Lára Pedersen

Lára Kristín Pedersen is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder. She won the Icelandic championship five times during her career.

Club career

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. After spending a season with Þór/KA, she signed a two-year contract with KR in October 2019.
In February 2021, Lára Kristín signed for Napoli, as a replacement for Jacynta Galabadaarachchi who had transferred to Celtic.

International career

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. She was named as one of eight players on standby for the Iceland squad at UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

Personal life

In February 2019, Lára Kristín gave a radio interview which revealed her long-term struggle with a food addiction.