Dejan Lovren

Dejan Lovren

Personal information
Date of birth	5 July 1989 (1989-07-05) (age 22)
Place of birth	Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Lyon
Number	5
Youth career
	Karlovac
2004–2006	Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2010	Dinamo Zagreb	37	(1)
2006–2008	→ Inter Zaprešić (loan)	50	(1)
2010–	Lyon	36	(0)
National team‡
2004–2005	Croatia U17	18	(2)
2006	Croatia U18	2	(0)
2006–2008	Croatia U19	10	(1)
2007–2009	Croatia U20	5	(0)
2007–	Croatia U21	19	(2)
2009–	Croatia	13	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2011

Dejan Lovren (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈdɛjan ˈlɔʋrɛ̂ːn]; born 5 July 1989) is a Croatian footballer who plays for the Olympique Lyonnais. He is also a member of the Croatia national team.^[1]

Club career

Dinamo Zagreb

Dejan Lovren started his career in the youth teams of NK Karlovac. He joined top flight club Dinamo Zagreb in 2004. On 10 June 2006 he debuted for the senior squad of Dinamo in Prva HNL match against Inter Zaprešić. On 17 July 2007 he was loaned to Zaprešić club for two seasons in which he featured in 50 league matches and scored a goal against NK Osijek in Inter's 2–1 loss on 10 May 2008. Following his return from loan, Lovren regularly featured in NK Dinamo's first eleven, appearing in 38 matches throughout 2008–09 season, bagging three goals. In 2009–10 he featured in all 4 UEFA Champions League qualifiers, against Pyunik Yerevan and Red Bull Salzburg, respectively, also managing to score a close–range header against Pyunik.^[2]

Olympique Lyonnais

In January 2010, Lovren signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais^[3] He was given the number 26 shirt at the club and made his competitive debut on 24 January 2010 in their 2–1 defeat at Monaco in the Coupe de France, playing the entire match. His Ligue 1 debut came on 31 January 2010 in Lyon's 2–1 win at home to Paris Saint-Germain, once again completing the full 90 minutes.

National team

Lovren was first called–up to Croatia national team in 2009 by manager Slaven Bilić who included the player in his match squad against Belarus on 12 August. He was an unused substitute, but still was delighted with the new experience.^[4] Lovren was also capped 48 times in the various Croatia youth national teams and scored 4 goals.^[5] On the 2nd of September scored against Malta in a Euro 2012 qualifier.

Honours

• Dinamo Zagreb
  • Croatian championship: 2005–06, 2008–09
  • Croatian Cup: 2009

• Inter Zaprešić
  • 2. HNL champions: 2006–07

Career statistics

As of 20 June 2011^[6][7][8]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2005–06	Dinamo Zagreb	Prva HNL	1	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	1	0
2006–07	Inter Zaprešić	Druga HNL	21	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	0
2007–08		Prva HNL	29	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	29	1
2008–09	Dinamo Zagreb		22	1	8	1	—	—	8	1	38	3
2009–10			14	0	4	0	0	0	11	1	29	1
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
2009–10	Lyon	Ligue 1	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
2010-11			26	0	2	0	1	0	6	1	33	1
Career total			121	2	15	1	2	0	25	3	163	6

References

1. ^ "Dejan Lovren pozvan za utakmicu protiv Bjelorusije" (in Croatian). monitor.hr. 2009-07-29. http://www.monitor.hr/clanci/dejan-lovren-pozvan-za-utakmicu-protiv-bjelorusije/23577/. Retrieved 2009-08-16. 
2. ^ sport.dnevnik.hr "Dinamo pred praznim Maksimirom prošao dalje" (in Croatian). Dnevnik.hr. 2009-07-21. http://sport.dnevnik.hr/clanak/champions_league/uzivo-dinamo-pyunik-0-0.html sport.dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
3. ^ Lovren nach Lyon
4. ^ "Novi reprezentativac spreman za "modre" izazove" (in Croatian). nk-dinamo.hr. 2009-08-14. http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/vijest/prikaz/1812/default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 
5. ^ List of national team appearances at official website of Croatian Football Federation
6. ^ Career statistics at Nogometni Magazin
7. ^ Career statistics at transfermarkt.de (German)
8. ^ Career statistics at Dinamo Zagreb's official website

External links

• Dejan Lovren at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dejan Lovren international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website
• Dejan Lovren at Transfermarkt.de
• Dejan Lovren at nogometni-magazin (Croatian)

Persondata
Name	Lovren, Dejan
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	5 July 1989
Place of birth	Zenica, Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death