Nicklas Pedersen
Nicklas Pedersen (born 10 October 1987) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently U17 manager at HB Køge. Club career. Pedersen started his senior career with Herfølge BK in the Danish 1st Division. He made his Denmark national under-21 football team debut in August 2007, and got his breakthrough with Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland in September 2007. In January 2009, Pedersen signed a contract with Dutch club FC Groningen. FC Groningen paid FC Nordsjælland €2.2 million for the Danish striker. On 2 July 2012, Pedersen joined Belgian club K.V.  Mechelen on a three-year contract. On 1 July 2013, Pedersen joined fellow Belgian side K.A.A. Gent for a fee of €1.5 million. On 14 May 2019 he was forced to retire due to a knee injury. He is the son of the Danish football manager Jesper Pedersen. Coaching career. In the summer 2019, Pedersen began working as talent coach for his former club, HB Køge, helping with the morning- and individual training. On 6 January 2020 the club announced, that he would take charge of the club's U17 squad.