Dejan Lovren 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.
27 Facts About Dejan Lovren
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Dejan Lovren 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.
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Dejan Lovren was selected in Croatia's squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2014,2018 and 2022, as well as UEFA Euro 2020.
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On 17 July 2006, Dejan Lovren was loaned to NK Inter Zapresic for two seasons where he made 50 league appearances and scored one goal.
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In November 2010 Dejan Lovren was listed in the Don Balon list of the 100 best young players in the world.
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On 23 January 2012, Dejan Lovren extended his contract with Lyon for two more seasons, signing with the French club until 2016.
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Dejan Lovren scored his first goal for Southampton against Liverpool at Anfield on 21 September 2013, a goal which proved to be the winner.
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On 27 July 2014, Dejan Lovren became the third Southampton player that transfer window to join Liverpool, after Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana.
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On 28 April 2017, Dejan Lovren extended his contract with Liverpool, until 2021.
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Dejan Lovren subsequently lost his spot in the starting eleven playing only two full games for the remainder of the season, as Liverpool lost the Premier League by a single point behind eventual champions Manchester City and won the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final against Tottenham Hotspur where he remained an unused substitute.
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Dejan Lovren was therefore left out of the squad for 2019 UEFA Super Cup, which Liverpool won beating Chelsea on penalties.
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Dejan Lovren debuted for Zenit on 7 August in 2020 Russian Super Cup against Lokomotiv Moscow.
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Ahead of Zenit's league match against Sochi, played on 11 April 2021, Dejan Lovren suffered a muscle injury in training.
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On 2 January 2023, Dejan Lovren returned to France to re-join Lyon on a two-and-a-half year contract, almost ten years after he had first left the club.
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Dejan Lovren received his first call-up to Croatia national team in August 2009 by manager Slaven Bilic, who included the player in his match squad against Belarus.
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Dejan Lovren made his debut against Qatar on 8 November 2009, coming on as a substitute for Danijel Pranjic.
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On 2 September 2011, Dejan Lovren scored his first international goal, against Malta in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match.
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Dejan Lovren was included by manager Slaven Bilic in the training camp prior to the UEFA Euro 2012 but was not selected for the final squad because of an injury.
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Dejan Lovren scored his second goal for Croatia on 26 March 2013 in a World Cup qualifying match against Wales at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.
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In May 2014, Dejan Lovren was named in manager Niko Kovac's provisional 30-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
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At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Dejan Lovren played all the matches except the third place play-off, which Croatia won.
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On 23 February 2023, Dejan Lovren announced his retirement from the national team.
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Dejan Lovren is married to Anita Sekulic and the couple have two children, Elena, born in August 2012, and Josip, born in June 2015.
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In 2013, Dejan Lovren founded a fashion brand Russell Brown with his best man Lovro Krcar.
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On 29 May 2018, Dejan Lovren opened a four star hotel Joel in Novalja, near Zrce.
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On 29 December 2020, Dejan Lovren offered free temporary accommodation in the hotel for sixteen families who had lost their homes in the 2020 Petrinja earthquake.
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Dejan Lovren made a cameo appearance in Jakov Sedlar's 2021 film The Match, alongside Croatia teammate Mateo Kovacic.