Nicklas Pedersen

Nicklas Pedersen
Personnel
birthday	October 10, 1987
place of birth	Køge ,  Denmark
size	187 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
0000–2005	Herfølge BK
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2005-2007	Herfølge BK	41 (18)
2007-2008	FC Nordsjælland	26 0(9)
2009–2012	FC Groningen	72 (12)
2012-2013	KV Mechelen	25 (12)
2013-2016	KAA Gent	41 0(9)
2016-2017	KV Ostend	19 0(0)
2017-2018	KV Mechelen	25 0(4)
2018-2019	FC Emmen	12 0(4)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2006	Denmark U-20	1 0(0)
2007-2008	Denmark U-21	12 0(3)
2010-2013	Denmark	13 0(1)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career

Nicklas Pedersen (born October 10, 1987 in Køge ) is a former Danish football player .

Career

society

Herfølge BK and FC Nordsjælland (until the end of 2008)

Pedersen comes from the youth department of Herfølge BK . From 2005 he played in its first team and was relegated from the Danish first division. In August 2007 he moved to FC Nordsjælland and made his debut in the Danish first division on September 3, 2007 in the 2-1 defeat at Aalborg BK when he was substituted on in the 85th minute. 14 days later he scored his first first division goal for FC Nordsjælland in a 3-1 win against Esbjerg fB with the goal to 2-0. He made 13 appearances in his first season and scored three goals. FC Nordsjælland finished ninth; The club qualified for the UEFA Cup through fair play . With his substitution for Anders Dahl - in the 76th minute - in the 2-0 defeat in the first leg in the first round of the UEFA Cup against Olympiacos , Pedersen made his European debut on September 16, 2008; after the second leg, FC Nordsjælland was eliminated from the competition. In the Danish Football Cup , Pedersen played twice and scored two goals. In the league he came in the first half of the season to 14 appearances and six goals.

Three and a half years in Groningen (early 2009 to 2012)

In the winter break of the 2008/09 season Pedersen moved to the Eredivisie for FC Groningen . He had a total of two league games in the 2008/09 season. The FC Groningen finished eighth at the end of the regular season and qualified for the play-offs for participation in the Europa League qualification; Pedersen contributed with five goals in 26 game matches. In the first round, FC Groningen failed at FC Utrecht . In KNVB Beker Pedersen came two appearances. In the 2010/11 season he played 22 times and scored six goals. The FC Groningen finished fifth. Pedersen played twice in the KNVB Beker. In the 2011/12 season he was injured in only 19 games. He also came to work for the reserve team ( FC Groningen II ) in the "Beloften Eredivisie".

Pedersen in the Belgian league (2012 to 2018)

For the 2012/13 season Pedersen moved to KV Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League . He came in regular game operations and the play-offs to 25 missions and twelve goals; KV Mechelen took third place. In the first half of the season he had his only two appearances in the Belgian Cup in the 2012/13 season.

In the summer of 2013, Pedersen moved to KAA Gent . In the 2014/15 season he won the Belgian championship with the team. On September 29, 2015 he made his debut in the Champions League at 1: 2 in the group stage match against Zenit St. Petersburg . KAA Gent finished second in the group and qualified for the round of 16.

On February 1, 2016, Pedersen switched to league competitor KV Ostend , where he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with an option to extend. He completed a total of 19 games in the league. In 2017 he reached the cup final with the team.

In summer 2017 he returned to KV Mechelen and was relegated to the second division with the club at the end of the season.

Return to the Netherlands (2018)

In August 2018 Pedersen returned to the Netherlands and joined the first division promoted FC Emmen . He signed a one-year contract with an option for an additional year. Initially still part of the team, he later moved into the second tier and was no longer used after the 19th matchday at the end of January 2019. By then he had scored four goals in twelve league games for FC Emmen.

End of career (2019)

In May 2019, he ended his active career with a knee injury.

National team

Pedersen made his only U-20 international match on November 15, 2006 in a 1-0 win over Turkey. A year later, on August 22, 2007, he made his first international match for the Danish U-21 in the game against Norway in the starting XI. Pedersen was also used in qualifying for the 2009 U-21 European Football Championship . After two defeats in the relegation against Serbia , however, the team missed the qualification for the U-21 European Championship 2009. In total, he completed twelve games for the U-21.

On August 11, 2010 he made his debut for the Danish national team . He was in the starting line-up in the 2-2 friendly against Germany in Copenhagen . In the following qualification for the European Championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine , he came to four missions. The Danish eleven qualified as group winners for the finals and then Pedersen was appointed to the squad by Morten Olsen in May 2012 , but he was not used in any of the three group games in the finals. He scored his first goal on June 5, 2013 in the friendly against Georgia (2-1) in Aalborg .

successes

Belgian champion : 2015

Web links

• Nicklas Pedersen in the database of weltfussball.de
• Nicklas Pedersen on the website of the Danish Football Association (Danish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Game data on transfermarkt.de
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3. ↑ Game data on transfermarkt.de
4. ↑ Game data on transfermarkt.de
5. ↑ Game data on transfermarkt.de
6. ↑ Koninklijke Voetbalclub Ostend (Ed.): Nicklas Pedersen nieuwe aanvaller. In: kvo.be. February 1, 2016, accessed February 29, 2016 (Dutch). 
7. ↑ Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (ed.): Nicklas Pedersen keert terug naar KV Mechelen. In: KV Mechelen. June 22, 2017, accessed November 2017 (Dutch). 
8. ↑ Nicklas Pedersen naar FC Emmen , KV Mechelen, August 9, 2018, accessed on September 22, 2018 (Dutch)
9. ↑ Welkom Nicklas Pedersen! , FC Emmen, August 9, 2018, accessed on September 22, 2018 (Dutch)
10. ↑ Pedersen must stop with voetballen vanwege knee injury. In: Algemeen Dagblad. De Persgroep Nederland, May 14, 2019, accessed July 7, 2019 (Dutch).