Dóra María Lárusdóttir

Dóra María Lárusdóttir
	Dóra María Lárusdóttir lined up for Iceland in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Dóra María Lárusdóttir
Date of birth	24 July 1985 (age 39)
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
2005–2008	Rhode Island Rams
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2010	Valur
2011	Djurgårdens IF
2012	Vitória
2012–2021	Valur
International career‡
2001–2002	Iceland U-17
2001–2004	Iceland U-19
2002–2006	Iceland U-21
2003–2017	Iceland
	*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

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 scored Iceland's final goal of the match 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

Úrvalsdeild kvenna: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Icelandic Women's Football Cup: 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010

Individual

Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year: 2008, 2010

International 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.	21 August 2005		Belarus	3–0	3–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
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.	30 October 2008		Republic of Ireland	3–0	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

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