Signe Kallesøe Bruun (born 6 April 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga F club Real Madrid and the Denmark national team.[1][2]
 Bruun with Paris Saint-Germain in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Signe Kallesøe Bruun | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Randers, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Madrid | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2014 | IK Skovbakken | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Fortuna Hjørring | 89 | (62) |
| 2018–2021 | Paris Saint-Germain | 31 | (10) |
| 2021–2023 | Lyon | 29 | (14) |
| 2022 | → Manchester United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Real Madrid | 30 | (16) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Denmark U16 | 9 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Denmark U17 | 13 | (19) |
| 2015–2017 | Denmark U19 | 18 | (7) |
| 2017 | Denmark U23 | 1 | (1) |
| 2017– | Denmark | 44 | (19) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:27, 2 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:00, 16 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editBruun joined Fortuna Hjørring from IK Skovbakken in 2014.[3] She made her Fortuna debut on 16 August 2014 and scored twice in a 5–1 Elitedivisionen win over Vejle.[4] On 8 November 2014, Bruun made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut as a 74th minute substitute for Nadia Nadim in a 2–1 round of 16 defeat to Swedish team FC Rosengård.[5] In 2016, Bruun won the 2015–16 Elitedivisionen and Danish Women's Cup double with Fortuna.
On 31 August 2018, Fortuna confirmed the transfer of Bruun to French D1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain.[6] In her debut season, Bruun made 17 appearances in all competitions, scoring four goals. In June 2019, Bruun suffered an ACL injury that kept her out for a year.[7] She made her competitive comeback in the delayed Coupe de France semi-final on 2 August 2020, scoring an 84th minute winner in a 2–1 win against Bordeaux.[8] Seven days later she appeared as a substitute in the cup final against Lyon. The game finished goalless after extra-time. Bruun scored during the penalty shootout but PSG lost 4–3.[9] Later that month, Bruun appeared as a 74th minute substitute during the delayed 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final against Arsenal. She scored three minutes later, the winning goal in the single-legged 2–1 win.[10] The following season, Bruun won the 2020–21 Division 1 Féminine title with PSG, the club's first league title, ending Lyon's 14-year streak at the top in the process.[11]
In June 2021, Bruun joined Lyon.[12]
On 27 January 2022, Bruun made a deadline day move to English FA Women's Super League club Manchester United on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[13] The spell was marred by injury, limiting Bruun to seven appearances in all competitions in which she failed to score a goal for the club.[14]
International career
editYouth
editBruun played as a youth international for Denmark at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-23 level. She finished as top scorer during 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, scoring 10 overall. The total included eight in a qualifying round match against Kazakhstan on 18 October 2014. It equalled the competition record for goals in a single match set by Vivianne Miedema against the same opposition in 2012.[15] In 2015, having scored in three matches during qualifying, Bruun was selected to represent Denmark at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship held in Israel. She appeared in all three matches as Denmark were eliminated at the group stage.
Senior
editOn 24 October 2017, Bruun debuted for the senior Denmark national team in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier against Croatia.[16] She entered play two minutes into stoppage time as a substitute for Nadia Nadim and scored her first goal two minutes later in Denmark's 4–0 victory.[17] In 2021, Bruun went on a run of scoring in six consecutive matches for Denmark, scoring 12 goals in total all during 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.
