![]() Ballisager with the Kansas City Current in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Stine Ballisager Pedersen [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 3 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vellev, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Fiorentina | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2009 | Vellev | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Team Viborg | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 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 | 62 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 (UTC) |
Stine Ballisager Pedersen (born 3 January 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian club Fiorentina in the Serie A and the Denmark national team.
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]
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]
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]
In January 2025 she signed with Fiorentina till June 2026. [5]
Ballisager played for several youth Danish national teams. In 2012, she debuted for the senior national team in a match against Brazil. [6] She was also part of the team which represented Denmark at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, [7] where they reached the competition final for the first time in history, but eventually lost to the Netherlands. [8]
Individual
Vålerenga
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 4 October 2019 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
2. | 10 March 2020 | Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal | ![]() | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
3. | 1 September 2022 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | ![]() | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
4. | 5 April 2024 | Městský fotbalový stadion, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
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