Daniel Alexander Pedersen (born 27 July 1992) is a Danish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who currently plays for

Danish 2nd Division The 2nd Division () is a professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Football Association (Danish FA; DBU) as part of the nation-wide Da ...

club AB.

Career

Pedersen signed his first full-time contract with

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

just before he turned 19. Before Pedersen even had his debut, he was elected for the Danish U20 national football team and played four games before he was put on the Danish U21 national football team. Pedersen debuted for

August 21, 2011, in a game against

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It ...

. The week later, he was chosen to start away against the defending champions,

FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklu ...

. During his first season, Pedersen showed how he is able to play many positions, also on the midfield. He scored his first goal against

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

in a 2–2 draw; his goal was later nominated to goal of the year in the

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. On 7 August 2018, it was confirmed that Pedersen had signed a contract with the Norwegian club

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club based in the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founde ...

. Pederson joined

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club

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on 3 February 2022. On 6 July 2023, Pedersen returned to Denmark and joined

club AB.

Career statistics

Club

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Daniel A. Pedersen
on AGF * 1992 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Silkeborg IF players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Lillestrøm SK players SK Brann players Orange County SC players Akademisk Boldklub players Danish Superliga players Eliteserien players Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Men's association football defenders Footballers from Silkeborg Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub