Sofie Bruun Bredgaard (born 18 January 2002) is a

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football

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who plays for

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of Sweden's

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. In April 2022 she won her first

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for the senior Denmark national team.

Club career

Bredgaard joined B 93 from

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in 2017. The following year she scored for B 93 on her Kvindeligaen debut, in a 2–2 draw with

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. In October 2017 she had spent a period training with

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. In July 2020 Bredgaard signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Swedish

club

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. She regretted leaving home before the completion of her education, but noted that the pay and conditions for female footballers were much better in Sweden than Denmark. After playing in Linköpings' first match of the

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season, Bredgaard signed for

on 31 March 2022, the final day of the

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International career

Bredgaard won her first

for the Denmark national team on 12 April 2022, in a 2–0 2023 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E win over

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. She entered play as a 77th-minute substitute for Sofie Svava.

International goals

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2002 births Living people Danish women's footballers Denmark women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders FC Rosengård players Danish expatriate women's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Linköpings FC players Damallsvenskan players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub Denmark international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Association football midfielders