# Erik Pedersen

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Norwegian footballer (born 1967)

For the Norwegian ice hockey player, see [Erik Pedersen (ice hockey)](/source/Erik_Pedersen_(ice_hockey)). For the Danish handball player, see [Erik Bue Pedersen](/source/Erik_Bue_Pedersen). For the Start manager, see [Erik Ruthford Pedersen](/source/Erik_Ruthford_Pedersen).

Erik Pedersen Personal information Date of birth (1967-10-11) 11 October 1967 (age 58) Place of birth Porsgrunn, Norway Position Left back Youth career Storms Eidanger Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1984–1987 Odd 1988–1990 Tromsø 59 (9) 1991–1993 Viking 61 (7) 1994 Odd 19 (5) 1994–1995 Viking 46 (5) 1996–1999 Dundee United 63 (0) 1999–2001 Odd 36 (0) 2002–2005 Pors International career 1990–1992 Norway 10 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Erik Stensrud Pedersen** (born 11 October 1967) is a former [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [footballer](/source/Football_(soccer)) who played as left back. Pedersen spent most of his career in Norway, but had a spell in [Scotland](/source/Scotland) with [Dundee United](/source/Dundee_United_F.C.).

## Playing career

Pedersen played youth football for [Storms](/source/Storms_BK) and Eidanger before joining [Odds](/source/Odds_BK) in 1984. He moved to [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8_IL) in 1988 and then [Viking](/source/Viking_FK) in 1991. He made ten appearances for [Norway](/source/Norway_national_football_team) between 1990 and 1992 and won the [1991 Tippeligaen](/source/1991_Tippeligaen) with Viking, but his career began to be disrupted by injuries. Pedersen rejoined Odds (now known as Odd Grenland) for a year in 1994 before returning to Viking.

On 26 October 1996, Pedersen appeared as a trialist for [Dundee United](/source/Dundee_United_F.C.) in a [Scottish Premier Division](/source/Scottish_Football_League_Premier_Division) match against [Hearts](/source/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C.), subsequently signing a contract with the club.[1] He quickly became a cult hero with United supporters, playing in all but one of the remaining fixtures of the [1996–97 season](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_Dundee_United_F.C._season) and helping the club to a third-placed finish in the league.[1] In November 1997, Pedersen collected a runners-up medal in the [Scottish League Cup](/source/Scottish_League_Cup) when he played in Dundee United's [3–0 final defeat](/source/1997_Scottish_League_Cup_Final) against [Celtic](/source/Celtic_F.C.).[1] After an injury-hit third season in Scotland, during which he made only eight appearances, he left United when his contract expired.[1] Although Pedersen's time in Scotland was relatively short, his popularity was such that he was inducted into the Dundee United Hall of Fame in 2011. His own affection for United is demonstrated by a tattoo of the club badge.[1]

Returning to Norway in 1999, Pedersen joined Odd Grenland for a third time. He won his second major trophy with them in 2000 when Odd defeated Viking 2–1 in the [Norwegian Cup final](/source/2000_Norwegian_Football_Cup_Final). When he was not offered a new contract by Odd for 2002, he joined [Pors Grenland](/source/Pors_Grenland), playing for their first team until 2005.

## Honours

### Club

**[Viking](/source/Viking_FK)**

- [Tippeligaen](/source/Tippeligaen): 1991

**[Odd Grenland](/source/Odds_BK)**

- [Norwegian Football Cup](/source/Norwegian_Football_Cup): 2000

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DUFC_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DUFC_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DUFC_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-DUFC_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-DUFC_1-4) ["Erik Pedersen"](http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=518). *Dundee United F.C. official website*. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

## External links

- [Erik Pedersen](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=11112) at Soccerbase

v t e Dundee United F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees 2008 Briggs Døssing Gillespie Hegarty Malpas Narey Smith 2009 Bannon Coyle McAlpine McKay R. Milne Rolland 2010 Bowman Clark Dodds Fraser Hainey Mitchell Sturrock 2011 Cameron Holt Hutchison Kopel Pedersen Wing 2012 Irvine Kirkwood A. Milne Olofsson Thomson Welsh 2013 Fleming Hart Mackay Main Persson J. Reilly 2014 Gallacher McKinlay Millar Payne Pettigrew Wilkie 2015 Dailly McInally McLean Paatelainen P. Reilly Stark 2016 Davie Dillon Gough Kerr McLaren Quinn 2017 Phillip Redford Van de Kamp Wilson 2019 Brewster Brownlie Golac Neilson

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