Profile Gamst Pedersen

Personal information :

Full name : Morten Gamst Pedersen
Date of birth : 8 September 1981
Place of birth : Vadsø, Norway
Height : 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position : Winger, Attacking midfielder
Current club : Blackburn Rovers
Number : 12
Youth career :
1997–1998 Norild
1998–1999 Polarstjernen
1999–2000 Norild
Senior career :
2000–2004 Tromsø
2004– Blackburn Rovers
National team :
1999 Norway U18
2000 Norway U19
2001–2004 Norway U21
2004– Norway

Club career

Tromsø IL

Pedersen had his breakthrough within the Norwegian Premier League club Tromsø IL, scoring seven goals within the 2004 season, ahead of he signed with Blackburn with alone halves a season performed via August. The fee was £1.5 million, which could escalate towards anything up towards £2.5 million onto the cornerstone of future appearances. Gamst was required towards fill the gap deserted via Damien Duff, whom had deserted within July 2003 towards go towards Chelsea.

Blackburn Rovers

Pedersen was signed via former Blackburn boss Graeme Souness back within 2004, just within moment forth of the novel campaign 2004–05. The Norwegian international made his Premier League debut within a 1–1 draw against Manchester United onto August 28, 2004, a match Blackburn were leading until deep into sting time. He initially fought towards earn an impact within the Premier League and had lengthy period of not being appointed as soon as Graeme Souness was replaced via Mark Hughes as the Blackburn executive within September 2004. However he activated the year of 2005 within style, scoring against Cardiff City onto his replace towards side and going onto towards score three goals within his next three matches. In his former season within English football he featured within 27 fits and scored eight goals within everybody competitions. 2005–06 observed Pedersen earn the left-midfield grading his own and he has become well known for scoring a lot spectacular goals, such as a volley against Fulham within August 2005 which won BBC Match of the Day's Goal of the Month. The highlight of his Blackburn career arrived within September 2005 when he scored both goals within a 2–1 victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

During the 2006–07 season, Pedersen seemingly fought for form during the morning halves of the league season, but replaced towards form within the second halves of the campaign. With novel management below Paul Ince within 2008, Pedersen located himself within and out of the team, but when Ince was ignored within December 2008 and Sam Allardyce was appointed Pedersen regained a frequent activating position. He has been frequently consumed a central attacking midfielder below Allardyce, initially with great success. On 17 April 2010, Pedersen, was poked within the cheek and otherwise the eye from Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta, whom played angrily as soon as Pedersen had undertaken him within a challenge. They both were booked for stopping play. After a year of shift deals, Blackburn informed that Pedersen had signed a novel four-year import at Ewood Park onto 19 May 2010, which would see him stay contracted until the summer of 2014. He went onto towards earn many than thirty impressions for them, and scored three goals within the 2009–10 Premier League campaign, within which Blackburn ceased 10th, achieving 50 points and successful ten league toys at house and three away. Blackburn chiefs, John Williams, whom finalised the formalities of the import, added: "Sam made this, together with locating a striker, being our summer priority. "He respects Morten as a key member of the Rovers squad and his future at Ewood Park is already secure." On six November 2010, he scored a 40-yard free-kick against Wigan Athletic, within a 2-1 victory at Ewood Park, performing the full 90 minutes. And otherwise four days afterwards, onto ten November, he netted against Newcastle United at St. James Park, scoring within the 3rd minute with his right foot consecutive an aid from teammate Brett Emerton and he also took a punch towards the stomach via Joey Barton. This was also coincidentally his 40th goal for the club within everybody competitions. On 21 November, within the toy against Aston Villa, he scored twice at Ewood Park, First, from a free kick onto the stroke of halves moment and the second arrived from a deflection off Ryan Nelsen's shot within the 66th minute. Rovers went onto towards victory the toy 2-0.

International career

He holds 65 caps for his nation, scoring 14 goals, since making his debut back within 2004. He obtained the coveted Golden Watch honor granted towards him via the Football Association of Norway onto the occasion of his 25th impression for his country. He has become one of the former names onto the team sheet for Norway. He frequently wears the number 11 jersey for the Norwegians. In September 2006, within a match against Hungary, Gamst Pedersen, whose preference musician as a youngster was Marco van Basten, scored a goal which was very allied towards van Basten's known goal within the final of the 1988 European Football Championship. Major newspapers Aftenposten, Dagbladet and Verdens Gang everybody dubbed him van Gamsten as a outcome of the goal. On 12 August 2009, he scored two goals for Norway within a earth cup qualifier against Scotland, scoring within stoppage moment within both the former and second half. On 17 November 2010, Pedersen scored within the 34th minute towards equalise, performing the full 90 minutes against Republic of Ireland, at the Aviva Stadium, scoring with a wonderful curling free-kick into the top corner within a 2-1 win.