Marcus Holmgren Pedersen

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Marcus Holmgren Pedersen
Marcus Holmgren Pedersen 2022 FC RB Salzburg gegen Feyenoord Rotterdam (cropped).jpg
Pedersen playing for Feyenoord in 2022
Personal information
Full name Marcus Holmgren Pedersen
Date of birth (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Hammerfest, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
(on loan from Feyenoord)
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2016 HIF/Stein
2016–2018 Tromsø
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Tromsø 20 (0)
2020–2021 Molde 28 (2)
2021– Feyenoord 59 (1)
2023– → Sassuolo (loan) 28 (0)
International career‡
2019 Norway U19 9 (1)
2020 Norway U21 2 (0)
2021– Norway 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024

Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (born 16 July 2000 [1] ) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie B club Sassuolo, on loan from Feyenoord. He also plays for the Norway national team. [2]

Contents

Club career

Early life

Hailing from Hammerfest, Pedersen started playing youth football in HIF/Stein. In 2016 he moved to Tromsø to attend the Norwegian School of Elite Sport there, and transferred to the youth section of Tromsø IL. [3]

Tromsø

Pedersen got his debut for Tromsø when he came in as an 86th-minute substitute in a Norwegian Cup first round tie against Skjervøy on 18 April 2018. [4] He got his league debut in a 1–0 loss against Odd on 28 October 2018, and became the first player from Hammerfest to play in the top division of Norwegian football. [5] On 5 May 2019, he received a red card for a professional foul and was sent off in the 88th minute of the game against Kristiansund. [6]

Molde

On 11 February 2020, Pedersen signed a three-year contract with Molde. [7]

Feyenoord

On 22 June 2021, Molde confirmed that they had sold Pedersen to Feyenoord, [8] with the Dutch club confirming the arrival of the defender on a five-year contract the same day. [9] He scored his first goal for the club on 18 February 2023, scoring the second goal in the 90th minute in a 2–1 win over AZ Alkmaar. [10]

Sassuolo (loan)

On 22 August 2023, Pedersen joined Italian clubs Sassuolo on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to buy. [11]

International career

Marcus Holmgren Pedersen played nine games and scored one goal for Norway under-19. [12] On 27 February 2019, he scored in his debut game against Denmark which Norway lost 2–1. Pedersen was a member of Norway's squad in the 2019 European Under-19 Championship [13] and appeared in all three matches in the group stage.

He made his debut for the Norway national football team on 1 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands, a 1–1 home draw. He started the game and was substituted after an hour of play. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2024 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tromsø 2018 Eliteserien 3020——50
2019 17020——190
Total20040——240
Molde 2020 Eliteserien212006 [lower-alpha 1] 1—273
2021 70004 [lower-alpha 2] 0—110
Total28200101—383
Feyenoord 2021–22 Eredivisie 3001016 [lower-alpha 3] 0—470
2022–23 291407 [lower-alpha 2] 0—401
2023–24 ———1 [lower-alpha 4] 010
Total5915023010881
Sassuolo (loan) 2023–24 Serie A 28020——300
Career total1353110331101804
  1. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Johan Cruyff Shield

Honours

Feyenoord

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References

  1. ↑ Marcus Holmgren Pedersen at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Marcus Holmgren Pedersen at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Nyvoll, David (30 December 2017). "Her er de beste av de eldste". Nordlys (in Norwegian).
  4. ↑ "Skjervøy 1-3 Tromsø". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2 . Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Eilertsen, Tobias (29 October 2019). "Her er Hammerfests første eliteseriespiller: – En fantastisk følelse". ITromsø (in Norwegian). Aftenposten . Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Rydland, Mats (10 May 2019). "Så lenge må TIL klare seg uten Holmgren Pedersen". ITromsø (in Norwegian). Aftenposten . Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Holmgren Pedersen klar for MFK!". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK . Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "HOLMGREN PEDERSEN KLAR FOR FEYENOORD!". moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Feyenoord vindt in Holmgren Pedersen nieuwe rechtsback". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). Feyenoord. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Kuip in extase: Marcus Pedersen schiet Feyenoord in slotminuut langs AZ" [Kuip in rapture: Marcus Pedersen shoots Feyenoord past AZ in the final minute] (in Dutch). 18 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Feyenoord laat Pedersen op huurbasis naar Sassuolo vertrekken" [Feyenoord lets go to Sassuolo on loan] (in Dutch). 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Marcus Holmgren Pedersen". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation . Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "G19: Her er Norges EM-tropp". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Norway v Netherlands game report". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Feyenoord verslaat Go Ahead en is na zes jaar weer kampioen van Nederland" [Feyenoord beats Go Ahead and is champions of the Netherlands after six years] (in Dutch). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  16. ↑ Honeyman, Sam (25 May 2022). "Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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