Who is new Orlando Pirates striker Sebastian Pedersen: his record and playing style

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pedersen-sebastian/fmxq5TZ8/"]Pedersen[/a], 27, has had something of a journeyman career to date, but this will be the first time he has played outside Norway.[/p][p]Born in Hamar, he came through the development ranks at local side Hamarkameratene before moving to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/stabaek/CbXNfZvn/"]Stabæk[/a], where he made his professional debut.[/p][p]He is the younger brother of former Norway international forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pedersen-marcus/ltnVl6l2/"]Marcus Pedersen[/a], who also played in the Netherlands and Turkey.[/p][p]After featuring for Stabæk’s reserve side, Sebastian made his first-team debut in a cup clash against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/haugesund/l8zGY8hT/"]FK Haugesund[/a] in August 2016, coming off the bench at the age of 17. He scored his first goal in another cup game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lillestrom/xYWBZlwN/"]Lillestrøm[/a] that October.[/p][p]He moved to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/stromsgodset/GS7ehkOT/"]Strømsgodset[/a] in 2018 and had a succession of loan spells over the next few years before returning to Hamarkameratene in 2020.[/p][embed guid="503b0f3d-a137-4a9e-836c-0869901df9fb" url="https://x.com/orlandopirates/status/2081448943876026717?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]It was when he signed for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/moss/WYUjbnVq/"]Moss[/a] in 2021 that his career really took off, and he scored 30 goals in 72 appearances, including 42 starts, leading to a move to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sogndal/r5la287M/"]Sogndal[/a] in 2025.[/p][p]There, he netted a further 21 goals in 45 appearances, including 41 starts, and in total he has scored 59 goals and provided nine assists in 166 appearances as a professional.[/p][p]He is a former Norway junior international, having played from Under-15 to Under-21 level, but has not yet featured for the senior team.[/p][p]He is not the tallest at 1.80 metres and is described by his former club Sogndal as being [b]“most effective as a central striker, although he can also operate from the left. He likes to run for his team, harry defenders and attack space inside the penalty area”.[/b][/p][p]Pedersen has described himself as an honest, hard-working player who enjoys pressing and whose main strength is finishing. He is also willing to compete physically with centre-backs, despite not being a traditional target man.[/p][p]That makes him a different type of striker from Evidence [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/makgopa-evidence/riFLkbEo/"]Makgopa[/a], who is more of a traditional ‘number nine’ who is good in the air and can hold up the ball.[/p]