Iva Lažeta

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. 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. She is a member of the Croatian national team since 2006.

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.

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.

International career +Goals scored for the Croatian WNT in official competitionsCompetition Stage Date Location Opponent Goals Result Overall2009 UEFA Euro Qualifiers 2006–11–18 Adana 2 6–0 3 2006–11–20 Adana 1 2–1 2011 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2010–08–25 Belfast 1 1–3 1 2015 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2014–05–08 Ptuj 1 3–0 1 2017 UEFA Euro Qualifiers 2015–09–17 Erzurum 1 4–1 1

Honours Unia Racibórz Ekstraliga: 2010–11 Polish Cup: 2010–11