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{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1977)}}
{{For|the Danish karateka|Katrine Pedersen (karateka)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Katrine Pedersen
| image       = File:Katrine Pedersen (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Pedersen in 2025
| fullname    = Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|4|13}}
| birth_place = [[Horsens]], Denmark
| currentclub = [[Ottawa Rapid FC]]<br>(head coach)
| clubnumber  = 
| height      = {{height|m=1.75}}
| position    =  [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre back]]<br />[[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1993
| youthclubs1 = [[Stensballe IK]]
| years1 = 1994–2002  | clubs1 = HEI                                                | caps1  =    | goals1 =
| years2 = 2002       | clubs2 = [[IK Skovbakken]]                                  | caps2  =    | goals2 =
| years3 = 2002–2003  | clubs3 = [[Fulham L.F.C.|Fulham]]                           | caps3  =    | goals3 =
| years4 = 2003–2005  | clubs4 = [[IF Fløya|Fløya]]                                 | caps4  =    | goals4 =
| years5 = 2006       | clubs5 = [[Djurgården/Älvsjö]]                              | caps5  =    | goals5 =
| years6 = 2007–2008  | clubs6 = [[Asker Fotball|Asker]]                            | caps6  =    | goals6 =
| years7 = 2009–2013  | clubs7 = [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]                          | caps7  = 99 | goals7 = 18
| years8 = 2014–2015  | clubs8 = [[Adelaide United FC (W-League)|Adelaide United]]  | caps8  = 12 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2015       | clubs9 = [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]]                          | caps9  = 4  | goals9 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1994–2013
| nationalteam1  = [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1  = 210
| nationalgoals1 = 9
| manageryears1 = 2015–2021
| managerclubs1 = [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark (women)]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs2 = [[AGF Fodbold (women)|AGF (women)]]
| manageryears3 = 2024–
| managerclubs3 = [[Ottawa Rapid FC]]
}}
'''Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen''' (born 13 April 1977) is a [[Danes|Danish]] former [[association football|footballer]] and current coach who serves as the head coach of Canadian [[Northern Super League]] club [[Ottawa Rapid FC]].

She has played for and [[Captain (association football)|captained]] [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]], for whom she accrued a national record 210 [[Cap (sports)|caps]]. Pedersen is a member of the Danish Football Hall of Fame.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Neil |date=10 October 2024 |title=Katrine Pedersen 1st head coach of Ottawa's Northern Super League women's team |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/katrine-pedersen-head-coach-ottawa-rapid-fc-nsl-1.7348637 |access-date=16 May 2025 |work=The Canadian Press}}</ref>

==Club career==
At club level, Pedersen spent the final years of her career with [[Norway|Norwegian]] club [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hva gjør du nå, Katrine Pedersen? |url=https://www.stabak.no/nyheter/hva-gjor-du-na-katrine-pedersen |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Stabæk |language=nb-no}}</ref> as a result of Stabæk taking over the bankrupt club Asker FK at the end of 2008.

Most of Pedersen's club football has been played outside Denmark. During [[2002–03 FA Women's Premier League|2002–03]] she played for the English professional club [[Fulham L.F.C.|Fulham Ladies]], where she won a [[Treble (association football)|domestic treble]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/may/06/newsstory.sport6|title=Triumph at the end of Fulham road|date=6 May 2003|access-date=13 July 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|first=Paula|last=Cocozza}}</ref> When Fulham reverted to [[semi-professional]] status several players left and Pedersen moved to Norway to join the [[Toppserien]] club [[IF Fløya]] based in [[Tromsø]]. After two seasons there she moved to spend the 2006 season playing in Stockholm, Sweden for the [[Damallsvenskan]] club [[Djurgårdens IF Dam|Djurgården/Älvsjö]]. For the 2007 season, she moved back to [[Norway]] to play for [[Asker SK]] in Oslo,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-01-28 |title=KM Akershus 2007 – Lørdag fristil |url=https://www.langrenn.com/langrenn-allround/km-akershus-2007-lordag-fristil/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Langrenn |language=nb-NO}}</ref> and stayed there during 2008.

