Cecilie Pedersen (Danish footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cecilie Vedel Pedersen | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Denmark | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hvidovre IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2006 | Brøndby IF | 74 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999–2000 | Denmark U-17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2000–2002 | Denmark U-19 | 25 | (3) |
| 2002–2005 | Denmark | 12 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:29, 29 November 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:29, 29 November 2018 (UTC) | |||
Cecilie Vedel Pedersen (born 19 March 1983) is a Danish former footballer. She played for Elitedivisionen club Brøndby IF and also represented the Denmark national team.
Club career[edit]
Pedersen made a total of 89 appearances for Brøndby between 2000 and 2006, scoring nine goals.[1] She was part of the Brøndby team which reached the 2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup semi-finals.[2]
International career[edit]
Pedersen represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada. She made her debut for the senior Denmark women's national football team in October 2002; a 2–0 defeat by Germany in Ulm. She was named in national coach Peter Bonde's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2005,[3] where Denmark were eliminated at the group stage.
Personal life[edit]
After injury ended Pedersen's football career, she began a relationship with her Indian yoga instructor Rahul Alinje. In December 2015 they were married in Manmad, India, in a traditional Marathi Buddhist ceremony.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kampstatistik på spillere" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Duret, Sébastien (7 July 2004). "UEFA Club Championship (Women) 2003/04 – Details Knock-Out Phase". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Bruun, Peter (3 May 2005). "Bonde names party for EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Balajiwale, Vaishali (17 December 2015). "Manmad all keen on welcoming its Danish bahu". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Najmi, Quaid (18 December 2015). "What a goal! Maharashtra yoga teacher to marry Danish woman football star". Indo-Asian News Service. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
External links[edit]
- Cecilie Pedersen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
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