Lucas Lund Pedersen

Lucas Lund Pedersen (born 19 March 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Viborg. He is a Danish youth international.

Lucas Lund
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-19) 19 March 2000[1]
Place of birth Bruunshåb, Denmark[2]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Viborg
Number 1
Youth career
2011–2018 Viborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Viborg 89 (0)
International career
2017 Denmark U17 1 (0)
2018 Denmark U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 3 (0)
2021– Denmark U20 1 (0)
2021– Denmark U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 September 2023

Career

Born in Bruunshåb, Viborg Municipality, Pedersen joined the youth academy of Viborg FF at U12 level.[1][2]

On 8 August 2018, Pedersen made his senior debut in the first round of the Danish Cup in a 10–0 away win over Vildbjerg SF.[3]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, he became the new starting goalkeeper for the club. He made his league debut on 26 July 2019 in a 3–0 home win over Roskilde, where he delivered a Man of the Match performance.[4]

Being part of the Viborg-team winning promotion to the Danish Superliga in the 2020–21 season,[5] Pedersen made his debut at the highest level on 18 July 2021 in a 2–1 away win over Nordsjælland.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 September 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Danish Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Viborg 2018–19 1st Division 002020
2019–20 1st Division 400040
2020–21 1st Division 16000160
2021–22 Superliga 260001[lower-alpha 1]0270
2022–23 Superliga 80006[lower-alpha 2]0140
Career total 540206010630
  1. Appearance in the 2021–22 Superliga Europa League playoff
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Viborg

References

  1. "#1 - Lucas Lund Pedersen | Målmand | [da]". Viborg F.F. Prof. Fodbold A/S (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. "Trods grim skade: Viborg FF forlænger samarbejdet med talentfuld målmand". viborg-folkeblad.dk (in Danish). 24 September 2020.
  3. Hald, Christian (8 August 2018). "VFF knuste underlegen modstander i pokalen". viborg-folkeblad.dk (in Danish).
  4. Hald, Christian (31 July 2019). "Læserne har talt: Lucas Lund var bedste mand mod FC Roskilde". viborg-folkeblad.dk (in Danish).
  5. "Viborg vinder 1. division - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 26 May 2021.
  6. "Nordsjælland vs. Viborg - 18 July 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. Lucas Lund Pedersen at Soccerway
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