Signe Bruun

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 (age 26)
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	32	(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	47	(23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2024

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]

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 match played 14 June 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

As of match played 2 December 2024^[19]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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	8	5
Total		47	23

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	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
22	2 December 2024	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain	Iceland	1–0	2–0
23				2–0

Honours

Fortuna Hjørring

• Elitedivisionen: 2015–16, 2017–18
• Danish Women's Cup: 2016

Paris Saint-Germain

• Division 1 Féminine: 2020–21^[20]

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

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2. "EM-heltene klar til revanche mod Holland" (in Danish). DR. 30 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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8. "Coupe de France féminine : malmené par Bordeaux, le PSG rejoint l'OL en finale". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
9. Duret, Sebastien. "Coupe de France – LYON conserve son bien après les tirs au but". Footofeminin.fr : le football au féminin (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
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. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
12. "Lyon make huge statement with triple signing of Christiane Endler, Signe Bruun and Danielle van de Donk". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
13. "Signe Bruun signs for Man Utd Women". www.manutd.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
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. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
16. "Croatia-Denmark | Women's World Cup". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
17. "Signe Bruun scores first senior goal". LTA Agency. 20 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
18. "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.
19. "Landsholdsdatabasen" (in Danish). dbu.dk. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
20. Loyant, Richard (4 June 2021). "Paris SG sacré pour la première fois". Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
21. "Simon Kjær og Signe Bruun er årets fodboldspillere – TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 21 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-28.

External links

• Signe Bruun – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Signe Bruun at Soccerway
• Signe Bruun national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)