Morten Gamst Pedersen

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Pedersen playing for Blackburn Rovers in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Morten Gamst Pedersen
Date of birth	(1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 35)
Place of birth	Vadsø, Norway
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current team	Tromsø
Number	7
Youth career
1997–1998	Norild
1998–1999	Polarstjernen
1999–2000	Norild
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Tromsø	103	(40)
2004–2013	Blackburn Rovers	288	(35)
2013–2014	Karabükspor	10	(0)
2014–2016	Rosenborg	28	(3)
2016–	Tromsø	8	(0)
National team
2001–2004	Norway U21	18	(10)
2004–2014	Norway	83	(17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 November 2016.

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 November 2016.

Morten Gamst Pedersen (born 8 September 1981) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Norwegian club Tromsø, the club with which he began his career.

He began his career with Tromsø, then played for English side Blackburn Rovers between 2004 and 2013. He then played for the Turkish side Karabükspor. Gamst Pedersen signed with Rosenborg in March 2014. In February 2016, Gamst Pedersen signed for Tromsø on a 1-year contract.

Since he made his debut in 2004, Pedersen has been capped more than 80 times, and scored 17 goals, for Norway. He was an international regular until August 2012, when he was left out of the national team squad.

Pedersen was born in Vadsø, Finnmark. He had his breakthrough in the Norwegian Premier League club Tromsø, scoring 7 goals in the 2004 season, before he signed with Blackburn with only half a season played by August. The fee was £1.5 million, which could rise to £2.5 million on the basis of future appearances. Gamst was required to fill the gap left by Damien Duff, who had left in July 2003 to go to Chelsea.

Pedersen was signed by former Blackburn boss Graeme Souness back in 2004, just in time for the 2004–05 season. The Norwegian international made his Premier League debut in a 1–1 draw against local rivals Manchester United on 28 August 2004, a match Blackburn were leading until deep into injury time. He initially struggled to make an impact in the Premier League and had lengthy period of not being selected after Souness was replaced by Mark Hughes as the Blackburn manager in September 2004. However he started the year of 2005 in style, scoring against Cardiff City on his return to side and going on to score three goals in his next three matches. In his first season in English football he featured in 27 matches and scored 8 goals in all competitions.