Lára Pedersen

Lára Pedersen

Personal information
Full name	Lára Kristín Pedersen
Date of birth	(1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 30)
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

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). Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
2. "Lára Kristín riftir við Stjörnuna" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
3. "Lára Kristín til liðs við KR" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
4. "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.
5. "Tveggja marka tap gegn Sviss" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
6. "Landsliðshópurinn á EM – Harpa fer með" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
7. "Glímir við matarfíkn – Laug að Frey" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

External links

• Lára Pedersen at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
• Lára Pedersen at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2021.