Pernille Andersen

Pernille Andersen
Personal information
Full name Pernille S. Andersen
Date of birth (1972-11-06) 6 November 1972
Place of birth Aarhus, Denmark
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Denmark U17 5 (0)
1991 Denmark U21 3 (1)
1998 New Zealand 7 (15)

Pernille S. Andersen (born 6 November 1972) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.

Andersen made her Football Ferns debut in a 1–4 loss to Germany on 26 May 1998, and finished her international career with seven caps and 15 goals to her credit, including back to back double hat-tricks as New Zealand demolished Samoa 21–0 and Fiji 14–0.

Aarhus-born Andersen, known as "Skalle", played club football in Denmark for Rolsted, B1913, B1919, OB Odense and HEI and represented the Danish national teams at youth level. She also had a spell in England with Millwall Lionesses before arriving in New Zealand in 1995.