Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (born 16 July 2000[1]) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club Feyenoord.[2]
![]() Pedersen playing for Feyenoord in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus Holmgren Pedersen | ||
Date of birth | (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 22) | ||
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 | 41 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Norway U19 | 9 | (1) |
2020– | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Norway | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022 |
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]
Pedersen got his debut for Tromsø when he came in as an 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]
On 11 February 2020, Pedersen signed a three-year contract with Molde.[7]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tromsø | 2018 | Eliteserien | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
2019 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
Total | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
Molde | 2020 | Eliteserien | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 3 | ||
Feyenoord | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 47 | 0 |
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 63 | 0 | ||
Career total | 89 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 125 | 3 |
Feyenoord
Feyenoord – current squad | |
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