Davor Lovren (Croatian pronunciation: [dâʋor lǒʋren];[1][2] born 3 October 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who is a free agent after playing for Kustošija.

Davor Lovren
Lovren during a match for Fortuna Düsseldorf
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Kustošija
Youth career
2006–2009 Karlovac
2009–2016 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Dinamo Zagreb II 36 (8)
2016–2018 Dinamo Zagreb 1 (0)
2017Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 14 (1)
2018–2022 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 (0)
2020Slaven Belupo (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2022Fortuna Düsseldorf II 42 (4)
2022–2023 Jarun 2 (0)
2023 Kustošija 14 (3)
International career
2012 Croatia U14 2 (2)
2013 Croatia U15 7 (3)
2013–2014 Croatia U16 8 (1)
2013–2015 Croatia U17 21 (5)
2015 Croatia U18 6 (4)
2016–2017 Croatia U19 12 (2)
2018 Croatia U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:55, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

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Lovren made his professional debut in the Croatian First Football League for GNK Dinamo Zagreb on 14 May 2016 in a game against NK Lokomotiva.[3]

In June 2017, he joined Fortuna Düsseldorf in Germany's 2. Bundesliga on a two-year loan.[4] However, on 11 July 2018, Düsseldorf bought Lovren permanently for €750,000.

Personal

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He is the younger brother of Lyon defender Dejan Lovren.[5] He was named after Croatian former footballer Davor Šuker.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Dȁvor". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Lòvren". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ "GLokomotiva Zagreb - Dinamo Zagreb 0:4 (1. HNL 2015/2016, 36. Round)". worldfootball.net. 14 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Fortuna leiht Davor Lovren aus" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 22 June 2017.
  5. ^ Brus, Mark (26 October 2015). "Liverpool identify Dejan Lovren's brother Davor as possible transfer target". Metro.
  6. ^ Cigoj, Mark (17 April 2016). "LOVRENOVI PRIJATELJI OTKRIVAJU PRAVI UZROK SUKOBA S ČAČIĆEM 'Dejan je ženi obećao dva tjedna u lipnju. Imaju problema u braku!'". Jutarnji list.
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