Mads Valentin
Valentin with Nordsjælland in 2018
Personal information
Full name Mads Giersing Valentin Pedersen
Date of birth (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996
Place of birth Kokkedal, Denmark
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back, left wing-back
Team information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 3
Youth career
Snekkersten[2]
Nivå-Kokkedal[2]
Hørsholm-Usserød IK[2]
Nordsjælland[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Nordsjælland 88 (3)
2019– FC Augsburg 80 (2)
2020 → Zürich (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Denmark U18 5 (0)
2014–2015 Denmark U19 13 (0)
2015–2017 Denmark U20 3 (0)
2016–2019 Denmark U21 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:42, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Mads Giersing Valentin Pedersen (born 1 September 1996), usually known as Mads Mini or Mads Valentin, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

Valentin was promoted to the first team squad in the summer of 2015, at the age of 19[3] and got his contract extended.[2]

On 27 September 2015, Valentin got his Superliga debut in a game against AGF, who FCN won 2–0, where he came on the pitch in the 93rd minute, replacing Oliver Thychosen.[4] During the 2016–17 season, Valentin became a key player for FCN and the U21 national team.

Valentin's contract got extended in the summer of 2017, and besides that, he also revealed that he dreamed of a foreign adventure. In September 2017, Valentin suffered from a horrible ligament injury in his knee, that would keep him out for at least eight weeks.[5]

In November 2018, Mads changed his shirt name from his nickname "Mini" to his middle name "Valentin" to honor his family.[6]

FC Augsburg

On 27 June 2019, Valentin joined FC Augsburg on a contract until June 2024.[7] Valentin got his official debut on 17 August 2019 against Borussia Dortmund where he also was noted for an assist in a 5–1 defeat.[8] After only three games for Augsburg in his first half season, Valentin was loaned out to FC Zürich on 30 January 2020 for the rest of the season.[9]

In July 2023, Valentin signed a contract extension with Augsburg until June 2027.[10]

International career

Valentin was called up to the senior Denmark squad for friendly matches against the Netherlands and Serbia on 26 and 29 March 2022, respectively.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Mads Valentin". FC Augsburg. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "FCN forlænger med Mads "Mini" Pedersen". fcn.dk. 11 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "FCN forfremmer unge Mini". bold.dk. 11 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "NORDSJÆLLAND VS. AGF 2 - 0". Soccerway. 27 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mads 'Mini' Pedersen ude i mindst otte uger". bold.dk. 12 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "MINI BLIVER TIL VALENTIN". bold.dk. 22 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "MADS PEDERSEN VERSTÄRKT DEN FCA". fcaugsburg.dk. 27 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Dortmund vandt stort trods vild Valentin-start, bold.dk, 17 August 2019
  9. ↑ MADS PETERSEN COMPLETES LOAN MOVE TO ZURICH, fcaugsburg.de, 30 January 2020
  10. ↑ Mads Pedersen extends contract with FCA, fcaugsburg.de, 14 July 2023
  11. ↑ "Injured Poulsen and Delaney depart Danish squad, Pedersen joins". goalzz.com. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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