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Dejan Lovren

Dejan Lovren

Defender - Centre-Back  at PAOK Thessaloniki
Age36
CitizenshipCroatia
Height1.88 m
Footright
BornJuly 5, 1989
at PAOK Thessaloniki 615 days · joined 2024-09-16
👕500+ Apps 🏴100+ Caps Veteran
Market value €600k
Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
05/06
debut season
0.04
goals / match
Liverpool FC
top club · 185 apps

Career highs

€20.00m
peak value · 2014
€25.30m
top transfer fee · 14/15
2
best season · 08/09
132 / 11
int'l caps / goals
514Appearances
21Goals
14Assists
86Yellow cards
4Red cards
204Full matches (90′)
Full nameDejan Lovren
Date of birth1989-07-05 (36 yrs)
Place of birthZenica, Croatia
CitizenshipCroatia
PositionDefender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height188.00 m
Current clubPAOK Thessaloniki
Joined2024-09-16
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentROOF
OutfitterPuma
Jul 2025
25/26 — PAOK Thessaloniki
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2025
Injury: unknown
15 games missed
Dec 2024
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Sep 2024
Transfer: Olympique Lyon → PAOK Salonika
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
24/25 — PAOK Thessaloniki
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2023
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Olympique Lyon
11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2023
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jan 2023
Transfer: Zenit S-Pb → Olympique Lyon
22/23 · Transfer · €2.00m
Jul 2022
22/23 — Olympique Lyon, Zenit St. Petersburg
37 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Feb 2022
Injury: unknown
22 games missed
Sep 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Zenit St. Petersburg
19 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Aug 2020
Transfer: Liverpool → Zenit S-Pb
20/21 · Transfer · €12.00m
Jul 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Zenit St. Petersburg
28 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
Aug 2019
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Liverpool FC
15 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Apr 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Feb 2019
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jan 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Liverpool FC
18 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Liverpool FC
43 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Liverpool FC, Liverpool FC U23
33 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — Liverpool FC
39 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Southampton → Liverpool
14/15 · Transfer · €25.30m
Jul 2014
14/15 — Liverpool FC
38 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Southampton FC
31 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2013
Transfer: Olympique Lyon → Southampton
13/14 · Transfer · €10.00m
Jul 2012
12/13 — Olympique Lyon B, Olympique Lyon
25 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Olympique Lyon B, Olympique Lyon
32 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Olympique Lyon
37 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2010
Transfer: Dinamo Zagreb → Olympique Lyon
09/10 · Transfer · €9.00m
Jul 2009
09/10 — GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Olympique Lyon
35 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — GNK Dinamo Zagreb
32 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2008
Transfer: Inter Zapresic → Dinamo Zagreb
07/08 · Return from loan
Jul 2007
07/08 — NK Inter Zapresic
29 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
Transfer: Dinamo Zagreb → Inter Zapresic
06/07 · Loan
Jan 2006
Transfer: Din. Zagreb U17 → Dinamo Zagreb
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2005
05/06 — GNK Dinamo Zagreb
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €20.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
18,315 min
Minutes played by club
PAOK Thessaloniki 0.0%
Olympique Lyon 28.2%
Zenit St. Petersburg 12.2%
Liverpool FC 25.1%
Liverpool FC U23 0.0%
Southampton FC 7.6%
Olympique Lyon B 0.0%
GNK Dinamo Zagreb 13.4%
NK Inter Zapresic 13.6%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
PAOK Thessaloniki 2 24/25 25/26 11 0 0 0
Olympique Lyon 6 09/10 23/24 134 4 3 5,163
Zenit St. Petersburg 3 20/21 22/23 63 3 3 2,228
Liverpool FC 6 14/15 19/20 185 8 5 4,594
Liverpool FC U23 1 16/17 16/17 1 0 0 0
Southampton FC 1 13/14 13/14 31 2 1 1,394
Olympique Lyon B 2 11/12 12/13 2 0 0 0
GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3 05/06 09/10 58 3 1 2,446
NK Inter Zapresic 1 07/08 07/08 29 1 1 2,490

