Lára Pedersen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lára Kristín Pedersen | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1994 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2023 | Valur | 49 | (3) |
| 2024 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Club Brugge | 1 | (1) |
| 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) |
| 2015–2023 | Iceland | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 September 2025 | |||
Lára Kristín Pedersen (born 23 May 1994) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder. She won the Icelandic championship five times during her career.[2]
Club career
[edit]Lára Kristín grew up in 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.[3] After spending a season with Þór/KA, she signed a two-year contract with KR in October 2019.[4]
In February 2021, Lára Kristín signed for Napoli, as a replacement for Jacynta Galabadaarachchi who had transferred to Celtic.[5]
International career
[edit]Lára Kristín 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.[6] She was named as one of eight players on standby for the Iceland squad at UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[7]
Personal life
[edit]In February 2019, Lára Kristín gave a radio interview which revealed her long-term struggle with a food addiction.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "9 Lara Pedersen". St. John's University (New York City). Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Lára leggur skóna á hilluna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "Lára Kristín riftir við Stjörnuna" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Lára Kristín til liðs við KR" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 16 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tveggja marka tap gegn Sviss" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Landsliðshópurinn á EM – Harpa fer með" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Glímir við matarfíkn – Laug að Frey" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Lára Pedersen at KSÍ (in Icelandic)
- Lára Pedersen at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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