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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lára Kristín Pedersen | ||
Date of birth | (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 28) | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club 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) |
National team‡ | |||
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) |
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]
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]
In February 2019 Pedersen gave a radio interview which revealed her long-term struggle with a food addiction.[7]
S.S.D. Napoli Femminile – current squad | |
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