Dejan Lovren

**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

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|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|||||
|rowspan="3"|Inter Zaprešić (loan)|2006–07|Druga HNL|21|0|4|0|—|—|—|25|0||||
|2007–08|Prva HNL|29|1|2|0|—|—|—|31|1||||||
|rowspan="5"|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||||
|Southampton|2013–14||Premier League|31|2|0|0|0|0|—|—|31|2|||
|rowspan=7|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||||
|Zenit Saint Petersburg|2020–21|Russian Premier League|19|2|1|0|—|5|0|1|0|26|2|||

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|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|||||
|rowspan="3"|Inter Zaprešić (loan)|2006–07|Druga HNL|21|0|4|0|—|—|—|25|0||||
|2007–08|Prva HNL|29|1|2|0|—|—|—|31|1||||||
|rowspan="5"|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||||
|Southampton|2013–14|Premier League|31|2|0|0|0|0|—|—|31|2||||
|rowspan=7|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||||
|rowspan="4"|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|||||
|rowspan="3"|Lyon|2022–23|Ligue 1|17|1|4|0|—|—|—|21|1||||
|2023–24|Ligue 1|2|0|0|0|—|—|—|2|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|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|||

- _Croatia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lovren goal._

|No.|Date|Venue|Cap|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|2 September 2011|National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta|10||3–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification|
|2|26 March 2013|Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales|17||1–1|2–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|3|6 September 2019|Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia|54||4–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification|
|4|8 September 2020|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France|59||1–0|2–4|2020–21 UEFA Nations League A|
|5|25 September 2022|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria|71||3–1|3–1|2022–23 UEFA Nations League A|

## Honours

**Inter Zaprešić**
- Druga HNL: 2006–07

**Dinamo Zagreb**
- Prva HNL: 2008–09
- Croatian Cup: 2008–09

**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**
- Russian Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Russian Super Cup: 2020, 2021

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

**Orders**
- Order of Duke Branimir: 2018

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Dejan Lovren
- **image**: Lovren in Zenit (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Lovren with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2020
- **full name**: Dejan Lovren
- **birth place**: Zenica, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Lyon
- **clubnumber**: 5
- **youthclubs1**: BSC Sendling
- **youthyears2**: 1999–2002
- **youthclubs2**: NK Ilovac
- **youthyears3**: 2002–2004
- **youthclubs3**: NK Karlovac
- **youthyears4**: 2004–2006
- **youthclubs4**: GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy, Dinamo Zagreb
- **years1**: 2006–2010
- **clubs1**: GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb
- **caps1**: 37
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2006–2008
- **clubs2**: → NK Inter Zaprešić, Inter Zaprešić (loan)
- **caps2**: 50
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2010–2013
- **clubs3**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
- **caps3**: 72
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2013–2014
- **clubs4**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps4**: 31
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2014–2020
- **clubs5**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps5**: 131
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2020–2023
- **clubs6**: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg
- **caps6**: 50
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 2023–
- **clubs7**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
- **caps7**: 19
- **goals7**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2004–2005
- **nationalteam1**: Croatia national under-17 football team, Croatia U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 18
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2006
- **nationalteam2**: Croatia national under-18 football team, Croatia U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2006–2008
- **nationalteam3**: Croatia national under-19 football team, Croatia U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 10
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2007–2009
- **nationalteam4**: Croatia national under-20 football team, Croatia U20
- **nationalcaps4**: 5
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2007–2010
- **nationalteam5**: Croatia national under-21 football team, Croatia U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 19
- **nationalgoals5**: 3
- **nationalyears6**: 2009–2022
- **nationalteam6**: Croatia national football team, Croatia
- **nationalcaps6**: 78
- **nationalgoals6**: 5
- **club-update**: 22 October 2023 (UTC)