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

1€5M2€10M3€15M4€20M07/08 — 1 goals (NK Inter Zapresic)07/08 — 1 assists207/0808/09 — 2 goals (GNK Dinamo Zagreb)208/0909/10 — 1 goals (GNK Dinamo Zagreb)09/10 — 2 assists309/1010/11 — 1 goals (Olympique Lyon)110/1111/12 — 1 goals (Olympique Lyon)11/12 — 1 assists211/1212/13 — 1 goals (Olympique Lyon)12/13 — 1 assists212/1313/14 — 2 goals (Southampton FC)13/14 — 1 assists313/1414/15 — 1 goals (Liverpool FC)114/1515/16 — 1 goals (Liverpool FC)115/1616/17 — 2 goals (Liverpool FC)16/17 — 1 assists316/1717/18 — 2 goals (Liverpool FC)17/18 — 2 assists417/1818/19 — 1 goals (Liverpool FC)18/19 — 1 assists218/1919/20 — 1 goals (Liverpool FC)19/20 — 1 assists219/2020/21 — 2 goals (Zenit St. Petersburg)20/21 — 2 assists420/2121/2222/23 — 2 goals (Olympique Lyon)22/23 — 1 assists322/2323/2424/2525/2607/08 — €900K08/09 — €1.3M09/10 — €2.5M10/11 — €7.5M11/12 — €8M12/13 — €8M13/14 — €10M14/15 — €20M15/16 — €15M16/17 — €15M17/18 — €17M18/19 — €20M19/20 — €20M20/21 — €16M21/22 — €10M22/23 — €4.5M23/24 — €3M24/25 — €1.2M25/26 — €600KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

05/06: 0005/0607/08: 1107/0808/09: 2208/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 2216/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

