Marcus Holmgren Pedersen #16

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Pedersen has followed in the footsteps of former national team and Premier League players Morten Gamst Pedersen and Stefan Johansen, in that they are all role models for children growing up in Norway’s northernmost region. It is not unusual for Marcus Holmgren Pedersen’s hometown, Hammerfest, to be snow-covered for more than half the year. Hammerfest is located at a latitude of 70.6634° and claims to be the world’s northernmost city. The summers are short, and the winters very long. From midnight sun in the summer to freezing, snowy, windy and pitch-black winters. It is the Norwegian climate at its best and worst. Pedersen is shaped by the conditions he grew up in. The right-back is tough on the pitch and leaves everything out there. His journey has taken him from Tromsø in the north to Molde then Feyenoord and a loan at Torino, before a permanent switch to the Serie A club in 2025.

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