Personal life
editIn August 2021, Bruun joined a FIFPro 10-year research project tracking players' physical and mental wellbeing.[18]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 14 June 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2018–19 | D1 Féminine | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | |
| 2019–20 | D1 Féminine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | D1 Féminine | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | ||
| Total | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 14 | ||
| Lyon | 2021–22 | D1 Féminine | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | 19 | 7 | |
| 2022–23 | D1 Féminine | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | 24 | 10 | ||
| Total | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | 43 | 17 | |||
| Manchester United (loan) | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Real Madrid | 2023–24 | Liga F | 25 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 31 | 14 | |
| Career total | 90 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 125 | 45 | ||
International
edit- As of match played 16 July 2024[19]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 44 | 19 | |
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Bruun goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 October 2017 | Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, Croatia |  Croatia |
4–0 | 4–0 | 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 22 September 2020 | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta |  Malta
|
7–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Euro 2022 qualification |
| 3 | 16 September 2021 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | Malta
|
2–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 5–0 | |||||
| 5 | 21 September 2021 | ASK Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan |  Azerbaijan
|
1–0 | 8–0 | |
| 6 | 6–0 | |||||
| 7 | 21 October 2021 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1–0 | 8–0 | |
| 8 | 2–0 | |||||
| 9 | 3–0 | |||||
| 10 | 4–0 | |||||
| 11 | 5–0 | |||||
| 12 | 26 October 2021 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro |  Montenegro
|
2–0 | 5–1 | |
| 13 | 25 November 2021 | BIH FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 14 | 30 November 2021 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark |  Russia
|
1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 15 | 29 June 2022 |  Norway
|
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly | |
| 16 | 1 September 2022 | Montenegro
|
4–1 | 5–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 17 | 11 November 2022 | wefox Arena Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland |  Switzerland
|
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 18 | 2–1 | |||||
| 19 | 16 July 2024 | Vejle Stadium, Vejle, Denmark |  Czech Republic
|
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2025 qualification |
| 20 | 25 October 2024 | Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmark |  South Africa
|
2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 21 | 3–0 |
Honours
editFortuna Hjørring
Paris Saint-Germain
Lyon
- Division 1 Féminine: 2022–23
- Coupe de France: 2022–23
- Trophée des Championnes: 2022
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2021–22
Individual
- Danish Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2017
- Danish Football Player of the Year: 2021[21]
References
edit- ^ "Verdens bedste nedlagde Fortuna". Nordjyske. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "EM-heltene klar til revanche mod Holland" (in Danish). DR. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ Trolle, Steen (17 September 2014). "Signe Bruun skriver kontrakt med Fortuna Hjørring". Fodbold for piger (in Danish).
- ^ "16-årigt stortalent til Fortuna". Nordjyske (in Danish). 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Rosengård-Fortuna | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Danske Signe Bruun skifter til fransk storklub". DR (in Danish). 31 August 2018.
- ^ Whyatt, Katie (26 August 2020). "'Like your identity is taken away': ACL injury experience leaves PSG's Signe Bruun savouring Champions League battle". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Coupe de France féminine : malmené par Bordeaux, le PSG rejoint l'OL en finale". L'Équipe (in French).
- ^ Duret, Sebastien. "Coupe de France – LYON conserve son bien après les tirs au but". Footofeminin.fr : le football au féminin (in French).
- ^ "PSG's Signe Bruun hits winner to end Arsenal's Champions League dream". The Guardian. 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Som 19-årig tog Signe til Paris for at gøre det umulige: I aften kan det blive til virkelighed". DR (in Danish). 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Lyon make huge statement with triple signing of Christiane Endler, Signe Bruun and Danielle van de Donk". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Signe Bruun signs for Man Utd Women". www.manutd.com.
- ^ "Signe Bruun: Forward won't return to Man Utd following loan spell". 90min.com. 27 May 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Bruun equals record as Denmark top Turkey". UEFA.com. 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Croatia-Denmark | Women's World Cup". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Signe Bruun scores first senior goal". LTA Agency. 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Denmark forward Signe Bruun joins FIFPRO research: 'Where can I improve as a player?' – FIFPRO World Players' Union". FIFPRO. Archived from the original on 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Landsholdsdatabasen" (in Danish). dbu.dk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Loyant, Richard (4 June 2021). "Paris SG sacré pour la première fois". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Simon Kjær og Signe Bruun er årets fodboldspillere – TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 21 January 2022.
External links
edit- Signe Bruun – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Signe Bruun at Soccerway
- Signe Bruun national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)