Dejan Lovren - a reliable defender of "Liverpool"

Dejan Lovren is one of the most famous Croatian defenders of our time. He achieved considerable success during his career, reaching one of the strongest clubs in England - "Liverpool". However, the road to success was not easy. Dejan had to constantly prove his worth and compete. What clubs did he play during his career? Did he play for the national team? Dejan Lovren is not a world-class player, but he is a very reliable and strong defender, who perfectly copes with his tasks.

Carier start

Dejan Lovren started his career, of course, in Croatia, where he was born in 1989. At the age of ten, he already joined the football academy of the Ilovats club, where he studied for three years until he was spotted by scouts from another Croatian club. Dejan went to the "Karlovac" at thirteen, but he did not stay there either. When he turned 15, he was spotted in Zagreb Dynamo, the strongest club in the country. Naturally, any Croatian boy dreamed of ever protecting the colors of this club, and Dejan managed to do it. Already in 2005, at the age of sixteen, he made his debut in the adult team, but so far he did not shine the game in the basis, so the young man was leased to Inter from the town of Zapisich. Two years old acted as a young defender in the "Inter" and played 56 games, typing up so necessary to him at that age of experience. When at the age of 19 Dejan Lovren returned to the Dynamo, he immediately got a seat in the base. In the first season he played 38 matches, winning his second championship in Croatia (the first was in 2006, when he was only on the team, but did not play for it). He could have completed the third if in the winter of 2010, when half the season had passed, and Lovren played 29 more matches, the French top club "Lyon" did not go to the young talent. The French paid crazy for the Croatian championship a sum of eight million euros, and the season Dejan was already playing in France.

Going to "Lyon"

The championship of France is one of the five strongest championships in Europe, so the transition to such a club has become a real leap for such a football player as Dejan Lovren. The biography of the defender was only just beginning - he was only twenty years old when he became a base player in one of the largest clubs in France. There he spent three and a half years, winning 102 matches and winning the 2012 French Cup. However, he was aiming clearly at the much-loved England championship, which he moved to in 2013.

Moving to England

The new Croatian club was Southampton, who paid Lion for the defender ten million euros. Dejan Lovren with his wife happily moved to the UK, which has long been dreamed of. Naturally, he immediately ended up in the starting lineup and played 31 matches for the year, scoring two goals. His game, he attracted his current club, "Liverpool", rasstavshiysya with 25 million euros to get a 25-year-old defender. He was the third-largest defender of that year, behind only Mangal and Benatia, who moved to Manchester City and Bayern.

Performances for "Liverpool"

In the two years that the defender held at Liverpool, everyone is used to seeing Dejan Lovren's standard goal - he always is, he is always alone. During these two seasons, the Croat played in 77 games and continues to be one of the key players of Liverpool and the pillar of defense. In the new season he already played in five games and scored his standard goal - given that it happened at the beginning of the season, there is a possibility that he will be able to score even more.

Career in the national team

As for the Croatian national team, here Lovren debuted in 2009, when he was only twenty years old. He was declared already on the game of the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup with Belarus, but remained on the bench. His chance he received in a friendly match with the national team of Qatar, which ended in a victory of the Croats with a score of 3: 2. Directly to the World Championship Lovren would not go, because he was too young, but the Croats could not qualify. At Euro 2012, Deyan did not hit, as he was injured, but at the World Cup in 2014 he went as a player of the base. He spent all three matches from whistle to whistle, but could not pass the group stage. At the European Championship in 2016 the Croats went, but Lovren was not included in the application because of the conflict with the head coach, so to this day the last match for the team at Lovren is a friendly game against the Israeli team in March 2016.