At the end of 2014, Pedersen joined Australian club [[Adelaide United FC (W-League)|Adelaide United]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-league.com.au/article/adelaide-snare-danish-international/1ovs7t1lm55pn1ajddulwsiib0|title=Adelaide snare Danish international|first=John|last=Greco|publisher=[[Football Federation Australia]]|date=29 August 2014}}</ref>

==International career==
Pedersen made her senior international debut in September 1994; a 1–0 win over the Netherlands in [[Hoogezand]]. She was in her national team in the [[2005 UEFA Women's Championship]] in [[North West England]], and was captain at the [[FIFA Women's World Cup 2007]] in China. She also played in earlier World Cup competitions in [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]] (as an 18-year-old)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-05 |title=The seven Europeans with 200 international caps: Seger, Spitse, Prinz, Sjögran, Pedersen, Panico, Fay |url=https://www.uefa.com/womensnationsleague/news/025b-0edff2b5bd76-ec369f3d51ef-1000--the-seven-europeans-with-200-international-caps-seger-spits/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |publisher=UEFA}}</ref> and [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999]], as well as [[UEFA Women's Championship]]s in [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997|1997]], [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001]] and [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009|2009]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=26709/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713092454/http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=26709/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2013|title=Katrine Pedersen|access-date=13 July 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

When Pedersen was named in national coach [[Kenneth Heiner-Møller]]'s squad for [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013]] she was the most experienced active player in Europe, with 203 caps.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020a-0e1416d60e73-ef0048a5dc34-1000--upbeat-heiner-moller-confirms-denmark-squad/|title=Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad|date=21 June 2013|access-date=13 July 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]|first=Peter|last=Bruun}}</ref> Pedersen was named Danish women's player of the year in 2007, 2011, and 2013.<ref name=":1" /> In November 2013, she announced her [[pregnancy]] and retirement while accepting the Danish Player of the Year award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/8858|title=Pregnant Pedersen retires with 210 caps|date=12 November 2013|access-date=13 November 2013|publisher=[[She Kicks (magazine)|She Kicks]]}}</ref> Her total of 210 international appearances is 81 more than her countryman, [[Peter Schmeichel]]. She was four games short of [[Birgit Prinz]]'s record for European players.

==Coaching career==
In August 2015, Pedersen was named an assistant coach with the [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark women's national team]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213438/http://www.dbu.dk/Nyheder/2015/August/Katrine_pedersen_assistent|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead|url=http://www.dbu.dk/Nyheder/2015/August/Katrine_pedersen_assistent|trans-title=The captain back in red and white|date=August 24, 2015|title=Anføreren tilbage i rødt og hvidt|language=da|first=Pia|last=Schou Nielsen|work=[[Danish Football Association]]}}</ref>

In December 2020, it was announced that she would become the head coach of [[AGF Fodbold (women)|AGF Fodbold]] in the [[Danish Women's League]] beginning in the summer of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kvindesport.dk/agf-ansaetter-katrine-s-pedersen-og-afsloerer-flere-ambitioese-planer-for-klubben/|title=AGF ansætter Katrine S. Pedersen og afslører flere ambitiøse planer for klubben|first=Peter|last=Arndalon|trans-title=AGF hires Katrine S. Pedersen and reveals more ambitious plans for the club|language=da|date=13 December 2020|work=Kvinde Sport}}</ref>

In October 2024, she was announced as the first head coach of [[Ottawa Rapid FC]] in the Canadian [[Northern Super League]], ahead of the inaugural season in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/katrine-pedersen-head-coach-ottawa-rapid-fc-nsl-1.7348637|title=Katrine Pedersen 1st head coach of Ottawa's Northern Super League women's team|date=October 10, 2024|work=[[CBC Sports]]|first=Neil|last=Davidson}}</ref>

As of 10 October 2024, Pedersen was among four Danish women to have a [[UEFA coaching licences|UEFA Pro Coaching Licence]].<ref name=":1" />

==Personal life==
Pedersen works as a teacher<ref name=":0" /> and football trainer at a high school in [[Oslo]], Norway. In May 2011, her autobiography "Katrine" was published in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tema.3f.dk/article/20110504/FODBOLD/110509938/1862/fodboldportal&template=fodboldportal|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714210107/http://tema.3f.dk/article/20110504/FODBOLD/110509938/1862/fodboldportal&template=fodboldportal|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2012|title=Landsholdsduo bag ny bold-biografi|publisher=3f.dk|access-date=13 February 2012|language=da|author=Helle Møller Riis|date=4 May 2011}}</ref> Pedersen is in a relationship with fellow former football player, [[Maiken Pape]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hva gjør du nå, Katrine Pedersen? |url=https://www.stabak.no/nyheter/hva-gjor-du-na-katrine-pedersen#cookie-line-accept |access-date=25 May 2021 |publisher=[[Stabæk Fotball]] |language=Norwegian|date=24 November 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://askerfk.no/default.asp?p=showExtra&id={F891210D-D3F0-427D-8EB8-0B1AB79FB33D} Profile at Asker club site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209160123/http://askerfk.no/default.asp?p=showExtra&id=%7BF891210D-D3F0-427D-8EB8-0B1AB79FB33D%7D |date=9 February 2012 }}
*[http://www.stabakdata.no/soccerstats/player.php?id=14 Profile at Stabæk club site]
*{{DBU player|4354}}

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