Lucas Lund Pedersen

Lucas Lund Pedersen (born 19 March 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Viborg. He is a Danish youth international.

Lucas Lund
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-19) 19 March 2000[1]
Place of birth Bruunshåb, Denmark[2]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Viborg
Number 1
Youth career
2011–2018 Viborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Viborg 41 (0)
National team
2017 Denmark U17 1 (0)
2018 Denmark U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 3 (0)
2021– Denmark U20 1 (0)
2021– Denmark U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Career

Born in Bruunshåb, Viborg Municipality, Pedersen joined the youth academy of Viborg FF at U12 level.[1][2]

On 8 August 2018, Pedersen made his senior debut in the first round of the Danish Cup in a 10–0 away win over Vildbjerg SF.[3]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, he became the new starting goalkeeper for the club. He made his league debut on 26 July 2019 in a 3–0 home win over Roskilde, where he delivered a Man of the Match performance.[4]

Being part of the Viborg-team winning promotion to the Danish Superliga in the 2020–21 season,[5] Pedersen made his debut at the highest level on 18 July 2021 in a 2–1 away win over Nordsjælland.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 August 2021[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Viborg 2018–19 1st Division 002020
2019–20 400040
2020–21 16000160
2021–22 Superliga 400040
Career total 24020260

    Honours

    Viborg

    References
    1. "#1 - Lucas Lund Pedersen | Målmand | [da]". Viborg F.F. Prof. Fodbold A/S (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
    2. "Trods grim skade: Viborg FF forlænger samarbejdet med talentfuld målmand". viborg-folkeblad.dk (in Danish). 24 September 2020.
    3. Hald, Christian (8 August 2018). "VFF knuste underlegen modstander i pokalen". viborg-folkeblad.dk (in Danish).
    4. Hald, Christian (31 July 2019). "Læserne har talt: Lucas Lund var bedste mand mod FC Roskilde". viborg-folkeblad.dk (in Danish).
    5. "Viborg vinder 1. division - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 26 May 2021.
    6. "Nordsjælland vs. Viborg - 18 July 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
    7. Lucas Lund Pedersen at Soccerway
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