Merete Pedersen

Merete Pedersen
Personal information
Full name	Merete Pedersen
Date of birth	30 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Sæby, Denmark
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Jerlev
	Ammitzbøl
	Jelling
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1995	Vejle
1995–1999	OB
1999–2000	Siegen
2000–2003	OB
2003–2006	Torres
2006–2009	OB
International career‡
1993–2009	Denmark
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2012

Merete Pedersen (born 30 June 1973) is a Danish former^[2] football striker who played for Vejle BK and Odense BK in the Elitedivisionen, TSV Siegen in the German Bundesliga and Torres CF in Italy's Serie A, taking part in the UEFA Women's Cup with Odense and Torres.^[3] She was a member of the Danish national team for sixteen years, taking part in the 1999 and 2007 World Cups, the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1997, 2001 and 2005 European Championships.^[4]

In September 2008 Pedersen scored the only goal in Denmark's 1–0 win over Ukraine to secure her country's place at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. It was her tenth goal of the qualifying series.^[5] 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,^[6] before her record was broken by Pernille Harder on 16 September 2021 with her 66th goal.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.
2.	3 July 1997	Lillestrøm, Norway	Italy	2–1	2–2	UEFA Women's Euro 1997
3.	18 March 1999	Albufeira, Portugal	Portugal	2–0	5–0	1999 Algarve Cup
4.	20 March 1999	Loulé, Portugal	Norway	2–2	2–2 (1–4 p)	1999 Algarve Cup
5.	29 September 1999	Odense, Denmark	Russia	1–0	2–4	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
6.	10 November 1999		Serbia	1–0	6–0
7.	10 November 1999		Serbia	4–0	6–0
8.	16 March 2000	lagos, Portugal	Portugal	?–0	2–0	2000 Algarve Cup
9.	18 March 2000	Lagoa, Portugal	Canada	1–1	2–3	2000 Algarve Cup
10.	24 May 2000	Novi Sad, Serbia	Serbia	3–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
11.	13 March 2001	Olhão, Portugal	Finland	3–0	6–0	2001 Algarve Cup
12.	30 September 2001	Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	1–1	1–4	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13.	13 October 2001	Vantaa, Finland	Finland	3–0	6–0
14.	13 October 2001	Vantaa, Finland	Finland	6–0	6–0
15.	20 April 2002	Gossau, Switzerland	Switzerland	3–1	4–1
16.	18 April 2004	Lucena, Spain	Spain	1–0	1–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
17.	26 September 2004	Aalborg, Denmark	Belgium	1–0	6–0
18.				2–0
19.				3–0
20.				6–0
21.	29 September 2004	Katwijk, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	5–1
22.	15 March 2005	Algarve, Portugal	Norway	1–0	1–2	2005 Algarve Cup
23.	27 August 2005	Słupsk, Poland	Poland	1–0	5–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
24.				2–0
25.				4–0
26.				5–0
27.	25 September 2005	Farum, Denmark	Belgium	1–0	3–0
28.	25 September 2005	Farum, Denmark	Belgium	2–0	3–0
29.	26 March 2006	Ath, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	2–0
30.	26 March 2006	Ath, Belgium	Belgium	2–0	2–0
31.	27 April 2006	Viborg, Denmark	Spain	1–0	5–0
32.	7 May 2006	Brøndbyvester, Denmark	Poland	1–0	3–1
33.	7 March 2007	Silves, Portugal	France	4–0	4–0	2007 Algarve Cup
34.	27 October 2007	Viborg, Denmark	Portugal	1–0	5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
35.	27 October 2007	Viborg, Denmark	Portugal	5–1	5–1
36.	31 October 2007	Perth, Scotland	Scotland	1–0	1–0
37.	5 March 2008	Faro, Portugal	Germany	1–0	1–0	2008 Algarve Cup
38.	27 April 2008	Viborg, Denmark	Scotland	2–1	2–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
39.	8 May 2008	Fão, Portugal	Portugal	3–0	4–0
40.	8 May 2008	Fão, Portugal	Portugal	4–0	4–0
41.	28 May 2008	Viborg, Denmark	Slovakia	2–0	6–1
42.				4–1
43.				6–1
44.	1 October 2008		Ukraine	1–0	1–0
45.	6 March 2009	Lagos, Portugal	Norway	2–0	2–0	2009 Algarve Cup