Conrad Harder Weibel Schandorf (born 7 April 2005) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

and the Denmark national team.

Club career

KB

Harder played for the under-14 team for KB.

Nordsjælland

Harder is a product of FC Nordsjælland where he worked his way up through the youth ranks. After a strong 2022–23 season for the club's U-19 team, scoring 27 goals in 24 games, Harder made his official debut for FC Nordsjælland in the final

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match of the 2022–23 season against

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, when the 18-year-old striker came on for the last three minutes of the match. He made four appearances in the first four games of the 2023–24 season, where he also scored his first goal for the club, before FC Nordsjælland announced on 5 September 2023, that they had signed a new three-year full-time contract with Harder, who would also be promoted permanently to the first team squad. After a good start to the 2024-25 season, with two goals in Harder's second game of the season, the club confirmed on 22 August 2024 that they had extended Harder's contract until June 2028.

Sporting CP

On 2 September 2024, Harder joined

club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

on a five-year contract for a fee of €19 million and a reported €80 million release clause. Prior to signing for Sporting, Harder had attracted interest from

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club Brighton & Hove Albion, despite Nordsjælland accepting a bid from them, but upon learning of Sporting's interest, he decided to join them instead. He made his competitive debut for his new club on 17 September, and also his

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debut, in Sporting's 2–0 victory over

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during the inaugural matchday of the newly formatted Champions League league phase. Harder scored his first goal in a 3–0 win against AVS five days later. In his first start, on 18 October, Harder scored a brace in a 2–1 over Portimonense in

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of the

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. On 29 January 2025, he scored his maiden Champions League goal in a 1–1 home draw against

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, securing his team's progression to the knockout phase play-offs qualification. Having helped Sporting secure the

title, on 17 May, he came of the bench and scored and assisted in extra-time, to help Sporting defeat crosstown rivals Benfica 3–1 in the Taça de Portugal final, on 25 May, while also completing their first

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since the 2001–02 season.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Sporting CP *

: 2024–25 *

: 2024–25

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harder, Conrad 2005 births Living people Danish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark FC Nordsjælland players Sporting CP footballers Danish Superliga players Primeira Liga players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 21st-century Danish sportsmen