegiate soccer, presented annually to the top female and male players in the nation.[2]
During the summers following her sophomore and senior years, Hasbo represented Denmark competing in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2025 UEFA Women's Euro.[3][4]She was the first student in Harvard University's history to have represented her home country in FIFA Women's World Cup.
While in college, she served as president of Harvard's Women in Entrepreneurship Club.[5]
Club career
Before enrolling at Harvard, Hasbo played for Brøndby IF in the Danish Elitedivisionen (then known as the Gjensidige Women’s League), where she emerged as one of Denmark’s top young players. With Brøndby, she helped the team win the 2019 league championship and reach the Danish Cup final. Hasbo also competed in consecutive UEFA Women's Champions League campaigns, reaching the quarterfinals in both 2019–20 and 2020–21. She was named Woman of the Match against Glasgow City in the 2019–20 quarterfinals, scored in the round of 16 against Vålerenga, and started both matches against Lyon in the 2020–21 quarterfinals. Her domestic performances earned her selection to Gjensidige’s Team of the Year in 2019–20 and a nomination as a finalist for Danish Female Footballer of the Year.[6]
Hasbo graduated from Harvard University in the summer of 2025. Gotham FC announced on 10 June 2025 that the club had signed Hasbo through 2027.[7] Hasbo recorded her first professional assist on 12 August 2025, contributing to Gotham’s 2–0 win over Monterrey in the CONCACAF W Champions Cup.[8] She scored her first Gotham goal on 17 September 2025, heading in a cross from Kayla Duran in a CONCACAF W Champions Cup match against the Vancouver Rise Academy.[9]
Since joining the club in the summer of 2025, Hasbo has become a regular starter and a key contributor in Gotham FC’s ongoing 11-game unbeaten run during the second half of the 2025 NWSL regular season, helping the team push toward a playoff position.
International career
At age 18, Hasbo made her senior international debut on 7 March 2020 against Sweden at the 2020 Algarve Cup.[10] It made her one of the youngest players ever to be selected for the full Danish national team.[11]
Hasbo was called up to represent Denmark at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in the summer following her sophomore year, becoming the only active college player on Denmark’s roster while completing her studies at Harvard.[12] She played in all four matches of the tournament, starting in two — against China and England — as Denmark advanced from the group stage before being eliminated by Australia in the round of 16.[13]
In a 2025 DR1 and DRTV documentary series, The Danish National Team – The Dream of the Euros, it was revealed that during a Euro 2025 qualifier against the Czech Republic in April 2024, Hasbo suffered multiple broken ribs after a tackle. Despite the injury, she continued playing and later scored the final goal that secured Denmark’s victory.[14]
Right after her Harvard graduation ceremony, Hasbo was named to Denmark’s squad for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 in Switzerland.[15] She played in all three of Denmark’s group-stage matches before the team was eliminated from the tournament.[16]
Harvard head coach Chris Hamblin described Hasbo as “her ability to cover ground and go box-to-box are second to none. She also has a really unique ability to understand time and space, to be able to get out of very tight situations, and almost think two plays ahead.”[17]
At the professional level, reports have highlighted her work rate, positional intelligence, and ability to link defense and attack through efficient passing. Her coaches and media coverage have described her as a technically composed and tactically disciplined player who contributes to both pressing and possession phases. [18]
Supporters have described her as “the unsung hero” of Gotham’s midfield during the team’s long unbeaten run, and she has quickly won the affection of fans, some of whom humorously refer to themselves as “Hasbo-lievers.”[19][20]
Personal life
Hasbo is active as a social entrepreneur and advocate for sports inclusion. While at Harvard, she served as president of the Harvard Women in Entrepreneurship Club.[21] She is a long-time board member of Sport Creates Memories, an organization dedicated to promoting community development and youth empowerment through football in Africa, and she travels to Ghana every winter during her break to support its local initiatives.[22] She also serves on the board of Spillerforeningen, the representative body for professional footballers in Denmark.[23]
Ahead of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025, Pepsi released a special-edition can in Denmark featuring Hasbo’s image, as part of its European women’s football campaign. She was also featured alongside David Beckham in a Pepsi advertisement in Denmark in 2025.[25]
Josefine Hasbo and David Beckham featured together in a poster in Copenhagen in 2025
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