Mads Valentin
 Pedersen with Nordsjælland in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mads Giersing Valentin Pedersen | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Kokkedal, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Snekkersten[2] | |||
| Nivå-Kokkedal[2] | |||
| Hørsholm-Usserød IK[2] | |||
| Nordsjælland[2] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Nordsjælland | 88 | (3) |
| 2019– | FC Augsburg | 50 | (2) |
| 2020 | → Zürich (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2013–2014 | Denmark U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Denmark U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Denmark U21 | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:41, 31 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Mads Giersing Valentin Pedersen (born 1 September 1996), usually known as Mads Mini or Mads Valentin, is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.
Club career
FC Nordsjælland
Valentin was promoted to the first team squad in the summer 2015, at the age of 19[3] and got his contract extended.[2]
On 27 September 2015, Valentin got his Superliga debut in a game against AGF, who FCN won 2–0, where he came on the pitch in the 93rd minute, replacing Oliver Thychosen.[4] During the 2016–17 season, Valentin became a key player for FCN and the U21 national team.
Valentin's contract got extended in the summer of 2017, and besides that, he also revealed that he dreamed of a foreign adventure. In September 2017, Valentin suffered from a horrible ligament injury in his knee, that would keep him out for at least eight weeks.[5]
In November 2018, Mads changed his shirt name from his nickname "Mini" to his middle name "Valentin" to honor his family.[6]
FC Augsburg
On 27 June 2019, Valentin joined FC Augsburg on a contract until June 2024.[7] Valentin got his official debut on 17 August 2019 against Borussia Dortmund where he also was noted for an assist in a 5–1 defeat.[8] After only three games for Augsburg in his first half season, Valentin was loaned out to FC Zürich on 30 January 2020 for the rest of the season.[9]
International career
He was called up to the senior Denmark squad for friendly matches against the Netherlands and Serbia on 26 and 29 March 2022, respectively.[10]
References
- ^ "Mads Valentin". FC Augsburg. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "FCN forlænger med Mads "Mini" Pedersen". fcn.dk. 11 June 2015.
- ^ "FCN forfremmer unge Mini". bold.dk. 11 June 2015.
- ^ "NORDSJÆLLAND VS. AGF 2 - 0". Soccerway. 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Mads 'Mini' Pedersen ude i mindst otte uger". bold.dk. 12 September 2017.
- ^ "MINI BLIVER TIL VALENTIN". bold.dk. 22 November 2018.
- ^ "MADS PEDERSEN VERSTÄRKT DEN FCA". fcaugsburg.dk. 27 June 2019.
- ^ Dortmund vandt stort trods vild Valentin-start, bold.dk, 17 August 2019
- ^ MADS PETERSEN COMPLETES LOAN MOVE TO ZURICH, fcaugsburg.de, 30 January 2020
- ^ "Injured Poulsen and Delaney depart Danish squad, Pedersen joins". goalzz.com. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
External links
- Mads Valentin at Soccerway
- Mads Valentin on DBU (in Danish)
- Articles with short description
- Use dmy dates from March 2020
- Soccerway template using numeric ID
- Articles with Danish-language sources (da)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Association football defenders
- Danish footballers
- Danish expatriates in Germany
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- Denmark youth international footballers
- Danish Superliga players
- Bundesliga players
- Swiss Super League players
- FC Nordsjælland players
- FC Augsburg players
- FC Zürich players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- People from Fredensborg Municipality
- Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark