Pernille Harder

Pernille Mosegaard Harder (Danish: Pernille Mosegaard Harder, born November 15, 1992) is a Danish professional women's football player who plays as an offensive midfielder and forward. She currently plays for the women's Bundesliga team Bayern Munich and serves as the captain of the Danish women's national football team. Harder is recognized as one of the best women's football players in the world. She ranked first in the Guardian's list of the 100 best women's football players in the world in 2018 and 2020. Harder has won a number of individual honors in women's football, including UEFA Women's Player of the Year twice (2017-18, 2019-20), IFFHS World Women's Player of the Year once, and Danish Football Miss 7 times. In 2018, she missed the Women's Ballon d'Or by only 6 points with Ada Hegerberg; as a team, she was shortlisted for the FIFA Best Team of the Year twice (2017, 2020), the IFFHS World Women's Team of the Year three times, and the IFFHS European Women's Team of the Decade (2011-2020). Harder is the 2020 German Miss Football winner. She is the first non-German player to win this award. In September 2020, Harder broke the record for the highest global transfer fee in women's football when she moved from Wolfsburg to Chelsea for 250,000 euros. However, England's Keira Walsh surpassed this record when she moved from Manchester City to Barcelona in September 2022.