Lára Pedersen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lára Kristín Pedersen | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 1994 | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Valur | ||
Number | 5 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | St. John's Red Storm | 20 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Afturelding | 58 | (8) |
2014–2018 | Stjarnan | 77 | (5) |
2019 | Þór/KA | 18 | (1) |
2020 | KR | 15 | (1) |
2021 | Napoli | 6 | (0) |
2021– | Valur | 19 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Iceland U16 | 9 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Iceland U17 | 6 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Iceland U19 | 15 | (1) |
2012–2015 | Iceland U23 | 2 | (0) |
2015– | Iceland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:43, 7 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:43, 7 June 2021 (UTC) |
Lára Kristín Pedersen (born 23 May 1994) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Besta-deild kvenna club Valur and the Iceland women's national team.
Club career
[edit]Pedersen is from Mosfellsbær and began her football career with Afturelding. She spent five largely successful seasons with Stjarnan from 2014 to 2018, but refused a new contract and decided to move on after the club finished third in 2018.[2] After spending a season with Þór/KA, she signed a two-year contract with KR in October 2019.[3]
In February 2021, Pedersen signed for Napoli, as a replacement for Jacynta Galabadaarachchi who had transferred to Celtic.[4]
International career
[edit]Pedersen won her first senior cap for the Iceland women's national football team on 4 March 2015, in a 2–0 defeat by Switzerland at the 2015 Algarve Cup.[5] She was named as one of eight players on standby for the Iceland squad at UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[6]
Personal life
[edit]In February 2019, Pedersen gave a radio interview which revealed her long-term struggle with a food addiction.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "9 Lara Pedersen". St. John's University (New York City). Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Lára Kristín riftir við Stjörnuna" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Lára Kristín til liðs við KR" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Calcio Femminile. Napoli, arriva Lára Pedersen" (in Italian). La Rampa. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Tveggja marka tap gegn Sviss" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Landsliðshópurinn á EM – Harpa fer með" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Glímir við matarfíkn – Laug að Frey" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Lára Pedersen at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
- Lára Pedersen at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Icelandic women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Besta deild kvenna players
- Afturelding women's football players
- Þór/KA players
- KR women's football players
- Stjarnan women's football players
- Iceland women's international footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Icelandic expatriate women's footballers
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Serie A (women's football) players
- SSD Napoli Femminile players
- St. John's Red Storm women's soccer players
- Icelandic women's football biography stubs