Brenna Lovera

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Brenna Lovera
Personal information
Full name Brenna Marie Lovera [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-12) March 12, 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Milford, Michigan
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Northwestern 74 (19)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 ÍBV 9 (6)
2020 Boavista 5 (2)
2021–2022 Selfoss 34 (21)
2022-2023 Chicago Red Stars 0 (0)
2023- Glasgow City 10 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 30, 2023

Brenna Marie Lovera (born March 12, 1997) is an American women's soccer player who most recently played as a forward for Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She also previously played for Icelandic club Selfoss of the Besta deild kvenna, where she won the league's Golden Boot award as top goalscorer in 2021.

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Career

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. [10]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Five Wildcats Earn All-Big Ten Honors". nusports.com. Northwestern Wildcats. October 26, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ Magnús Már Einarsson (July 19, 2019). "Brenna Lovera til ÍBV (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (March 31, 2021). "Brenna frá Eyjum á Selfoss með viðkomu í Portúgal". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (May 20, 2021). "Best í 4. umferð: Brennan logar". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Brenna hlaut gullskóinn". Sunnlenska.is (in Icelandic). September 12, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Guðmundur Karl Sigurdórsson (June 10, 2022). "Brenna með þrennu í sannfærandi sigri". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  9. ↑ Salazar, Emmanuel (March 25, 2023). "Chicago Red Stars Sign Cheyna Matthews and Sami Feller" (Press release). Chicago Red Stars.
  10. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars release forward Brenna Lovera" (Press release). Chicago Red Stars. June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
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