Iva Landeka

Iva Landeka (born 3 October 1989) is a Croatian football midfielder currently playing for Montpellier of the French Division 1 Feminine. 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]

Iva Landeka
Personal information
Full name Iva Landeka
Date of birth (1989-10-03) 3 October 1989
Place of birth Posušje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Montpellier
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– Montpellier 15 (1)
National team‡
2006– Croatia 53 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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

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] Her brother Davor and her cousin Josip became less successful footballers, currently playing for Široki Brijeg and Sonnenhof Großaspach, respectively.

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
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2009 UEFA EuroQualifiers2006–11–18Adana Georgia26–03
2006–11–20Adana Turkey12–1
2011 FIFA World CupQualifiers2010–08–25Belfast Northern Ireland11–31
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2014–05–08Ptuj Slovenia13–01
2017 UEFA EuroQualifiers2015–09–17Erzurum Turkey14–11

References
  1. Jena signs Iva Landeka. 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.
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