Hammerfesting Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (22) and his teammates won the league gold in the Dutch Honors Division on Sunday. The victory means the Rotterdam club has an unassailable lead with two league rounds to go, and tens of thousands of supporters took to the city’s streets to celebrate Feyenoord’s 16th league title, according to NTB. The previous one came in 2017. Aunt Eirin Hagerupsen was glued to the TV when news called just after the league gold had been secured. She sat and waited to see her cousin receive the medal. – It is fun. You are moved. It’s my aunt’s little boy, says Hagerupsen. Hagerupsen went down to watch the international match against Serbia last September. In the picture are Jonas Nyberg (tv), Eirin Hagerupsen, Marcus Holmgren Pedersen and Rudolf Pedersen. Photo: private Holmgren Pedersen played from the start in Sunday’s match in front of 47,500 spectators at Stadion Feijenoord. After 18 minutes, the first two goals were in the box, and when the third came after 54 minutes, the party could start. The Hammerfest was on the pitch for 75 minutes. The supporters flocked out shortly after the end of the match to celebrate the title. On Monday, the team will be honored at Coolsingel in Rotterdam. Gullgutt from Hammerfest Holmgren Pedersen is a right-back both in Feyenoord and in the national team, where he has 18 A-team games. He made his debut on 1 September 2021 against the Netherlands at the Ullevaal stadium. Before he went to the big club in the Netherlands, he played for Tromsø and Molde. He has had a solid increase in value since he was sold to Feyenoord from Molde for just over 1 million euros in the summer of 2021. Today, the value is more than sixfold according to the international website Transfermarkt, where he is valued at 6.5 million euros. – It is touching to see the TV pictures Eirin Hagerupsen has followed his cousin closely since he played boys’ football for HIF/Stein, Hammerfest sports association. She says that he had already decided at the age of five to become a professional footballer. Eirin Hagerupsen says that Marcus Holmgren Pedersen’s cousin Marcus Holmgren Pedersen has worked very hard to get to where he is now. Photo: private – It’s fun. He has worked hard to get where he is today. It’s fun to see him pull it off. No, you are very proud of the boy. – How does it feel that he now has league gold? – Now you have to let it sink in a little, I think, because this is big, replies Hagerupsen. – It is touching to see the TV pictures here, and I can only imagine how happy he is himself. It’s fun to see how good mates they are on the field.
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Marcus Holmgren Pedersen won league gold with Feyenoord – news Troms and Finnmark
