Patrick Pedersen

Patrick Pedersen

Personal information
Full name	Patrick Pedersen
Date of birth	(1991-11-25) 25 November 1991
Place of birth	Hirtshals, Denmark
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Valur
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Vendsyssel	26	(4)
2013	→ Valur (loan)	9	(5)
2014–2015	Valur	33	(19)
2016–2017	Viking	34	(6)
2017–2018	Valur	30	(23)
2019	Sheriff Tiraspol	14	(3)
2019–	Valur	117	(69)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024

Patrick Pedersen (born 25 November 1991) is a Danish footballer who plays as a striker for Valur.

Career

In December 2015, Pedersen signed for Norwegian Tippeligaen side Viking FK.

He got his league debut in Viking's first game of the season away against Vålerenga on 14 March 2016. Viking won the game 0–2.

Pedersen scored his first goal for Viking on 13 April in the Norwegian Cup against Vardeneset. The match ended 1–5 to Viking, and Pedersen scored four of the five goals for Viking. His other cup goal came against Vard Haugesund a few weeks later.

Despite being top scorer in Iceland, it took quite a while for Pedersen to score his first league goal for Viking. His first goal however, was not only an important one, but also a beautiful goal. Opponent Odd was leading 2–1 with a few seconds left before full-time. Then Pedersen, which came in as a substitute, got the ball and shot it right into the top corner. The game was drawn 2–2, and each team got a point. This match was played on 24 July, and ended Pedersen's many months of missing the target.

After the spell in Norway, he returned to Iceland to play for Valur.

In December 2018, Pedersen signed for Moldovan side FC Sheriff Tiraspol, leaving them on 1 July 2019.

He joined Icelandic giants Valur for the third time in his career in the summer of 2019, carrying on scoring goals and winning trophies as before. In the first game of the 2024 season he scored his first goal of the new season and in doing so Pedersen scored his 100th club goal for Valur and at the same time joined the 100 goal club in Icelandic top division, and is currently the highest scoring foreign player in the Icelandic top flight.

On 6 July 2024, in a game against Fylkir, Pedersen scored 2 goals; these were his 109 and 110th goals for Valur and he became Valurs all time top goal scorer, surpassing Ingi Björn Albertsson's record of 109 goals for Valur. Cementing his position as an all time great in the illustrious history of the club. On 29 September 2024 Pdersen scored his 114th goal for Valur, making him the highest goalscorer for one club in the icelandic top flight.

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Valur (loan)	2013	Úrvalsdeild	9	5	0	0	0	0	—		—		9	5
Valur	2014	Úrvalsdeild	13	6	0	0	0	0	—		—		13	6
	2015	Úrvalsdeild	20	13	5	4	7	7	—		—		32	24
	Total		42	24	5	4	7	7	—		—		54	35
Viking	2016	Eliteserien	28	5	3	5	—		—		—		31	10
	2017	Eliteserien	6	1	2	1	—		—		—		8	2
	Total		34	6	5	6	—		—		—		39	12
Valur	2017	Úrvalsdeild	9	6	0	0	0	0	—		—		9	6
	2018	Úrvalsdeild	21	17	2	0	6	5	5	0	1	1	35	23
	Total		30	23	2	0	6	5	5	0	1	1	44	29
Sheriff Tiraspol	2019	Divizia Națională	14	3	3	2	—		0	0	1	0	18	5
	Total		14	3	3	2	—		0	0	1	0	18	5
Valur	2019	Úrvalsdeild	11	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	—		15	8
	2020	Úrvalsdeild	17	15	2	1	2	3	—		—		21	19
	2021	Úrvalsdeild	21	9	2	0	5	4	4	0	—		32	13
	2022	Úrvalsdeild	22	8	0	0	4	0	—		—		26	8
	2023	Úrvalsdeild	19	12	0	0	0	0	—		—		19	12
	2024	Úrvalsdeild	27	17	4	2	6	4	2	1	—		37	24
Total			117	69	8	3	17	11	15	1	0	0	145	83
Career total			237	125	23	15	30	23	16	1	2	1	308	165