Martin Pedersen (footballer)

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Martin Pedersen
Personal information
Date of birth	October 9, 1983 (1983-10-09) (age 24)
Place of birth	Denmark
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Aalborg Boldspilklub
Number	3
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-present 2005-2006	Aalborg BK SønderjyskE (loan)	94 (2) 25 (0)
National team2
1999 2002-2004 2002-2006	Denmark U-16 Denmark U-20 Denmark U-21	01 (0) 06 (0) 28 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Martin Pedersen (born October 9, 1983) is a Danish professional football player, who plays for Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga championship. He has earned 28 caps for the Danish under-21 national team, and was selected for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship in May 2006.

Pedersen made his senior debut for Aalborg BK (AaB) in the 2002-03 Superliga season. He saw gradually more playing time, and made his debut for the Danish under-21 national team in August 2002, 18 years old. At age 21, he had played 39 Superliga matches for AaB. Struggling to capture a first team spot in competition with Danish national team defender Allan K. Jepsen, Pedersen was put on loan with Superliga relegation battlers SønderjyskE for the 2005-06 Superliga season.

He played 25 games for SønderjyskE, but could not prevent them from being relegated at the end of the season. Back at AaB, Pedersen was initially struggling with Danish under-21 national team defender Michael Jakobsen for the left back. With Jakobsen eventually settling in the central defense, Pedersen played a number of games at left back, as AaB won bronze medals in the 2006-07 Superliga season.

Following Aalborg BK's bronze medals they qualified for the UEFA Cup, where a dream came true for Martin Pedersen as he played against his favourite foreign team, Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

[edit] External links

• Danish national team profile
• (Danish) AaB profile
• Career stats at Danmarks Radio

v • d • e AaB – current squad 1 Zaza • 2 M. Jakobsen • 3 Pedersen • 5 J.R. Jacobsen • 6 Olfers • 7 Due • 8 Johansson • 9 Augustinussen • 14 Curth • 15 Nomvethe • 17 Vilakazi • 18 Cacá • 20 Bræmer • 21 Risgård • 23 Enevoldsen • 24 Sørensen • 25 C. Nordstrøm • 26 J. Nordstrøm • 27 P. Kristensen • 28 Haucke • 30 Stenild • 31 Nielsen • 32 Schwartz • 36 D. Christensen • 38 Vazgec • Coach: Hamrén

Persondata
NAME	Pedersen, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Danish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 9, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Denmark
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH