Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Pedersen | ||
Date of birth | 25 November 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Hirtshals, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Valur | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Vendsyssel | 26 | (4) |
2013 | → Valur (loan) | 9 | (5) |
2014–2015 | Valur | 33 | (19) |
2016–2017 | Viking | 34 | (6) |
2017–2018 | Valur | 30 | (23) |
2019 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 14 | (3) |
2019– | Valur | 117 | (69) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024 |
Patrick Pedersen (born 25 November 1991) is a Danish footballer who plays as a striker for Valur.
Career
In December 2015, Pedersen signed for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Viking FK.[1]
He got his league debut in Viking's first game of the season away against Vålerenga on 14 March 2016. Viking won the game 0–2.[2]
Pedersen scored his first goal for Viking on 13 April in the Norwegian Cup against Vardeneset. The match ended 1–5 to Viking, and Pedersen scored four of the five goals for Viking. His other cup goal came against Vard Haugesund a few weeks later.[3]
Despite being top scorer in Iceland, it took quite a while for Pedersen to score his first league goal for Viking. His first goal however, was not only an important one, but also a beautiful goal. Opponent Odd was leading 2–1 with a few seconds left before full-time. Then Pedersen, which came in as a substitute, got the ball and shot it right into the top corner. The game was drawn 2–2, and each team got a point. This match was played on 24 July, and ended Pedersen's many months of missing the target.[4]
After the spell in Norway, he returned to Iceland to play for Valur.[5]
In December 2018, Pedersen signed for Moldovan side FC Sheriff Tiraspol,[6] leaving them on 1 July 2019.[7]
He joined Icelandic giants Valur for the third time in his career in the summer of 2019, carrying on scoring goals and winning trophies as before. In the first game of the 2024 season he scored his first goal of the new season and in doing so Pedersen scored his 100th club goal for Valur and at the same time joined the 100 goal club in Icelandic top division, and is currently the highest scoring foreign player in the Icelandic top flight.
On 6 July 2024, in a game against Fylkir, Pedersen scored 2 goals; these were his 109 and 110th goals for Valur and he became Valurs all time top goal scorer, surpassing Ingi Björn Albertsson's record of 109 goals for Valur. Cementing his position as an all time great in the illustrious history of the club. On 29 September 2024 Pdersen scored his 114th goal for Valur, making him the highest goalscorer for one club in the icelandic top flight.
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 October 2024
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Valur (loan) | 2013[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 5 | ||
Valur | 2014[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 6 | ||
2015[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 32 | 24 | |||
Total | 42 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 54 | 35 | ||||
Viking | 2016[9] | Eliteserien | 28 | 5 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | 31 | 10 | |||
2017[9] | Eliteserien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | ||||
Total | 34 | 6 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 39 | 12 | |||||
Valur | 2017[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 6 | ||
2018[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 21 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 35 | 23 | |
Total | 30 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 29 | ||
Sheriff Tiraspol | 2019[10] | Divizia Națională | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 18 | 5 | |
Total | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | |||
Valur | 2019[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | — | 15 | 8 | |
2020[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 21 | 19 | |||
2021[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4[e] | 0 | — | 32 | 13 | ||
2022[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 8 | |||
2023[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 12 | |||
2024[8] | Úrvalsdeild | 27 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 37 | 24 | ||
Total | 117 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 83 | ||
Career total | 237 | 125 | 23 | 15 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 308 | 165 |
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Icelandic Super Cup
- ^ Appearance in Moldovan Super Cup
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
References
- ^ "TOPPSCORER KLAR FOR VIKING". www.viking-fk.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "altomfotball.no: Vålerenga - Viking - Eliteserien - 1. runde, 14.03.2016". TV 2. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "altomfotball.no: Vardeneset - Viking - NM, menn - 1. runde, 13.04.2016". TV 2. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "altomfotball.no: Odd - Viking - Eliteserien - 17. runde, 24.07.2016". TV 2. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "– Patrick Pedersen solgt til klubb på Island - Rogalandsavis" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Acquisition". www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Спасибо, Патрик Педерсен". fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Patrick Pedersen". Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Patrick Pedersen". altomfotball.no. TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ P. Pedersen at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Danish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Vendsyssel FF players
- Valur (men's football) players
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
- Viking FK players
- Eliteserien players
- FC Sheriff Tiraspol players
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- People from Hirtshals
- Footballers from the North Jutland Region
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen