Marcus Holmgren Pedersen

Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (born 16 July 2000[1]) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club Feyenoord.[2]

Not to be confused with Marcus Pedersen.

Marcus Pedersen
Personal information
Full name Marcus Holmgren Pedersen
Date of birth (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000
Place of birth Hammerfest, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Feyenoord
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2016 HIF/Stein
2016–2018 Tromsø
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Tromsø 20 (0)
2020–2021 Molde 28 (2)
2021– Feyenoord 27 (0)
National team‡
2019 Norway U19 9 (1)
2020– Norway U21 2 (0)
2021– Norway 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022

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 a 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]

International career

Marcus Holmgren Pedersen played nine games and scored one goal for Norway under-19.[10] 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[11] 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.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 28 April 2022[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tromsø 2018 Eliteserien 3020—50
2019 17020—190
Total 20040—240
Molde 2020 Eliteserien 2120061273
2021 700040110
Total 28200101383
Feyenoord 2021–22 Eredivisie 2701015[lower-alpha 1]0430
Career total 752502511053
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

References
  1. "Marcus Pedersen".
  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. "Marcus Holmgren Pedersen". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  11. "G19: Her er Norges EM-tropp". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  12. "Norway v Netherlands game report". FIFA. 1 September 2021.
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