Brenna Lovera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brenna Marie Lovera[1] | ||
| Date of birth | March 12, 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Milford, Michigan, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brann | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Northwestern | 74 | (19) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | ÍBV | 9 | (6) |
| 2020 | Boavista | 5 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Selfoss | 34 | (21) |
| 2022–2023 | Chicago Red Stars | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Glasgow City | 49 | (28) |
| 2025– | Brann | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 30, 2023 | |||
Brenna Marie Lovera (born March 12, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Toppserien club SK Brann. She also previously played for Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and for Icelandic club Selfoss of the Besta deild kvenna, where she won the league's Golden Boot award as top goalscorer in 2021.
Career
[edit]She played college soccer for the Northwestern Wildcats and was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team in 2018.[2]
Lovera joined ÍBV in July 2019.[3] In 9 matches for ÍBV, she scored 6 goals.[4]
After playing for Boavista in Portugal in 2020, Lovera returned to Iceland and signed with Selfoss in March 2021.[4] She had a standout season for Selfoss,[5] winning the Golden Boot with 13 goals in 16 matches.[6]
She signed a two-year contract extension with Selfoss in September 2021.[7] On June 10, 2022, she scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Þór/KA in the Icelandic Cup.[8]
Chicago Red Stars signed Lovera to an injury replacement player contract in March 2023.[9] She made one appearance in the NWSL Challenge Cup on May 3 against Houston Dash before being released on June 28, 2023.
Following her release from Chicago, Lovera signed for Scottish Women's Premier League champions Glasgow City, agreeing a two-year deal with the Scottish club, becoming the club's fourth signing of the summer, she was given the club's number nine jersey ahead of the new campaign. Lovera would score her first goal for Glasgow City on August 27, 2023, in a match against Rangers at Broadwood Stadium. The goal came in the 52nd minute, levelling the score at 1-1 after a 50-yard run and assist from Lauren Davidson. Lovera would go on to score two goals in the UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying stages, before an Achilles injury prematurely ended her campaign.
She would return in September 2024, and played a crucial role in Glasgow City's season, scoring a number of goals against title rivals Rangers, Celtic and Hibs, and ended the campaign the club's top goal scorer with 18 league goals. Lovera would turn down a new contract with Glasgow City in May 2025, however, and departed Petershill the following month.
Lovera would agree a two-and-half-year deal with Norwegian outfit Brann in July 2025. [10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Contabilização de Cartões Amarelos" [Counting of yellow cards] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. January 14, 2021. p. 43. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Five Wildcats Earn All-Big Ten Honors". nusports.com. Northwestern Wildcats. October 26, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (July 19, 2019). "Brenna Lovera til ÍBV (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (March 31, 2021). "Brenna frá Eyjum á Selfoss með viðkomu í Portúgal". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (May 20, 2021). "Best í 4. umferð: Brennan logar". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ "Brenna hlaut gullskóinn". Sunnlenska.is (in Icelandic). September 12, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (September 1, 2021). "Sú markahæsta áfram á Selfossi: Staður sem mér finnst eins og heimili að heiman". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ Guðmundur Karl Sigurdórsson (June 10, 2022). "Brenna með þrennu í sannfærandi sigri". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ Salazar, Emmanuel (March 25, 2023). "Chicago Red Stars Sign Cheyna Matthews and Sami Feller" (Press release). Chicago Red Stars.
- ^ "Chicago Red Stars release forward Brenna Lovera" (Press release). Chicago Red Stars. June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Brenna Lovera at Soccerway
- Brenna Lovera at FBref.com
- Brenna Lovera at KSÍ (in Icelandic)
- Profile at Northwestern University
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