Per Pedersen (footballer)
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Per Werner Pedersen is a Danish
former football (soccer)
player, who played the majority of his career for Danish clubs Odense BK
and Lyngby BK. Pedersen scored two goals in six games for the Danish national team
between 1991 and 1997. In 1997, he became the most expensive player sold by a Danish football club, when he signed a £
2.5 million transfer deal with English
club Blackburn Rovers. Pedersen also had short stints with German
club Borussia Mönchengladbach
and Racing Strasbourg in France
. He moved back to Denmark to play for Odense BK, where he suffered a career ending injury, and retired in June 2001.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
former football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, who played the majority of his career for Danish clubs Odense BK
Odense BK
Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...
and Lyngby BK. Pedersen scored two goals in six games for the Danish national team
Denmark national football team
The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...
between 1991 and 1997. In 1997, he became the most expensive player sold by a Danish football club, when he signed a £
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2.5 million transfer deal with English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
club Blackburn Rovers. Pedersen also had short stints with German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
club Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
and Racing Strasbourg in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. He moved back to Denmark to play for Odense BK, where he suffered a career ending injury, and retired in June 2001.