Rune Pedersen (footballer)
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Rune Pedersen is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays for English club Nottingham Forest. He plays as goalkeeper.
Born in Copenhagen, October 9, 1979, Rune Pedersen started his career off with his hometown club FC Copenhagen. After four years with the club, he rejected a contract offer from the club in January 2003. He trained with English club Chelsea FC, but did not get a contract offer. Instead he was sold to Italian club Modena F.C. in the Serie A championship. Pedersen only spent half a year with the club, before he was released in the summer 2003, after claiming he did not enjoy life in Italy.
He once more trained with an English club, this time Portsmouth F.C., but finally moved back to Denmark to play for AGF Aarhus. During the 2004-05 season, Rune Pedersen and five other players were fined for partying on a night where the team lost to AaB. He denied paying the fine, and even though the club later dropped the fine, Rune Pedersen was finished in the club. When Nottingham Forest went on a pre-season tour of Denmark in summer 2005, the then manager Gary Megson gave Rune a trial and he impressed Megson.
He started his first season in England as Nottingham Forest's first choice keeper before dropping down the pecking order when Paul Gerrard was reinstated. Then an injury crisis left Forest with only a very young and inexperienced youth team goalkeeper available, they drafted in 3rd choice West Bromwich Albion keeper Russell Hoult on loan. When Gerrard and Pedersen returned to full fitness, Hoult kept the first choice spot, which meant Pedersen was now 3rd choice. After Hoult was recalled to West Brom and Gerrard picked up a knee injury, Pedersen was once again first choice.
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1 Smith | 3 Padula | 4 Gary Holt | 5 Morgan | 6 Breckin | 7 Southall | 8 Commons | 9 Tyson | 10 Dobie | 11 Grant Holt | 14 Lester | 15 Harris | 16 Clingan | 17 Perch | 20 Pedersen | 21 Curtis | 22 Cullip | 23 Agogo | 24 Beaumont | 27 Hughes | 29 Bennett | 33 Fernandez | 34 Gamble | 37 McGugan | Manager: Calderwood |
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