Iva Lažeta (

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Landeka; born 3 October 1989) is a

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for

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. From 2012 until 2016 she played for USV Jena of the

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. She previously played for Dinamo Maksimir in the Croatian 1st Division,

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in the

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n Frauenliga and Unia Racibórz in the

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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

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. She left for

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when she was 14 years old, to pursue her football career.

Club career

In August 2016, Swedish champions

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announced that they had agreed to sign Landeka from USV Jena on a two-year contract. Rosengård's sporting director

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said that Landeka was not intended as a direct replacement for the outgoing Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, who was a more defensive midfielder.

International career

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