This article is about the footballer. For the model, see Nicklas Pedersen (model).

Nicklas Pedersen (born 10 October 1987) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the manager of HB Køge.

Club career

Pedersen started his senior career with Herfølge BK in the Danish 1st Division. He made his Denmark national under-21 football team debut in August 2007, and got his breakthrough with Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland in September 2007. In January 2009, Pedersen signed a contract with Dutch club FC Groningen. FC Groningen paid FC Nordsjælland €2.2 million for the Danish striker.[1]

On 2 July 2012, Pedersen joined Belgian club K.V. Mechelen on a three-year contract.

On 1 July 2013, Pedersen joined fellow Belgian side K.A.A. Gent for a fee of €1.5 million.

On 14 May 2019 he was forced to retire due to a knee injury.

He is the son of the Danish football manager Jesper Pedersen.[2]

Coaching career

In the summer 2019, Pedersen began working as talent coach for his former club, HB Køge, helping with the morning- and individual training. On 6 January 2020 the club announced, that he would take charge of the club's U17 squad.[3]

On 5 June 2023, after Daniel Agger resigned, Pedersen was appointed manager of HB Køge's first team.[4]

Honours

Club

Gent

International

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 June 2013 Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg, Denmark  Georgia 1–1 2–1 Friendly

References

  1. ^ "FC Groningen: Pedersen per direct naar FC". www.fcgroningen.nl. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Havensupport.dk - Mød Nicklas Pedersen". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ^ Nicklas Pedersen overtager U17-holdet, hbkoge.dk, 6 January 2020
  4. ^ Nicklas Pedersen ny cheftræner for HB Køge, hbkoge.dk, 5 June 2023


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicklas_Pedersen
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