Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen
Ruth Ford Kjetil Pedersen ( May 22nd, 1973 in Kristiansund ) is a Norwegian former football player and current coach.
His younger brother Steinar Pedersen is also football player, was among other things at Borussia Dortmund and IFK Gothenburg under contract and currently plays for Lillestrøm SK. Father Erik was for many years Goalkeeper at IK Start and is still active as goalkeeping coach at the club.
Club career
Career start
Pedersen began his career in the youth of Kristian Under traditional club FK Vigør before he even joined IK Start on youth level to the then first division. However, when he was not taken in the senior squad at the start, he moved to the season in 1994 to the then second division Movers Mjølner FK.
In Mjølner he became in succession a regular player, completed his first 20 professional games and managed just as a table Tenth in the league. In 1995, he left after one season and changed Mjølner league internally to the larger Odd Ballklubb. As you climb aspirants he could also establish itself as a regular player, also shot his first three professional goals, missed with the club but clearly the rise in the Tippeligaen.
However, its good performance led to the next career move with a change to the then first division club Molde FK. There he acted initially as a back-up for the defender Knut Anders -budgetary Fostervold and Petter Christian Singsaas before he came because of large variations in shape of the two veterans together with Trond Andersen on higher operating times. The obligation of Pål Lydersen for the following season but disappeared again its potential for use as coach Åge Hareide next Lydersen and forced Singsaas the variable can be used Andersen.
After half a year with only a league insert for Molde, he then moved again to the internal league table bottom Skeid Oslo. In the spiked with Morten Berre, Freddy dos Santos or Christer George talented team he obtained in the final stage of the championship again a regular place in central defense, however, could not avert relegation as Table.
Years abroad
After the descent he left Skeid and first went abroad for the Swedish first division side IF Elfsborg. As one of three legions in an otherwise mostly with Swedish talents like Anders Svensson and Tobias Linderoth Occupied team, he made as a result together with Stefan Mogren and Kristoffer Arvhage the defensive line of IF. After two placements in secure midfield he did not renew his expiring contract in the winter of 2000 and instead accepted an offer of the Austrian first division club LASK Linz.
During financially hard-hit and relegation LASK he was engaged as a replacement for his compatriot Torgeir Bjarmann, which was returned to the home due to high transfer fee after his loan period.
Although the association with Pedersen, besides intelligence chief Wolfgang Feiersinger realize a significant upward trend was allowed to not make the league and rose for the first time after seven years in the second division from. After descending left with celebration Singer, Geir Frigård, Željko Pavlović the three most important leadership players the club, whereupon Pedersen a supporting role the LASK was meant to play within the game. As a result, he was among the coaches Johann Kondert and František Cipro one of the few performers in a partially inferior operating team that clearly missed the target immediate resurgence. In addition to the sporting failure, the club still had to struggle with the aftermath of the "Rieger " affair, which partially salaries, including the were paid by Pedersen, with a significant delay. As a consequence, he forced the release in a row and moved to the end of the season to Denmark to the traditional club Esbjerg fB.
In Denmark, he presented himself in a row on his power zenith and formed together with Anders Møller Christensen over two years one of the strongest defensive duos in the league. According to a fifth and a third place in the standings, however, he was called home, after which he moved surprisingly to lift team Sogndal IL.
Career finale
In addition to Sogndal also had his home club IK Start, in which not only his brother Steinar even his father Erik Ruth Ford Pedersen stood at this time as goalkeeper coach under contract, showed great interest in an undertaking, due to the better offer, however, he had for a change in the west of Norway decided.
As a result he got a second time in his career as Table in the second division, where he inherited the weak form Håvard Flo as captain. As a result, he played in 28 season inserts a strong defender, but managed with the club not its chances of promotion also due to a strong bloodletting with table in seventh place.
In 2006 he returned then with one and a half years late but still in the home for IK Start, upon which he stood for the first time in his pro career together with his brother Steinar in a team.
Meanwhile, 33 - year old, but the return designed as the biggest disappointment of his career. Neither under coach Tom Nordlie, still under his successor Stig Inge Bjørnebye, he was able to establish himself as a regular player and came in any league match from the start for use. At the end of the season then his contract was dissolved and Pedersen joined the Adecco Ligaen, where he signed a contract as player-manager of FK Mandalskameratene. Despite an outstanding season with eleven goals Pedersen, he then rose with the club last in the Second Division, whereupon he ended his active career.