| Marcus Holmgren Pedersen | |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Hammerfest, Norway |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Currentclub: | Torino |
| Clubnumber: | 16 |
| Youthyears1: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | HIF/Stein |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Tromsø |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Tromsø |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Molde |
| Caps2: | 28 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2021– |
| Clubs3: | Feyenoord |
| Caps3: | 60 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs4: | → Sassuolo (loan) |
| Caps4: | 28 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | → Torino (loan) |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Norway U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam2: | Norway U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam3: | Norway |
| Nationalcaps3: | 27 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 11 October 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17 November 2024 |
Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (born 16 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Italian club Torino, on loan from the Eredivisie club Feyenoord, and the Norway national team.
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
On 11 February 2020, Pedersen signed a three-year contract with Molde.[5]
On 22 June 2021, Molde confirmed that they had sold Pedersen to Feyenoord,[6] with the Dutch club confirming the arrival of the defender on a five-year contract the same day.[7] 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.[8]
On 22 August 2023, Pedersen joined Italian club Sassuolo on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to buy.[9]
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.[10]
Marcus Holmgren Pedersen played nine games and scored one goal for Norway under-19.[11] 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[12] 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.[13]
| 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 | 1 | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 38 | 3 | ||||
| Feyenoord | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 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 | |||
| Career total | 136 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 181 | 4 | |||
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