28 Facts About Cameron Pedersen

Cameron Pedersen was born on 17 March 1987 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne and the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Cameron Pedersen played his junior career with the Mooroolbark Football Club in the Eastern Football League where he won the club best and fairest at sixteen years of age in 2003.

Cameron Pedersen was temporarily promoted to the senior list prior to the start of the season in place of Ayden Kennedy who was placed on the long-term injury list.

Cameron Pedersen made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2011 season against West Coast at Patersons Stadium where he recorded twenty disposals, fourteen hitouts, five marks, four clearances and three tackles.

Cameron Pedersen was recalled to the side for the sixty-six point loss to Geelong at Skilled Stadium in round seven.

Cameron Pedersen was omitted from the side the next week for the round eight match against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium; playing in the VFL for Werribee, he kicked eight goals against the Northern Bullants in round eight of the VFL.

Cameron Pedersen returned to the AFL side the next week for the forty-seven point win against Adelaide at Etihad Stadium in round eleven.

Cameron Pedersen played every match for the remainder of the year, kicking eighteen goals in total, including three in a match on three separate occasions.

Cameron Pedersen played just the one match before he was omitted from the side and returned to the senior side a week later for the two-point loss against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in round eight as a late inclusion, before being dropped again after the one match.

Cameron Pedersen did not play any more matches in the AFL for the remainder of the season, and instead played in the VFL.

Cameron Pedersen had strong form in the VFL, and North Melbourne senior coach, Brad Scott, declared that, although Pedersen was playing well in the VFL and he was close to selection each week, competition for spots made it difficult for him to gain a position in the senior side.

Cameron Pedersen played in the AFL for three weeks before he was dropped for the round six match against Carlton at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Cameron Pedersen returned to the senior side for the ninety-five point loss to Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round ten and played the next two matches before he was dropped for the match against the Western Bulldogs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round fourteen.

Cameron Pedersen was recalled to the AFL side for the 122-point loss to North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium and in his second match back, he played his best match of the year in the thirty-seven point loss to Greater Western Sydney, in which he recorded twenty-three disposals, seven marks and a goal, and was named in Melbourne's best players.

Cameron Pedersen missed the round twenty match against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium due to a stomach bug, and returned for his final match of the year in the sixty-eight point loss against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in round twenty-two and finished with ten matches for the year.

Cameron Pedersen maintained a spot in the AFL side until the round twenty match against Hawthorn and he played in the VFL for two weeks until he was recalled for the sixty-six point loss to West Coast at Patersons Stadium in round twenty-two.

Cameron Pedersen missed the final match of the year against North Melbourne and played nineteen matches for the year in total.

Cameron Pedersen acknowledged senior coach, Paul Roos' influence as another key reason for his improvement and he was recognised as one of the league's most improved players.

Cameron Pedersen played his first match of the 2015 season in the sixty-eight point loss to Fremantle at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round five.

Cameron Pedersen retained his spot the next week for the thirty-eight point loss to Sydney at the Melbourne Cricket Ground he was substituted out of the match.

Cameron Pedersen was initially omitted for the match against Hawthorn the next week, but was a late inclusion for Jesse Hogan, where he kicked three goals and was named in Melbourne's best players by Rob Forsaith of the Australian Associated Press.

Cameron Pedersen retained a spot in the side for the next four weeks and played his final match of the year in the round eleven match against St Kilda, in which he suffered a season-ending injury breaking his wrist.

Cameron Pedersen played in the two point win against Greater Western Sydney at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening round of the 2016 season and retained his spot the next week before being omitted for the round three match against North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena.

Cameron Pedersen spent the week playing in the VFL for Casey and recorded twenty-five disposals and two goals and was named in Casey's best players by Frankston Standard Leader reporter, Paul Amy.

Cameron Pedersen returned to the AFL side the next week for the thirty-three point win over Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round five and stayed in the side for five weeks before missing the round nine match against Brisbane at the Melbourne Cricket Ground due to illness.

Cameron Pedersen missed two weeks of football before playing in the VFL where he suffered a shoulder injury and missed four weeks.

Cameron Pedersen returned through the VFL, playing there for four weeks before returning to the AFL side for the twenty-nine point win against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round twenty as a late inclusion for Jesse Hogan.

Cameron Pedersen played his final match for the year the next week in the forty point win over Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval and finished with nine matches for the year.