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 (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)

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.

External links

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