{"id":303586,"date":"2025-07-30T09:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/303586\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:42:11","slug":"get-to-know-sheffield-wednesday-coach-henrik-pedersen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/303586\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know Sheffield Wednesday coach Henrik Pedersen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everything you need to know about Henrik Pedersen, from age and hometown to his managerial career so far.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> have been a team in crisis over recent seasons, as pressure builds over Dejphon Chansiri and his ownership of the club.<\/p>\n

During a chaotic summer in 2025, there was yet more turmoil as Danny Rohl left Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> from his role as manager, just 12 days before their opening Championship fixture.<\/p>\n

With little in the way of signings and no manager at the helm, the Owls turned to Henrik Pedersen<\/a> to guide them through choppy waters.<\/p>\n

So, with that said, here\u2019s a look at everything you need to know about interim Sheffield Wednesday boss Henrik Pedersen.<\/p>\n

\"HeadPhoto by TF-Images\/Getty ImagesWhere was Henrik Pedersen born?<\/p>\n

Henrik Pedersen was born in Humlum, a small town in central Denmark, where he was raised until he took the step into football coaching.<\/p>\n

While he comes from Denmark, he has experience managing all over Europe, featuring in Germany and Norway too, before his move to Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n

How old is Henrik Pedersen?<\/p>\n

Henrik Pedersen was born on January 2nd, 1978, which makes him 47 years old at the time of writing and still in the midst of his professional managerial career.<\/p>\n

Henrik Pedersen\u2019s route into management<\/p>\n

Unlike many in his field of work, Henrik Pedersen never had a professional playing career, and instead took to coaching.<\/p>\n

In 1997, aged just 19, he took over as a youth coach for Holstebro in Denmark, before roles in the youth teams at Esbjerg, AGF and then positions with Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull Ghana.<\/p>\n

He would later move into senior management.<\/p>\n

Henrik Pedersen\u2019s managerial career<\/p>\n

In 2014, Pedersen got his first shot at being a first-team coach, taking over at HB Koge in the Danish top flight.<\/p>\n

That only lasted one year, though, as he would soon be dismissed from the role.<\/p>\n

Spells at Eintracht Braunschweig, Stromsgodset and Vendyssel followed, with over 200 matches managed in total.<\/p>\n

\"EintrachtPhoto by Ronny Hartmann\/Bongarts\/Getty ImagesHenrik Pedersen\u2019s managerial record<\/p>\n

In his managerial career so far, Pedersen has taken charge of over 200 matches, picking up over 100 wins in that time.<\/p>\nMatchesWinsDrawsDefeats<\/tr>\n\n265<\/td>\n109<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Henrik Pedersen\u2019s managerial record.<\/p>\n

He has been steady with his teams, without taking them to new heights so far, something he will be looking to change at Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s approach for Henrik Pedersen<\/p>\n

Pedersen made his way to Hillsborough in 2023, joining as Danny Rohl\u2019s<\/a> assistant coach, taking up a role in the backroom team.<\/p>\n

The players love him there, especially Barry Bannan, who praised Pedersen<\/a> for his \u2018mad\u2019 approach to coaching.<\/p>\n

The 47-year-old signed a contract extension<\/a> in July 2025, stating his love for the club, keeping him there for the long term.<\/p>\n

With Rohl\u2019s eventual exit, Pedersen was then given the task of taking on interim managerial duties moving forward.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know about Henrik Pedersen, from age and hometown to his managerial career so far.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,85834,1620,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-303586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-henrik-pedersen","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114941535483914704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}