Pernille Harder Becomes Denmark All-Time Goalscorer
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
The Chelsea FC Women’s forward scored her 66th goal for Denmark in the course of Denmark’s 7-0 win over Malta in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers to achieve the feat.
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Pernille Harder’s 47th-minute strike increased Denmark’s lead to four making her Denmark’s all-time top goalscorer (male or female).
Goals from Sanne Troelsgaard, Signe Bruun, and Stine Larsen had given Denmark a three-goal lead in the first half before Pernille Harder converted her record-breaking 66th goal.
Signe Bruun scored her second goal while Rikke Sevecke and Sara Gedsted Thrige Andersen added to the Danish side’s goal tally.
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Pernille Harder, 28, achieved her 66 goals with a total number of 129 games spanning over ten years since she made her senior international debut in October 2009, against Georgia.
Meanwhile…
After its bronze medal finish at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, World Champions, United States of America (USA) Women’s National Team (USWNT) thrashed Paraguay 9-0 in their first post-Tokyo 2020 Olympics game.
Retiring Carli Lloyd scored five goals for the Americans in the third, sixth, 34th, 38th, and 61st minutes respectively.
Andi Sullivan bagged a brace while Lynn Williams and Tobin Heath with the other goals.
USWNT and Paraguay will play again on September 22.
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