Nicklas Pedersen

Nicklas Pedersen (born 10 October 1987) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently U17 manager at HB Køge.

This article is about the footballer. For the pageant winner, see Nicklas Pedersen (Mister World).
Nicklas Pedersen
Pedersen with Mechelen in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-10-10) 10 October 1987
Place of birth Køge, Denmark
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 HB Køge (U17 Manager)
Youth career
Herfølge BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Herfølge BK 41 (18)
2007–2009 Nordsjælland 26 (9)
2009–2012 Groningen 69 (12)
2012–2013 Mechelen 25 (12)
2013–2016 Gent 41 (10)
2016–2017 Oostende 19 (0)
2017–2018 Mechelen 25 (4)
2018–2019 Emmen 12 (4)
National team
2006 Denmark U-20 1 (0)
2007–2008 Denmark U-21 12 (3)
2010–2013 Denmark 13 (1)
Teams managed
2020– HB Køge (U17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

Honours

Club
Gent

International

International goals
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 June 2013Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg, Denmark Georgia1–12–1Friendly

References
  1. http://www.fcgroningen.nl/home/nieuws/nieuwsbericht/artikel/pedersen-per-direct-naar-fc//vorige/10/%5B%5D
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2012-06-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Nicklas Pedersen overtager U17-holdet, hbkoge.dk, 6 January 2020


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