Merete Pedersen (born 30 June 1973) is a Danish former football striker who played for

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and

Odense BK Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superlig ...

in the

Elitedivisionen The Danish Women's League ( da, Danmarksturneringens Kvindeliga, Kvinde-DM Liga or Kvindeligaen) is a semi-professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the na ...

, TSV Siegen in the German Bundesliga and Torres CF in Italy's

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, taking part in the

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with Odense and Torres. She was a member of the Danish national team for sixteen years, taking part in the

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and 2007 World Cups, the 1996 Summer Olympics and the

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and 2005 European Championships. In September 2008 Pedersen scored the only goal in Denmark's 1–0 win over

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to secure her country's place at

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. It was her tenth goal of the qualifying series. Ahead of the final tournament she retired from international football, stating that she did not wish to sit on the substitute's bench as a 36–year–old and would prefer to concentrate on her career as a teacher. With 65 goals in 136 senior internationals she was the team's all–time top goalscorer, before her record was broken by

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 the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the w ...

on 16 September 2021 with her 66th goal.

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* 1973 births Living people Danish women's footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Denmark Denmark women's international footballers FIFA Century Club Odense Q players Torres Calcio Femminile players Serie A (women's football) players Women's association football forwards 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players People from Frederikshavn Municipality Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub