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{{short description|Croatian footballer (born 1989)}} {{Redirect|Lovren|his brother|Davor Lovren}} Line 46 ⟶ 45: | caps6 = 50<!--ONLY SHOW LEAGUE APPEARANCES AND GOALS IN INFOBOX --> | goals6 = 3 | years7 = | clubs7 = [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] | caps7 = 27 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = | clubs8 = [[PAOK FC|PAOK]]▼ | caps8 = | goals8 = 0▼ | nationalyears1 = 2004–2005 | nationalteam1 = [[Croatia national under-17 football team|Croatia U17]] Line 79 ⟶ 82: {{Medal|RU|[[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018 Russia]]|}} {{Medal|3rd|[[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 Qatar]]|}} | club-update = ▲| years8 = 2024- ▲| clubs8 = [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] ▲| caps8 = 0 ▲| goals8 = 0 }} '''Dejan Lovren''' ({{IPA|hr|dějan lǒʋren}};<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=f1lhXhQ%3D&keyword=Dejan |title=Dèjan |quote=Dèjan |website=Hrvatski jezični portal |access-date=17 March 2018 |language=sh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=e15hWxQ%3D&keyword=Sv. |title=Lóvro |quote=Lòvren |website=Hrvatski jezični portal |access-date=17 March 2018 |language=sh}}</ref> born 5 July 1989) is a Croatian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[centre-back]] Lovren began his career at [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|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 Final|2012 Coupe de France]] before he signed for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 2013. After one season with Southampton, he joined [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] for £20 million. He went on to make 185 appearances for the club, winning the [[UEFA Champions League]] in [[2019 UEFA Champions League Final|2019]] and the [[Premier League]] in [[2019–20 Premier League|2020]], before joining [[2019–20 Russian Premier League|Russian champions]] [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]] in July 2020. Within four months, he became the captain of the team, replacing [[Artem Dzyuba]]. Line 129 ⟶ 128: [[File:Spartak Moscow VS. Liverpool (15).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lovren (right) playing for Liverpool in 2017]] He had a rocky start to the [[2017–18 Liverpool F.C. season|2017–18 season]], being at fault for [[Harry Kane]] and [[Son Heung-min]]'s early goals as [[Tottenham Hotspur]] defeated Liverpool 4–1 on 22 October 2017. He was substituted for [[Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain]] after only half an hour.<ref name="review" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tottenham-vs-liverpool-player-ratings-dejan-lovren-harry-kane-dele-alli-son-hueng-min-a8014126.html |title=Dejan Lovren endures a nightmare to forget as Tottenham light up Wembley with demolition of Liverpool |newspaper=The Independent |last=Corless |first=Liam |date=22 October 2017 |access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref> On 17 December, Lovren scored his first goal of the season in a 4–0 win over [[AFC Bournemouth|Bournemouth]]; a result which saw Liverpool become the first team in Premier League history to win four consecutive away league matches by a margin of at least three goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/liverpool-make-history-with-away-game-goal-tally/12jskoyjq9br01o8rlni44sp02 |title=Liverpool Make History with Record Away Goal Tally |website=Goal.com |last=Crawford |first=Stephen |date=17 December 2017 |access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> After Virgil van Dijk's arrival on 1 January, he and Lovren built a steady partnership at the heart of Liverpool's defence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-champions-final-vandijk/van-dijk-has-made-me-a-better-player-says-liverpools-lovren-idUKKCN1IN301 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623170213/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-champions-final-vandijk/van-dijk-has-made-me-a-better-player-says-liverpools-lovren-idUKKCN1IN301 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 June 2018 |title=van Dijk has made me a better player, says Liverpool's Lovren |publisher=Reuters |date=26 May 2018 |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref> On 14 January 2018, Lovren [[Captain (association football)|captained]] Liverpool for the first time in a 4–3 win against [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Chris |last=Shaw |date=14 January 2018 |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/287374-lovren-being-liverpool-captain-was-an-honour |title=Lovren: Being Liverpool captain was an honour |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref> On 13 May, Lovren scored his second goal of the season in a 4–0 win over [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton and Hove Albion]], which secured Liverpool's qualification for the [[2018–19 UEFA Champions League|Champions League next season]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44020158 |title=Liverpool 4–0 Brighton & Hove Albion |date=13 May 2018 |website=BBC Sport|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> Lovren, as well, played a significant role in Liverpool's [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] run, where the team reached the [[2018 UEFA Champions League Final|final]], but eventually lost it to the ruling champions [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]].<ref name="review">{{Cite web |first=Joel |last=Rabinowitz |date=1 June 2018 |url=https://www.thisisanfield.com/2018/06/dejan-lovren-2017-18-season-review-a-tale-of-two-halves-for-battling-centre-back |title=Dejan Lovren 2017/18 Season Review: A campaign of two halves for battling centre-back |website=This Is Anfield|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Rob |last=Smyth |date=26 May 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2018/may/26/real-madrid-v-liverpool-champions-league-final-2018-live |title=Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 to win Champions League final 2018 – as it happened |newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Andy |last=Hunter |date=26 May 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/26/real-madrid-liverpool-champions-league-final-player-ratings#maincontent |title=Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool: Champions League final player ratings |newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref> [[File:LFC Parade 2019 02.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Lovren celebrating victory in the UEFA Champions League with teammate [[Mohammed Salah]].]] Line 150 ⟶ 149: ===PAOK=== On 16 September 2024, Lovren joined [[Super League Greece|Super League]] club [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] on a two-year deal.<ref> {{cite web |date=16 September 2024 |title=Παίκτης του ΠΑΟΚ ο Ντέγιαν Λόβρεν |trans-title=Dejan is here |url=https://www.paokfc.gr/nea/20240916-paiktis-tou-paok-o-dejan-lovren/ |accessdate=16 September 2024 |publisher=[[PAOK FC]] |language=Greek}}</ref>
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