Dóra María Lárusdóttir


Dóra María Lárusdóttir is an Icelandic football player who predominantly plays as a winger for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild club Valur. Since 2003 Dóra María has been part of the Iceland women's national team and she participated at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championships. Having played for Valur for a decade and been voted national Player of the Year in 2008 and 2010, Dóra María has for many years been one of Iceland's leading female footballers. After a spell abroad she returned to Valur in 2012.

Club career

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

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

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