Pernille Harder

Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the Denmark national team. She is the all-time leading Danish goal-scorer, male or female, and has received the Danish Football Player of the Year award a record nine times. She has won the domestic league with her teams every year for eleven years straight, from 2015 to 2026; the first with Linköping, then 4 with VfL Wolfsburg, 3 with Chelsea and 3 with Bayern Munich. In September 2020, Harder became the world's most expensive female footballer following her transfer from VfL Wolfsburg to Chelsea, a record she held for two years. She is considered one of the best footballers in the world.

Harder has been nominated five times for the Ballon d'Or in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025 and 2026, placing second with only a 6-point margin at the first ever awarding in 2018 while playing for VfL Wolfsburg. She was awarded the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award in 2018 and 2020, the first player to win the award twice. English newspaper The Guardian named Harder as the best footballer in the world in 2018 and 2020, with Harder also the first player to twice receive this honour. In 2020 British football magazine Four Four Two named Harder the best footballer in the world.