Signe Bruun

Signe Kallesøe Bruun (born 6 April 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Real Madrid and the Denmark national team.[1][2]

Signe Bruun
Bruun with Paris Saint-Germain in 2018
Personal information
Full name Signe Kallesøe Bruun
Date of birth (1998-04-06) 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 5 (4)
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 32 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023

Club career

Bruun 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

Youth

Bruun 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

On 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

In August 2021, Bruun joined a FIFPro 10-year research project tracking players' physical and mental wellbeing.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain 2018–19 D1 Féminine 13310—31174
2019–20 0021—2142
2020–21 18711—40238
Total 31104200924414
Lyon 2021–22 D1 Féminine 11600—81197
Manchester United (loan) 2021–22 FA WSL 501010—70
Career total 471652101737021

International
As of match played 21 February 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Denmark 201711
201810
201960
202041
2021712
2022104
202330
Total3218

International goals
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Bruun goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Cap Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 October 20171Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium, Zaprešić, Croatia Croatia4–04–02019 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 22 September 202010Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Malta7–08–0UEFA Euro 2022 qualification
3 16 September 202114Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Malta2–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4 5–0
5 21 September 202115ASK Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan1–08–0
6 6–0
7 21 October 202116Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Bosnia and Herzegovina1–08–0
8 2–0
9 3–0
10 4–0
11 5–0
12 26 October 202117Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro2–05–1
13 25 November 202118BIH FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina2–03–0
14 30 November 202119Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Russia1–03–1
15 29 June 202223 Norway1–01–2Friendly
16 1 September 202226 Montenegro4–15–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
17 11 November 202228wefox Arena Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland  Switzerland1–12–1Friendly
18 2–1

Honours

Fortuna Hjørring

Paris Saint-Germain

Lyon

Individual

References
  1. "Verdens bedste nedlagde Fortuna". Nordjyske. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. "EM-heltene klar til revanche mod Holland" (in Danish). DR. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. Trolle, Steen (17 September 2014). "Signe Bruun skriver kontrakt med Fortuna Hjørring". Fodbold for piger (in Danish).
  4. "16-årigt stortalent til Fortuna". Nordjyske (in Danish). 17 September 2014.
  5. "Rosengård-Fortuna | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com.
  6. "Danske Signe Bruun skifter til fransk storklub". DR (in Danish). 31 August 2018.
  7. 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.
  8. "Coupe de France féminine : malmené par Bordeaux, le PSG rejoint l'OL en finale". L'Équipe (in French).
  9. Duret, Sebastien. "Coupe de France – LYON conserve son bien après les tirs au but". Footofeminin.fr : le football au féminin (in French).
  10. "PSG's Signe Bruun hits winner to end Arsenal's Champions League dream". The Guardian. 22 August 2020.
  11. "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.
  12. "Lyon make huge statement with triple signing of Christiane Endler, Signe Bruun and Danielle van de Donk". www.goal.com.
  13. "Signe Bruun signs for Man Utd Women". www.manutd.com.
  14. "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.
  15. "Bruun equals record as Denmark top Turkey". UEFA.com. 21 October 2014.
  16. "Croatia-Denmark | Women's World Cup". UEFA.com.
  17. "Signe Bruun scores first senior goal". LTA Agency. 20 November 2017.
  18. "Denmark forward Signe Bruun joins FIFPRO research: 'Where can I improve as a player?' – FIFPRO World Players' Union". FIFPRO.
  19. "Landsholdsdatabasen" (in Danish). dbu.dk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  20. Loyant, Richard (4 June 2021). "Paris SG sacré pour la première fois". Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  21. "Simon Kjær og Signe Bruun er årets fodboldspillere – TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 21 January 2022.
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