Janni Thomsen
Danish footballer (born 2000)
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Janni Thomsen (born 16 February 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back or midfielder for the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Denmark national team.[1][2]
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Full name
Janni Thomsen
Date of birth
16 February 2000
Place of birth
Kjellerup, Denmark
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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Thomsen with the Utah Royals in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Janni Thomsen | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Kjellerup, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Utah Royals | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Team Viborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | VSK Aarhus | 51 | (14) |
| 2020–2024 | Vålerenga | 100 | (15) |
| 2025– | Utah Royals | 26 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Denmark U16 | 8 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Denmark U17 | 10 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Denmark U19 | 20 | (7) |
| 2019 | Denmark U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Denmark | 45 | (8) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 October 2024 | |||
Club career
Thomsen played for Vålerenga for five years, recording 100 appearances with the Norwegian club. On 7 March 2025, she signed a two-year contract plus a mutual option with the Utah Royals of the NWSL.[3]
International career
She made international debut on the Danish national team on the 4 March 2020, against Norway at the 2020 Algarve Cup.[4]
International goals
International goals
- As of match played 25 February 2025[5]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2020 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 8 | |
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10 March 2020 | Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal |  Belgium | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2020 Algarve Cup |
| 2. | 8 April 2022 | Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta |  Malta | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 24 June 2022 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Brazil | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 21 February 2023 | Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval, France |  Uruguay | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2023 Tournoi de France |
| 5. | 4 June 2024 | Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |  Spain | 1–0 | 2–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 6. | 2–0 | |||||
| 7. | 16 July 2024 | Vejle Stadion, Vejle, Denmark |  Czech Republic | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 8. | 25 February 2025 | Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy |  Italy | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 9. | 12 July 2025 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland |  Poland | 1–2 | 2–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| 10. | 14 April 2026 | Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |  Sweden | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
Honours
- Elitedivisionen
- Bronze Medalist: 2019
