Dejan Lovren

Croatian association football player

Dejan Lovren (born 5 July 1989) is a Croatian football player. He plays as a defender for Zenit Saint Petersburg and Croatia national team.

Dejan Lovren
Lovren with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2020
Personal information
Full name Dejan Lovren[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Lyon
Number 5
Youth career
BSC Sendling
1999–2002 NK Ilovac
2002–2004 NK Karlovac
2004–2006 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Dinamo Zagreb 37 (1)
2006–2008Inter Zaprešić (loan) 50 (1)
2010–2013 Lyon 72 (2)
2013–2014 Southampton 31 (2)
2014–2020 Liverpool 131 (5)
2020–2023 Zenit Saint Petersburg 50 (3)
2023– Lyon 19 (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 19 (3)
2009–2022 Croatia 78 (5)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Croatia
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2018 Russia
Third place 2022 Qatar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career statistics change

As of match played 8 March 2021[4][5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Zagreb 2005–06 Prva HNL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008–09 Prva HNL 22 1 8 1 8[c] 1 38 3
2009–10 Prva HNL 14 0 4 0 11[d] 1 29 1
Total 37 1 12 1 19 2 68 4
Inter Zaprešić (loan) 2006–07 Druga HNL 21 0 4 0 25 0
2007–08 Prva HNL 29 1 2 0 31 1
Total 50 1 6 0 56 1
Lyon 2009–10 Ligue 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
2010–11 Ligue 1 28 0 2 0 1 0 6[e] 1 37 1
2011–12 Ligue 1 18 1 3 0 2 0 8[e] 0 31 1
2012–13 Ligue 1 18 1 0 0 1 0 5[f] 0 24 1
Total 72 2 6 0 5 0 19 1 102 3
Southampton 2013–14[6] Premier League 31 2 0 0 0 0 31 2
Liverpool 2014–15[7] Premier League 26 0 4 0 2 1 6[g] 0 38 1
2015–16[8] Premier League 24 0 1 0 4 0 10[f] 1 39 1
2016–17[9] Premier League 29 2 0 0 3 0 32 2
2017–18[10] Premier League 29 2 0 0 0 0 14[e] 0 43 2
2018–19[11] Premier League 13 1 1 0 1 0 3[e] 0 18 1
2019–20[12] Premier League 10 0 1 0 1 0 3[e] 1 15 1
Total 131 5 7 0 11 1 36 2 185 8
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2020–21 Russian Premier League 19 2 1 0 5[e] 0 1[h] 0 26 2
Career total 340 13 32 1 16 1 79 5 1 0 468 20
  1. Includes Croatian Cup, Coupe de France, FA Cup, Russian Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
  4. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. 6.0 6.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
  8. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

Career statistics change

Club change

As of match played 22 October 2023[13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Zagreb 2005–06 Prva HNL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008–09 Prva HNL 22 1 8 1 8[c] 1 38 3
2009–10 Prva HNL 14 0 4 0 11[d] 1 29 1
Total 37 1 12 1 19 2 68 4
Inter Zaprešić (loan) 2006–07 Druga HNL 21 0 4 0 25 0
2007–08 Prva HNL 29 1 2 0 31 1
Total 50 1 6 0 56 1
Lyon 2009–10 Ligue 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
2010–11 Ligue 1 28 0 2 0 1 0 6[e] 1 37 1
2011–12 Ligue 1 18 1 3 0 2 0 8[e] 0 31 1
2012–13 Ligue 1 18 1 0 0 1 0 5[f] 0 24 1
Total 72 2 6 0 5 0 19 1 102 3
Southampton 2013–14[15] Premier League 31 2 0 0 0 0 31 2
Liverpool 2014–15[16] Premier League 26 0 4 0 2 1 6[g] 0 38 1
2015–16[17] Premier League 24 0 1 0 4 0 10[f] 1 39 1
2016–17[18] Premier League 29 2 0 0 3 0 32 2
2017–18[19] Premier League 29 2 0 0 0 0 14[e] 0 43 2
2018–19[20] Premier League 13 1 1 0 1 0 3[e] 0 18 1
2019–20[21] Premier League 10 0 1 0 1 0 3[e] 1 15 1
Total 131 5 7 0 11 1 36 2 185 8
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2020–21 Russian Premier League 21 2 1 0 5[e] 0 1[h] 0 28 2
2021–22 Russian Premier League 14 0 0 0 4[e] 0 1[h] 0 19 0
2022–23 Russian Premier League 15 1 1 0 0[h] 0 16 1
Total 50 3 2 0 9 0 2 0 63 3
Lyon 2022–23 Ligue 1 17 1 4 0 21 1
2023–24 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 19 1 4 0 23 1
Career total 390 15 37 1 16 1 83 5 2 0 528 22
  1. Includes Croatian Cup, Coupe de France, FA Cup, Russian Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
  4. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. 6.0 6.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Appearances in Russian Super Cup

International change

Appearances and goals by national team and year[22][23]
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2009 2 0
2010 3 0
2011 8 1
2012 1 0
2013 9 1
2014 7 0
2015 0 0
2016 1 0
2017 6 0
2018 13 0
2019 7 1
2020 5 1
2021 8 0
2022 8 1
Total 78 5
Croatia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lovren goal.[23]
List of international goals scored by Dejan Lovren
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 September 2011 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 10   Malta 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
2 26 March 2013 Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales 17   Wales 1–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 6 September 2019 Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia 54   Slovakia 4–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
4 8 September 2020 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 59   France 1–0 2–4 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
5 25 September 2022 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 71   Austria 3–1 3–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours change

Inter Zaprešić

Dinamo Zagreb

Lyon

Liverpool

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Croatia

Orders

References change

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  3. "Dejan Lovren". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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  7. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  11. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  12. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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  16. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  17. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  18. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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  21. "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  22. Lovren, Dejan at National-Football-Teams.com
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  32. ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
  33. ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.
  34. ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" в Калининграде и завоевал шестой Суперкубок России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
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  37. "News: President Decorates Croatian National Football Team Players and Coaching Staff". Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019. the Order of Prince Branimir with Ribbon was awarded to Mr. Dejan Lovren...