Per Pedersen (footballer)
By Werner Pedersen ( born March 30, 1969 in Aalborg, Denmark ) is a former Danish football player. He began his career in 1981 and had this prematurely in the summer of 2001 due to a serious knee injury.
Club career
At the age of twelve years, Pedersen moved with his family from Kolding to Odense, where in 1981 he began his career in the youth of Odense BK.
From 1987, he came to the first missions in the first team of Odense, before he was promoted in 1988 with seven goals in eleven games of the season to the discovery of the season. Variable used on the offensive outer positions, as well as of in the middle, he had established himself alongside Jess Thorup and Lars Elstrup in attack-minded play of his team as a striker and was considered to be the next National Player of OBK. 1989 saw the first setback of his career. While he celebrated the team 's first championship, but was injured on only three league operations with a goal of the season. After his injury he could again build on previous achievements and moved to the end of the season to the better-off reigning Cup winner Lyngby BK.
In Lyngby he was considered a transfer target of the Swedish coach Kent Karlsson, who had to rely on fast and powerful play striker due to a defensive stance in the middle with the service providers Morten Wieghorst and Peter Nielsen. Together with the also neuverplichteten talent Torben Frank he formed in a row Offensivduo that. Using templates for Flemming Christensen, as shone through own- goal threat Lyngby managed to track candidates and ended the season with two points behind runners-up Brøndby IF. After the return of Henrik Larsen on free loan from Italy for the following season, the team presented further improved and celebrated the second league title in the club's history. Simultaneously, Pedersen became the first international player, but failed to make it into the final squad of Denmark for the European Football Championship 1992.
After winning the title at the left next to Euro success coach Karlsson all national players, up to Claus Christiansen, the club, after which the champion team almost completely broke and the club slipped back into midfield. In subsequent years, managed with Niclas Jensen and Thomas Rytter two own talents breakthrough in the professional business, the offensive squad had but lost quality. Pedersen missed by the departure of Frank to France Olympique Lyon an adequate offensive partner he only got back from the obligation of Miklos Molnar for season 1993/94. Addition was followed by other minor injuries, which he only found the end of 1994 back to its former strength.
Finally to season 1995/96 he moved back to the meantime by Viggo Jensen Odense BK supervised. Around impeller and team captain Brian Steen Nielsen formed a team in a row axis with defender Michael Schjønberg, director Morten Bisgaard and Pedersen in role as an offensive spearhead. After a short run time, Pedersen developed in the new role as one of the best strikers of his country and was promoted after 1991 back to the national team. Had he been through his playing abilities known, he shone sponsored by Bisgaard for the first time over a longer period than marksman. He won in 1996 with 16 goals this season still number two scorer behind Thomas Thor Inger, he was able to achieve in the first half of the season 1996/97 in the first 17 missions 11 goals, which he led the scorers Super League. On August 17, 1996, he then moved to the then league - record transfer fee of £ 2.5 million in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers.
Vorjahressiebenter Blackburn had gone to the sale of Alan Shearer at Newcastle United without adequate replacement in the season, which Pedersen became the coach Ray Harford Notnachkauf of success. After the club was the end of October but slipped down to the bottom of the table, Harford resigned and was replaced by Tony Parkes. This continued with Kevin Gallacher and Chris Sutton on a static strike partnership, which Pedersen took a back seat, only eleven league inserts graduated with a goal is scored and was considered a failure Shopping at the end of the season due to the high transfer fee and his well-paid contract.
In October 1997, he was loaned in a row in the orbit of the transfer of Martin Dahlin to Blackburn in return for one year on loan with option to buy Germany at Borussia Moenchengladbach. Also in Mönchengladbach, he remained in a row behind expectations, scored again just a goal of the season in 14 league operations and was sent to the tight league table with 15 place back to Blackburn.
Despite the two weak seasons, then signed him for a transfer fee of around 7.5 million francs of the French first division side Racing Strasbourg. The third Dane next Denni Conteh and Peter Frank Andersen in the squad of Strasbourg, he should take a leading role in the offensive game of Alsace, which, however, failed again. In addition to a serious knee injury with which he had almost sidelined the entire season due to injury, there were also disagreements with coach Claude Le Roy regarding his playing position, after which he was sold after only six months for a fraction of his transfer fee back to his hometown club Odense BK.
Back in Denmark he came in the season 1999/2000 season due to injury on only one use, before he came on 6 November 2000 after 15 months of convalescence. This was followed by ten seasonally, as the Joker in which he could begin to build back to his old performances, before his old knee injury became acute again and he finally had to end his career.
National
After he gave the 6-4 home win in a friendly against Austria on 1 October 1985 at the age of 16, his debut for the Danish under-19 national team, it took until April 26, 1988 until he again, again against in a friendly match Austria, could make his second international game for Denmark.
After strong performances at club level for Lyngby BK he celebrated on June 12, 1991 during the 0-2 defeat in a friendly against Italy his debut in the senior team.
In 1996, he made the winning goal in a 1-0 against France international sensation. Shortly thereafter, he made his move to England to Blackburn.
His last appearance on the international level for Denmark, he completed on June 8, 1997 in a 2-0 win in the World Cup qualifiers against Bosnia- Herzegovina. After it has performed due to end of his career no longer convened.
After the active career
After the retirement he moved to the functionaries and worked among others as a manager of Odense BK and Aarhus GF. Since 2007 he has been chief marketing officer at the Danish handball club Horsens HK.
He also works casually as a co- commentator for Danish television station TV 2
Achievements
- 2 x Danish champion: 1989, 1992