Ove Pedersen (born 30 August 1954) is a Danish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager and a former player. He works as an assistant to the sporting director in

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Su ...

Svend Graversen Svend is a Danish and Norwegian given name that may refer to: * King Svend * Svend Aagesen (c.1145–?), Danish historian * Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), Danish jazz violinist known as "The Fiddling Viking" * Svend Auken (1943–2009), Danish pol ...

. He previously managed

and

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ...

to bronze medals in the

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

. He was the manager of Danish club AGF until 31 December, on 1 January 2009 he returned as manager at

, but resigned on 14 March 2011. From 2011 to 2014 he was the manager of

FC Vestsjælland FC Vestsjælland, also known as FCV Vikings, was a professional Danish association football club that played in the Danish 1st Division until its closure in 2015. They played their home matches at Harboe Arena Slagelse in Slagelse, which has a cap ...

. Ove Pedersen was sacked as manager of Hobro IK in November 2016, as the club was leading the

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991 the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the forma ...

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External links

AGF profile

Ove Pedersen Interview
1954 births Living people Danish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Danish football managers Ikast FC players FC Midtjylland managers Esbjerg fB managers Aarhus Gymnastikforening managers FC Vestsjælland managers Odense Boldklub managers FC Fredericia managers Hobro IK managers Danish Superliga managers Danish 1st Division managers {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub