Harder: From watching Giggs & Schmeichel to chasing her dream
Harder: From watching Giggs & Schmeichel to chasing her dream There are some players who started out only thinking of one club, whose childhood dream was to one day represent that team. For Linda Dallmann or Sarah Zadrazil , for example, it’s well known from old photos of them in Bayern kits that they grew up supporting the club. Pernille Harder also wore red as a child, but not of the Munich variety.
She wore the red of Manchester United. That fact makes Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at Old Trafford a particularly special moment in her already stellar career. “I was a big United fan as a child.
My Dad was always a United supporter, so I grew up with the club,” the Dane explained. “It’s really special to now get to be out on that pitch myself on Wednesday night. ” Big dreams from Ikast Harder’s journey to global footballing stardom started in the Danish town of Ikast, home to around 16,000 people.
The 33-year-old grew up in an environment where football wasn’t just something to play but to live for. “My Mum and Dad both played football and were coaches. My [older] sister also played as well.
Football is in our blood,” she explains. It meant that wanting to be a part of the sport was almost a given for young Pernille. “When everyone’s playing, you join in too.
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