Lára Pedersen

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.

Lára Pedersen
Personal information
Full name Lára Kristín Pedersen
Date of birth (1994-05-23) 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)

Club career

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

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

In February 2019 Pedersen gave a radio interview which revealed her long-term struggle with a food addiction.[7]

References
  1. "9 Lara Pedersen". St. John's University (New York City). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. "Lára Kristín riftir við Stjörnuna" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. "Lára Kristín til liðs við KR" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. "Calcio Femminile. Napoli, arriva Lára Pedersen" (in Italian). La Rampa. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. "Tveggja marka tap gegn Sviss" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. "Landsliðshópurinn á EM – Harpa fer með" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. "Glímir við matarfíkn – Laug að Frey" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.


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