Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mads Giersing Valentin Pedersen | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Kokkedal, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, left wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Snekkersten [2] | |||
Nivå-Kokkedal [2] | |||
Hørsholm-Usserød IK [2] | |||
Nordsjælland [2] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Nordsjælland | 88 | (3) |
2019– | FC Augsburg | 105 | (3) |
2020 | → FC Zürich (loan) | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013–2014 | Denmark U18 | 5 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Denmark U20 | 3 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Denmark U21 | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC) |
Mads Giersing Valentin Pedersen (born 1 September 1996), usually known as Mads Mini or Mads Valentin, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.
Valentin was promoted to the first team squad in the summer of 2015, at the age of 19 [3] and got his contract extended. [2]
On 27 September 2015, Valentin got his Superliga debut in a game against AGF, who FCN won 2–0, where he came on the pitch in the 93rd minute, replacing Oliver Thychosen. [4] During the 2016–17 season, Valentin became a key player for FCN and the U21 national team.
Valentin's contract got extended in the summer of 2017, and besides that, he also revealed that he dreamed of a foreign adventure. In September 2017, Valentin suffered from a horrible ligament injury in his knee, that would keep him out for at least eight weeks. [5]
In November 2018, Mads changed his shirt name from his nickname "Mini" to his middle name "Valentin" to honor his family. [6]
On 27 June 2019, Valentin joined FC Augsburg on a contract until June 2024. [7] Valentin got his official debut on 17 August 2019 against Borussia Dortmund where he also was noted for an assist in a 5–1 defeat. [8] After only three games for Augsburg in his first half season, Valentin was loaned out to FC Zürich on 30 January 2020 for the rest of the season. [9]
In July 2023, Valentin signed a contract extension with Augsburg until June 2027. [10]
Valentin was called up to the senior Denmark squad for friendly matches against the Netherlands and Serbia on 26 and 29 March 2022, respectively. [11]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nordsjælland | 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 [a] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
Total | 88 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 3 | ||
FC Augsburg | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | |||
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
2024–25 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 105 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 109 | 4 | ||||
FC Zürich (loan) | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Career total | 195 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 7 |
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