Lára Pedersen

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Lára Pedersen
Personal information
Full name Lára Kristín Pedersen
Date of birth (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 27)
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 25
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)
National team‡
2009–2010 9 (0)
2009–2011 6 (0)
2011–2013 15 (1)
2012–2015 2 (0)
2015– Iceland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 Serie A club Napoli 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). 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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