Morten Pedersen

Not to be confused with Morten Gamst Pedersen.

Morten Pedersen at Bryne Stadion June 2009

Morten Pedersen (born 12 April 1972) is a former Norwegian soccer player, who played as defender. He is currently the head coach of Tromsdalen UIL in the Norwegian Adeccoliga

Before retiring in 2007, Pedersen played for Tromsø IL, where he returned in 2003 after having played for various professional Norwegian and foreign clubs. During Tromsø's last home match of the 2006 season, Pedersen sustained an injury which would eventually lead him to retire from football. He officially announced that he retired in August 2007, and was honored during a special ceremony before the home match against Odd on September 2, 2007.

Pedersen started his career playing for Storsteinnes IL, before going to the Danish club Brøndby IF in 1990. His stint at Brøndby was not successful, and he only got to play one match during the two years he stayed at the club.^[1] In 1992 he returned to Norway to play for Tromsø IL. Pedersen stayed with Tromsø until 1996, when he transferred to SK Brann. Pedersen only spent one year, playing regularly for Brann, before trying his luck abroad for a second time, this time with German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. His career in Germany proved to be as unsuccessful as his career in Denmark, however, and he returned to Norway one year later to play with Rosenborg BK, where he won the Tippeligaen. After a year at Rosenborg, he made a third and final attempt at establishing a career as a foreign professional, going to Belgian side K.A.A. Gent. At Gent, which at that moment was coached by a fellow Norwegian, Trond Sollied, Pedersen finally got regular playing time, and his time at the club proved very successful. Pedersen played with K.A.A. Gent for some seasons before returning to Tromsø in 2003, the same year that Ole Martin Årst also returned to Tromsø from Belgium.

Pedersen also played for Vålerenga IF Fotball for a while, on a loan.

References

1. ^ 1. holdsspillere i Brøndby IF at Brøndby IF

External links

• http://til.no/visprofil.aspx?PlayerID=276

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Name	Pedersen, Morten
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