Dejan Lovren
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 5 July 1989 | ||
| 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 | 54 | (1) |
| 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) |
| 2007–2010 | Croatia U21 | 20 | (3) |
| 2009– | Croatia | 13 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Dejan Lovren (Croatian pronunciation: [loʋrêːn]; 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]
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[edit] Club career
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 2 September scored against Malta in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| 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 | ||
| 2011-12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 133 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 184 | 6 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lovren nach Lyon
- ^ "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.
- ^ List of national team appearances at official website of Croatian Football Federation
- ^ Career statistics at Nogometni Magazin
- ^ Career statistics at transfermarkt.de (German)
- ^ Career statistics at Dinamo Zagreb's official website
[edit] 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)
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Zenica
- Croatian footballers
- Croatia under-21 international footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- NK Inter Zaprešić players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Prva HNL players
- Ligue 1 players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Croatian expatriate footballers
