Brenna Marie Lovera (born March 12, 1997) is an American

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player who most recently played as a

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for

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of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She also previously played for Icelandic club Selfoss of the

Besta deild kvenna The Besta deild kvenna is the top-tier women's football league in Iceland. It features 10 teams that play a double round robin to decide the champion, which qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The 2022 season was the fir ...

, where she won the league's Golden Boot award as top goalscorer in 2021.

Career

She played

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for the

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and was named to the All-

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Second Team in 2018. Lovera joined ÍBV in July 2019. In 9 matches for ÍBV, she scored 6 goals. After playing for Boavista in

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in 2020, Lovera returned to Iceland and signed with Selfoss in March 2021. She had a standout season for Selfoss, winning the Golden Boot with 13 goals in 16 matches. She signed a two-year contract extension with Selfoss in September 2021. On June 10, 2022, she scored a

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in a 4–1 win against

Þór/KA Þór/KA is an Icelandic women's football team based in Akureyri. It is a joint team fielded by Þór Akureyri and Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar and currently competes in Úrvalsdeild kvenna. On September 29, 2017, they won their second Icelandi ...

in the Icelandic Cup.

signed Lovera to an injury replacement player contract in March 2023. She made one appearance in the

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on May 3 against

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before being released on June 28, 2023.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lovera, Brenna Living people 1997 births American women's soccer players Women's association football forwards Northwestern Wildcats women's soccer players ÍBV women's football players Selfoss women's football players Boavista F.C. (women) players Chicago Red Stars players Besta deild kvenna players Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players National Women's Soccer League players Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland American expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal American expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Soccer players from Michigan