"Lovren" redirects here. For his brother, see Davor Lovren.
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
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
Apps
(Gls)
2006–2010
Dinamo Zagreb
37
(1)
2006–2008
→ Inter Zaprešić (loan)
50
(1)
2010–2013
Lyon
72
(2)
2013–2014
Southampton
31
(2)
2014–2020
Liverpool
131
(5)
2020–2022
Zenit Saint Petersburg
50
(3)
2023–
Lyon
27
(1)
International career
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)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Croatia
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up
2018 Russia
2022 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Dejan Lovren (Croatian pronunciation:[dějanlǒʋren];[4][5] born 5 July 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Lovren began his career at Dinamo Zagreb before moving to Lyon in January 2010. He spent three-and-a-half seasons with the Ligue 1 team and won the 2012 Coupe de France before he signed for Southampton in 2013. After one season with Southampton, he joined Liverpool for £20 million. He went on to make 185 appearances for the club, winning the UEFA Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020, before joining Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg in July 2020. Within four months, he became the captain of the team, replacing Artem Dzyuba.
Having previously represented Croatia at various youth levels, Lovren made his senior debut in 2009 and went on to make over 70 appearances for his country. He was selected in Croatia's squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 (in which they were beaten finalists against France) and 2022, as well as UEFA Euro 2020.
^"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.
^"Dèjan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Dèjan
^"Lóvro". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Lòvren
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