Dóra María Lárusdóttir (born 24 July 1985) is an Icelandic former football player who predominantly played as a winger for Icelandic club Valur. Having played for Valur for a decade and been voted national Player of the Year in 2008 and 2010, Dóra María was for many years one of Iceland's leading female footballers. During her career, she won the Icelandic championship eight times and the Icelandic Cup five times. From 2003 to 2017, Dóra María was part of the Iceland women's national team and she participated at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Club career Dóra María spent the 2011 season playing for Djurgårdens IF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She scored twice in her 22 league appearances. In January 2012 Dóra María signed for Vitória, of Brazil, where she joined compatriot Þórunn Helga Jónsdóttir.

In March 2022, she announced her retirement from football.

International career

In September 2003 Dóra María made her senior debut for the Iceland national team, in a 10–0 rout of Poland at Laugardalsvöllur during the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification series. She scored Iceland's final goal of the match after entering play as a 71st-minute substitute.

She became a national team regular over the following years, usually playing on the right wing. In qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2009, Dóra María scored twice in the 3–0 play-off second leg win over Ireland as Iceland reached their first major international tournament at any level. At the final tournament in Finland, she played in all three group games as Iceland made a first round exit.

National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson selected Dóra María in the Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.

Honours Club Valur Úrvalsdeild kvenna: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Icelandic Women's Football Cup: 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010

Individual Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year: 2008, 2010

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 13 September 2003 Reykjavík, Iceland 10–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying 2. 21 August 2005 1–0 3–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 3. 3–0 4. 14 March 2007 Albufeira, Portugal 1–0 4–1 2007 Algarve Cup 5. 21 July 2007 Reykjavík, Iceland 2–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 6. 30 October 2008 1–0 3–0 7. 3–0 8. 17 September 2009 2–0 12–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 9. 3 March 2010 Faro, Portugal 3–0 3–0 2010 Algarve Cup 10. 7 March 2011 Lagos, Portugal 1–0 1–0 2011 Algarve Cup 11. 22 October 2011 Pápa, Hungary 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 12. 2 March 2012 Ferreiras, Portugal 1–2 1–4 2012 Algarve Cup 13. 21 June 2012 Lovech, Bulgaria 9–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 14. 10 April 2014 Ta'Qali, Malta 2–0 8–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 15. 15 June 2014 Vejle, Denmark 1–0 1–1 16. 19 June 2014 Reykjavík, Iceland 3–0 5–0

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