Brenna Lovera | |
Fullname: | Brenna Marie Lovera[1] |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1997 |
Birth Place: | Milford, Michigan |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Glasgow City |
Clubnumber: | 9 |
Collegeyears1: | 2015–2018 |
College1: | Northwestern |
Collegecaps1: | 74 |
Collegegoals1: | 19 |
Years1: | 2019 |
Clubs1: | ÍBV |
Caps1: | 9 |
Goals1: | 6 |
Years2: | 2020 |
Clubs2: | Boavista |
Caps2: | 5 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs3: | Selfoss |
Caps3: | 34 |
Goals3: | 21 |
Years4: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs4: | Chicago Red Stars |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2023– |
Clubs5: | Glasgow City |
Caps5: | 10 |
Goals5: | 6 |
Club-Update: | June 30, 2023 |
Brenna Marie Lovera (born March 12, 1997) is an American women's soccer player for Glasgow City who plays as a forward. 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.
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.
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]