Stine Ballisager Pedersen

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Stine Ballisager
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Ballisager with the Kansas City Current in 2024
Personal information
Full name Stine Ballisager Pedersen [1]
Date of birth (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Vellev, Denmark
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 3
Youth career
–2009 Vellev
2009–2012 Team Viborg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017 IK Skovbakken
2017–2018 VSK Aarhus 14 (2)
2018–2023 Vålerenga 127 (3)
2023–2024 Kansas City Current 22 (1)
2025 Fiorentina 13 (0)
2025– Bayern Munich 0 (0)
International career‡
2009–2010 Denmark U16 8 (0)
2009–2011 Denmark U17 24 (0)
2011–2013 Denmark U19 29 (2)
2016 Denmark U23 2 (0)
2012– Denmark 70 (4)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Netherlands Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:02, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Stine Ballisager Pedersen (born 3 January 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for the German club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team.

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Club career

Ballisager started playing football at six years old. She played youth soccer for Vellev IF, and then for Team Viborg. In 2012, she signed with IK Skovbakken. [2]

Vålerenga, 2018–2023

Ballisager signed with Vålerenga before the 2018 Toppserien, and the club named her captain in the 2021 season. She made 140 total appearances for the club across all competitions. [3]

Kansas City Current, 2023–2024

On 3 July 2023, American club Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League announced that they had signed Ballisager through the 2024 season, with an option for an additional year, and that she would join the team following the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. With six months remaining on her contract, Vålerenga transferred her for an undisclosed fee but stated that it was the largest in club history. [3]

On 19 December 2024, the Kansas City Current announced that Ballisager had departed the club. [4]

Fiorentina, 2025

In January 2025 she signed with Fiorentina till June 2026. [5]

Bayern Munich, 2025–

On 19 May 2025, Ballisager signed a contract with FC Bayern Munich until 2027. [6]

International career

Ballisager played for several youth Danish national teams. In 2012, she debuted for the senior national team in a match against Brazil. [7] She was also part of the team which represented Denmark at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, [8] where they reached the competition final for the first time in history, but eventually lost to the Netherlands. [9]

On 20 June 2025, Ballisager was called up to the Danish squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025. [10]

Honors

Individual

Vålerenga

Denmark

Career statistics

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 October 2019 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–02–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.10 March 2020 Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4–04–0 2020 Algarve Cup
3.1 September 2022 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 3–15–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4.5 April 2024 Městský fotbalový stadion, Uherské Hradiště, Czech RepublicFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2–13–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Ballisager Pedersen, Stine (22 May 2017). "Fodboldspiller Stine Ballisager Pedersen har Girlpower" [Soccer player Stine Ballisager Pedersen has Girlpower]. Kvindesport.dk (Interview) (in Danish). Interviewed by Peter Arndal. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Vålerenga-stopper til USA i rekordstor overgang" [Vålerenga stops to the USA in a record-breaking transfer]. ABC Nyheter (in Norwegian). NTB. 3 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Kansas City Current (19 December 2024). "Thank you for everything you brought to this club, Stine ... Wishing you all the best in what's coming next for you!" . Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "ACF Fiorentina | WELCOME STINE BALLISAGER!".
  6. ↑ "FC Bayern Women sign Stine Ballisager". FC Bayern. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Hollsberg Makussen, Maria (20 June 2017). "Skovbakken-anfører er udtaget til EM". Arhus Stiftstidende. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "23 kvinder er på vej til EM". DBU. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Netherlands win Women's EURO". UEFA. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Her er Kvindelandsholdets trup til EM 2025" [Here is the Women's National Team's squad for Euro 2025] (in Danish). Danish Football Association. 20 June 2025. Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Højbjerg og Ballisager er årets spillere i Danmark" [Højbjerg and Ballisager are the players of the year in Denmark]. Stiften.dk (in Danish). 7 January 2023. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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