Iva Landeka

Iva Landeka
Personal information
Full name	Iva Landeka
Date of birth	3 October 1989 (age 35)
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
2005–2008	Dinamo Maksimir
2008–2011	St. Veit
2011	Unia Racibórz
2012–2016	USV Jena
2016–2019	FC Rosengård
2019–2022	Montpellier
2022–	ŽNK Split
International career
2006–2022	Croatia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:28, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Iva Lažeta (née Landeka; born 3 October 1989) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a 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]

Early life

Landeka 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

In 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

Goals scored for the Croatian WNT in official competitions
Competition	Stage	Date	Location	Opponent	Goals	Result	Overall
2009 UEFA Euro	Qualifiers	2006–11–18	Adana	Georgia	2	6–0	3
2009 UEFA Euro	Qualifiers	2006–11–20	Adana	Turkey	1	2–1	3
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

Honours

Unia Racibórz

Ekstraliga: 2010–11^[6]
Polish Cup: 2010–11^[7]

References

^ 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.
^ "Ekstraliga kobiet 2010/2011". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
^ "Puchar Polski kobiet 2010/2011". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2024.

External links

Iva Landeka at Soccerway

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[1] Jena signs Iva Landeka. Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Womensoccer.de

[2] Profile in UEFA's website

[3] Statistics in the Croatian Football Federation's website

[4] "Interview: Iva Landeka najbolja Hercegovačka nogometašica" (in Croatian). Hercegovina.info. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[5] Wiman, Max (6 August 2016). "Sydsvenskan avslöjar: Kroatiska klar för FCR" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[6] "Ekstraliga kobiet 2010/2011". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[7] "Puchar Polski kobiet 2010/2011". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2024.

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