Dóra María Lárusdóttir

Icelandic footballer

Dóra María Lárusdóttir
Dóra María Lárusdóttir lined up for Iceland in October 2012
Personal information
Full name Dóra María Lárusdóttir
Date of birth (1985-07-24) 24 July 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right back, Right wing
Team information
Current team
 Valur
Number 22
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Rhode Island Rams
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2010 Valur 135 (70)
2011 Djurgårdens IF 22 (2)
2012 Vitória
2012–2021 Valur 134 (24)
International career‡
2001–2002 Iceland U-17 8 (3)
2001–2004 Iceland U-19 17 (6)
2002–2006 Iceland U-21 21 (2)
2003–2017 Iceland 114 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 March 2022

Dóra María Lárusdóttir (born 24 July 1985) is an Icelandic former football player who predominantly played as a winger for Icelandic club Valur. Having played for Valur for a decade and been voted national Player of the Year in 2008 and 2010, Dóra María was for many years one of Iceland's leading female footballers. During her career, she won the Icelandic championship eight times and the Icelandic Cup five times. From 2003 to 2017, Dóra María was part of the Iceland women's national team and she participated at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.[1]

Club career

Dóra María spent the 2011 season playing for Djurgårdens IF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She scored twice in her 22 league appearances.[2] In January 2012 Dóra María signed for Vitória, of Brazil, where she joined compatriot Þórunn Helga Jónsdóttir.[3]

In March 2022, she announced her retirement from football.[1]

International career

Dóra María (10) playing against Estonia in September 2009

In September 2003 Dóra María made her senior debut for the Iceland national team, in a 10–0 rout of Poland at Laugardalsvöllur during the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification series. She hit Iceland's final goal after entering play as a 71st-minute substitute.

She became a national team regular over the following years, usually playing on the right wing.[4] In qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2009, Dóra María scored twice in the 3–0 play-off second leg win over Ireland as Iceland reached their first major international tournament at any level. At the final tournament in Finland, she played in all three group games as Iceland made a first round exit.[5]

National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson selected Dóra María in the Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[6]

Honours

Club

Valur

Individual

Internationa goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 September 2003 Reykjavík, Iceland  Poland 10–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
2. 21 August 2005  Belarus 1–0 3–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3. 3–0
4. 14 March 2007 Albufeira, Portugal  China 1–0 4–1 2007 Algarve Cup
5. 21 July 2007 Reykjavík, Iceland  Serbia 2–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
6. 30 October 2008  Republic of Ireland 1–0 3–0
7. 3–0
8. 17 September 2009  Estonia 2–0 12–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9. 3 March 2010 Faro, Portugal  Portugal 3–0 3–0 2010 Algarve Cup
10. 7 March 2011 Lagos, Portugal  Denmark 1–0 1–0 2011 Algarve Cup
11. 22 October 2011 Pápa, Hungary  Hungary 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
12. 2 March 2012 Ferreiras, Portugal  Sweden 1–2 1–4 2012 Algarve Cup
13. 21 June 2012 Lovech, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 9–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
14. 10 April 2014 Ta'Qali, Malta  Malta 2–0 8–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
15. 15 June 2014 Vejle, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 1–1
16. 19 June 2014 Reykjavík, Iceland  Malta 3–0 5–0

References

  1. ^ a b Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (19 March 2022). "Dóra María leggur skóna á hilluna (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Dora Maria Larusdottir". Svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Dóra fékk góðar móttökur í Brasilíu". MBL.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. ^ Sverrisson, Sindra (23 October 2008). "Gott að vera á Íslandi". MBL.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Dóra María Lárusdóttir". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. ^ Stefánsson, Stefán (24 June 2013). "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

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