Iva Lažeta (née Landeka; born 3 October 1989) is a Croatian football midfielder for ŽNK Split. From 2012 until 2016 she played for USV Jena of the German Bundesliga.[1] She previously played for Dinamo Maksimir in the Croatian 1st Division, FC Kärnten in the Austrian Frauenliga and Unia Racibórz in the Polish Ekstraliga, also playing the Champions League with Dinamo and Unia.[2] She is a member of the Croatian national team since 2006.[3]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iva Landeka | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Posušje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ŽNK Split | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ŽNK Marjan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Dinamo Maksimir | ||
| 2008–2011 | St. Veit | 47 | (14) |
| 2011 | Unia Racibórz | 15 | (4) |
| 2012–2016 | USV Jena | 94 | (13) |
| 2016–2019 | FC Rosengård | 49 | (12) |
| 2019–2022 | Montpellier | 36 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2022 | Croatia | 102 | (14) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:10, 12 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:46, 6 August 2016 (UTC) | |||
Early life
editLandeka was born in the town of Posušje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. She left for Zagreb when she was 14 years old, to pursue her football career.[4]
Club career
editIn August 2016, Swedish champions FC Rosengård announced that they had agreed to sign Landeka from USV Jena on a two-year contract. Rosengård's sporting director Therese Sjögran said that Landeka was not intended as a direct replacement for the outgoing Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, who was a more defensive midfielder.[5]
International career
edit| Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2006–11–18 | Adana |  Georgia |
2 | 6–0 | 3 |
| 2006–11–20 | Adana |  Turkey |
1 | 2–1 | |||
| 2011 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2010–08–25 | Belfast |  Northern Ireland |
1 | 1–3 | 1 |
| 2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2014–05–08 | Ptuj |  Slovenia |
1 | 3–0 | 1 |
| 2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2015–09–17 | Erzurum | Turkey |
1 | 4–1 | 1 |
References
edit- ^ Jena signs Iva Landeka. Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Womensoccer.de
- ^ Profile in UEFA's website
- ^ Statistics in the Croatian Football Federation's website
- ^ "Interview: Iva Landeka najbolja Hercegovačka nogometašica" (in Croatian). Hercegovina.info. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Wiman, Max (6 August 2016). "Sydsvenskan avslöjar: Kroatiska klar för FCR" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
External links
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- Iva Landeka at Soccerway
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