Sofie Bruun Bredgaard (born 18 January 2002) is a Danish

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Denmark national team.

Club career

Bredgaard joined B 93 from BSF 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

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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

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on 31 March 2022, the final day of the

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International career

Bredgaard won her first

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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

Honours

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: 2021–22

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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 Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Elitedivisionen players 21st-century Danish sportswomen {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub