Dejan Lovren

Dejan Lovren
	Lovren with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Dejan Lovren
Date of birth	5 July 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth	Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team 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
2006–2010	Dinamo Zagreb
2006–2008	→ Inter Zaprešić (loan)
2010–2013	Lyon
2013–2014	Southampton
2014–2020	Liverpool
2020–2023	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2023–	Lyon
International career
2004–2005	Croatia U17
2006	Croatia U18
2006–2008	Croatia U19
2007–2009	Croatia U20
2007–2010	Croatia U21
2009–2022	Croatia
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Croatia
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023 (UTC)

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

Club career statistics

As of match played 8 March 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	1	—		38	3
	2009–10	Prva HNL	14	0	4	0	—		11	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	1	—		37	1
	2011–12	Ligue 1	18	1	3	0	2	0	8	0	—		31	1
	2012–13	Ligue 1	18	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	—		24	1
	Total		72	2	6	0	5	0	19	1	—		102	3
Southampton	2013–14	Premier League	31	2	0	0	0	0	—		—		31	2
Liverpool	2014–15	Premier League	26	0	4	0	2	1	6	0	—		38	1
	2015–16	Premier League	24	0	1	0	4	0	10	1	—		39	1
	2016–17	Premier League	29	2	0	0	3	0	—		—		32	2
	2017–18	Premier League	29	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	—		43	2
	2018–19	Premier League	13	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	—		18	1
	2019–20	Premier League	10	0	1	0	1	0	3	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	0	1	0	26	2
Career total			340	13	32	1	16	1	79	5	1	0	468	20

↑ Includes Croatian Cup, Coupe de France, FA Cup, Russian Cup
↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
↑ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 October 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	1	—		38	3
	2009–10	Prva HNL	14	0	4	0	—		11	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	1	—		37	1
	2011–12	Ligue 1	18	1	3	0	2	0	8	0	—		31	1
	2012–13	Ligue 1	18	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	—		24	1
	Total		72	2	6	0	5	0	19	1	—		102	3
Southampton	2013–14	Premier League	31	2	0	0	0	0	—		—		31	2
Liverpool	2014–15	Premier League	26	0	4	0	2	1	6	0	—		38	1
	2015–16	Premier League	24	0	1	0	4	0	10	1	—		39	1
	2016–17	Premier League	29	2	0	0	3	0	—		—		32	2
	2017–18	Premier League	29	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	—		43	2
	2018–19	Premier League	13	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	—		18	1
	2019–20	Premier League	10	0	1	0	1	0	3	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	0	1	0	28	2
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	14	0	0	0	—		4	0	1	0	19	0
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	15	1	1	0	—		—		0	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

↑ Includes Croatian Cup, Coupe de France, FA Cup, Russian Cup
↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
1 2 3 Appearances in Russian Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
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.

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

Inter Zaprešić

Druga HNL: 2006–07

Dinamo Zagreb

Lyon

Coupe de France: 2011–12

Liverpool

Premier League: 2019–20
UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18
UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2015–16
FA Community Shield runner-up: 2019

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Croatia

FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2018; third place: 2022

Orders

Order of Duke Branimir: 2018

References

↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Croatia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
↑ "Dejan Lovren: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
↑ "Dejan Lovren". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 30 June 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Dejan Lovren: Club Matches". worldfootball.net.
↑ "Ligue1.com – Player profile Dejan LOVREN (Olympique Lyonnais)". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
↑ "Dejan Lovren: Club Matches". WorldFootball.net.
↑ "Player profile Dejan LOVREN (Olympique Lyonnais)". Ligue 1. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
↑ Lovren, Dejan at National-Football-Teams.com
1 2 "Dejan Lovren profile". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
1 2 3 4 Dejan Lovren at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
↑ "Dejan Lovren: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
↑ McNulty, Phil (1 June 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
↑ McNulty, Phil (26 May 2018). "Real Madrid 3–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
↑ McNulty, Phil (18 May 2016). "Liverpool 1–3 Sevilla". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
↑ "Liverpool 1 Manchester City 1". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
↑ "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
↑ "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
↑ ""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. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
↑ ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
↑ ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" в Калининграде и завоевал шестой Суперкубок России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
↑ "France 4–2 Croatia: Line-ups". FIFA. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
↑ Smyth, Rob (17 December 2022). "Croatia 2-1 Morocco: World Cup 2022 third-place playoff – as it happened". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
↑ "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...

[6] Includes Croatian Cup, Coupe de France, FA Cup, Russian Cup

[7] Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup

[8] Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup

[9] Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League

[UCL-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[UEL-11] 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[14] Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League

[20] Appearance in Russian Super Cup

[23] Includes Croatian Cup, Coupe de France, FA Cup, Russian Cup

[24] Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup

[25] Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup

[26] Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League

[UCL-27] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[UEL-28] 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[29] Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League

[RSC-30] 1 2 3 Appearances in Russian Super Cup

[1] "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Croatia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.

[2] "Dejan Lovren: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[3] "Dejan Lovren". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 30 June 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Dejan Lovren: Club Matches". worldfootball.net.

[5] "Ligue1.com – Player profile Dejan LOVREN (Olympique Lyonnais)". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[soccerbase_season|44118|2013-12] 1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[soccerbase_season|44118|2014-13] 1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[soccerbase_season|44118|2015-15] 1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[soccerbase_season|44118|2016-16] 1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[soccerbase_season|44118|2017-17] 1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[soccerbase_season|44118|2018-18] 1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

[soccerbase_season|44118|2019-19] 1 2 "Games played by Dejan Lovren in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[21] "Dejan Lovren: Club Matches". WorldFootball.net.

[22] "Player profile Dejan LOVREN (Olympique Lyonnais)". Ligue 1. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[31] Lovren, Dejan at National-Football-Teams.com

[eu-football-32] 1 2 "Dejan Lovren profile". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

[Soccerway-33] 1 2 3 4 Dejan Lovren at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[34] "Dejan Lovren: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[35] McNulty, Phil (1 June 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[36] McNulty, Phil (26 May 2018). "Real Madrid 3–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[37] McNulty, Phil (18 May 2016). "Liverpool 1–3 Sevilla". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[38] "Liverpool 1 Manchester City 1". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[39] "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.

[40] "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[41] ""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. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[:1-42] ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[43] ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" в Калининграде и завоевал шестой Суперкубок России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[44] "France 4–2 Croatia: Line-ups". FIFA. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[45] Smyth, Rob (17 December 2022). "Croatia 2-1 Morocco: World Cup 2022 third-place playoff – as it happened". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

[46] "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...