Marcus Holmgren Pedersen
Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
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Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (born 16 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Italian Serie A club Torino and the Norway national team.[2]
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Pedersen playing for Feyenoord in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 July 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hammerfest, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Torino | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | HIF/Stein | ||
| 2016–2018 | Tromsø | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Tromsø | 20 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Molde | 28 | (2) |
| 2021–2025 | Feyenoord | 60 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Sassuolo (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Torino (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2025– | Torino | 27 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Norway U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2020 | Norway U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Norway | 31 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:45, 8 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
Club career
Early life
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]
Tromsø
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]
Molde
On 11 February 2020, Pedersen signed a three-year contract with Molde.[7]
Feyenoord
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] He scored his first goal for the club on 18 February 2023, scoring the second goal in the 90th minute in a 2–1 win over AZ Alkmaar.[10]
Sassuolo (loan)
On 22 August 2023, Pedersen joined Italian club Sassuolo on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to buy.[11]
Torino (loan)
On 22 August 2024, Pedersen returned to Italy and signed with Torino on loan, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[12]
International career
Marcus Holmgren Pedersen played nine games and scored one goal for Norway under-19.[13] 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[14] 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.[15]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 May 2026[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | 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[a] | 1 | — | 27 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 38 | 3 | |||
| Feyenoord | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16[c] | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | — | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 60 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 1 | ||
| Sassuolo (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| Torino (loan) | 2024–25 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| Torino | 2025–26 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| Total | 56 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 192 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 241 | 5 | ||
- Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearances in Johan Cruyff Shield
Honours
Feyenoord