Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henrik Pedersen | ||
Date of birth | 10 June 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Kjellerup, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2001 | Silkeborg IF | 122 | (62) |
2001–2007 | Bolton Wanderers | 143 | (22) |
2002 | → Silkeborg IF (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Hull City | 21 | (4) |
2008–2012 | Silkeborg IF | 107 | (20) |
Total | 398 | (109) | |
National team‡ | |||
2000–2004 | Denmark | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 November 2006 |
Henrik Pedersen (born 10 June 1975 in Kjellerup, Denmark) is a retired Danish footballer who played as a striker for Silkeborg IF, Bolton Wanderers F.C. and Hull City FC. He played three games for the Danish national team.
Pedersen started his career with Danish club Silkeborg IF in 1995. He made his debut for the Danish national team in an August 2000 game against the Faroe Islands. He finished the second highest scoring player of the 2000–01 Superliga season and helped Silkeborg win the 2001 Danish Cup trophy.
Pedersen signed for Bolton Wanderers on 3 July 2001 for £650,000, both Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart had expressed interest in taking Pedersen to the Bundesliga that summer as well. He made his debut on 18 August 2001 in Bolton's opening day 5–0 win against Leicester City, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ricardo Gardner. Pedersen scored his first goal for the club on 11 September 2001 in the League Cup second round tie against Walsall, he came on as a second-half substitute for Gareth Farrelly before scoring an extra-time winning goal to seal a 4–3 victory for The Wanderers.