A defender from her days in schools football,[2] Pleidrup played for Brøndby IF's first team from December 2017 to 2022,[3] and joined Italian Serie A Femminile side Sassuolo in the summer of the latter year, citing the extra physicality of the Italian league as an attractive factor in her move.[2]
After finishing sixth with her new club in 2023, Pleidrup enjoyed a fourth-place finish with Sassuolo in 2024.
International career
Pleidrup has won 38 caps at underage level for Denmark, 19 of them at Under-19 level.
She made her debut for the Denmark senior women's team on 28 February 2024 in a 1-1 draw against Austria in an international friendly.[4]