05/06: 0005/0607/08: 1107/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 2209/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Europa League Qualifying PAOK Thessaloniki 0 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Kypello Elladas PAOK Thessaloniki 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 7 0 0 2 0 0
23/24 Coupe de France Olympique Lyon 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon 10 0 0 2 1 0
22/23 Coupe de France Olympique Lyon 4 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon 17 1 0 2 0 1,462
22/23 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 15 1 1 1 0 1,305
22/23 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Champions League Zenit St. Petersburg 4 0 0 2 0 0
21/22 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 14 0 0 2 0 0
21/22 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Champions League Zenit St. Petersburg 5 0 1 3 0 0
20/21 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 21 2 0 5 0 923
20/21 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Champions League Liverpool FC 3 1 0 0 0 233
19/20 Community Shield Liverpool FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 EFL Cup Liverpool FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 FA Cup Liverpool FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Premier League Liverpool FC 10 0 1 1 0 0
18/19 Champions League Liverpool FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 EFL Cup Liverpool FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Liverpool FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Premier League Liverpool FC 13 1 1 1 0 986
17/18 Champions League Liverpool FC 12 0 1 2 0 0
17/18 Champions League Qu. Liverpool FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 FA Cup Liverpool FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League Liverpool FC 29 2 1 4 0 1,063
16/17 EFL Cup Liverpool FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier League Liverpool FC 29 2 1 6 0 1,277
16/17 Premier League 2 Liverpool FC U23 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Europa League Liverpool FC 10 1 0 3 0 900
15/16 FA Cup Liverpool FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 League Cup Liverpool FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premier League Liverpool FC 24 0 0 2 0 0
14/15 Champions League Liverpool FC 4 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 Europa League Liverpool FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Liverpool FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Liverpool FC 2 1 0 0 0 135
14/15 Premier League Liverpool FC 26 0 0 4 0 0
13/14 Premier League Southampton FC 31 2 1 7 0 1,394
12/13 CFA - Grp. C Olympique Lyon B 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Coupe de la Ligue Olympique Lyon 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Europa League Olympique Lyon 5 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon 18 1 1 3 2 1,560
11/12 CFA - Grp. B Olympique Lyon B 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Champions League Olympique Lyon 6 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 Champions League Qu. Olympique Lyon 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Coupe de France Olympique Lyon 3 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 Coupe de la Ligue Olympique Lyon 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon 18 1 1 3 0 1,601
10/11 Champions League Olympique Lyon 6 1 0 2 0 540
10/11 Coupe de France Olympique Lyon 2 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Coupe de la Ligue Olympique Lyon 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon 28 0 0 6 0 0
09/10 Champions League Qu. GNK Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 2 0 315
09/10 Coupe de France Olympique Lyon 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 Coupe de la Ligue Olympique Lyon 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League GNK Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 0 2 0 0
09/10 Europa League Qualifying GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon 8 0 1 0 0 0
09/10 SuperSport HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 14 0 1 1 0 0
08/09 Champions League Qu. GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Hrvatski nogometni kup GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2 0 0 1 0 0
08/09 SuperSport HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 22 1 0 3 0 1,787
08/09 UEFA Cup GNK Dinamo Zagreb 5 1 0 1 0 344
07/08 SuperSport HNL NK Inter Zapresic 29 1 1 3 1 2,490
05/06 SuperSport HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
05/06 2006-01-01 Din. Zagreb U17 Dinamo Zagreb Transfer 0
06/07 2006-07-17 Dinamo Zagreb Inter Zapresic Loan 800000
07/08 2008-06-30 Inter Zapresic Dinamo Zagreb Return from loan 1100000
09/10 2010-01-13 Dinamo Zagreb Olympique Lyon Transfer 2500000 €9.00m
13/14 2013-07-01 Olympique Lyon Southampton Transfer 7000000 €10.00m
14/15 2014-07-27 Southampton Liverpool Transfer 12000000 €25.30m
20/21 2020-08-01 Liverpool Zenit S-Pb Transfer 12000000 €12.00m
22/23 2023-01-02 Zenit S-Pb Olympique Lyon Transfer 3500000 €2.00m
24/25 2024-09-16 Olympique Lyon PAOK Salonika Transfer 1200000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
18/19 Hamstring injury 2019-01-08 2019-01-29 22 2
18/19 Muscle injury 2019-02-01 2019-03-09 37 6
18/19 Ill 2019-04-16 2019-04-25 10 2
19/20 Ill 2019-08-11 2019-08-30 20 3
19/20 Knock 2019-12-08 2019-12-09 2 0
19/20 Muscle injury 2019-12-13 2020-01-24 43 11
19/20 Knock 2020-07-02 2020-07-10 9 3
20/21 Ill 2020-11-27 2020-12-07 11 3
20/21 Muscle injury 2021-04-15 2021-06-14 61 8
21/22 Leg injury 2021-09-12 2021-09-27 16 3
21/22 Ankle injury 2022-02-11 2022-06-27 137 22
22/23 Dead leg 2023-05-16 2023-06-10 26 3
23/24 Muscle injury 2023-07-14 2023-08-31 49 3
24/25 Calf problems 2024-12-06 2024-12-13 8 2
24/25 Ankle injury 2025-01-12 2025-04-09 88 15
Current€600k
Peak€20.00m
Low€600k
Δ since start−€200k
€600k€5.45m€10.30m€15.15m€20.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €16.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.10m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #29380 5 0 former national player
Team #28207 2 0 former national player
Team #21141 18 2 former national player
Team #17379 10 1 former national player
Team #11943 19 3 former national player
Team #3556 #6 78 5 retired national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Jordan Henderson 2 0 0
Roberto Firmino 2 2 0
James Milner 2 2 0
Simon Mignolet 2 0 0
Emre Can 2 0 0
Philippe Coutinho 2 3 0
Nathaniel Clyne 2 0 0
Georginio Wijnaldum 2 0 0
Alberto Moreno 2 0 0
Sadio Mané 2 1 0
Hugo Lloris 2 0 0
Alexandre Lacazette 2 0 0
Ivan Perišić 2 2 0
Mohamed Salah 2 0 0
Divock Origi 2 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
13/14 Premier League Southampton FC 2 31
17/18 Premier League Liverpool FC 2 29
16/17 Premier League Liverpool FC 2 29

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
07/08 SuperSport HNL NK Inter Zapresic 1 29
09/10 SuperSport HNL GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1 14
09/10 Ligue 1 Olympique Lyon 1 8

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
07/08 2008-06-30 Inter Zapresic Dinamo Zagreb Return from loan €1.10m
06/07 2006-07-17 Dinamo Zagreb Inter Zapresic Loan €800k

Teams faced most often by Dejan Lovren's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Chelsea FC 52 17 17 18 65 69 -4 33%
Arsenal FC 52 13 21 18 94 93 +1 25%
Everton FC 51 22 18 11 74 49 +25 43%
Manchester City 49 18 11 20 72 86 -14 37%
Tottenham Hotspur 44 18 8 18 68 65 +3 41%
Manchester United 42 10 13 19 49 56 -7 24%
West Ham United 42 20 8 14 72 54 +18 48%
Newcastle United 38 19 8 11 77 44 +33 50%
Stoke City 34 13 12 9 47 38 +9 38%
Crystal Palace 34 21 4 9 60 41 +19 62%
West Bromwich Albion 32 15 9 8 39 30 +9 47%
Burnley FC 32 16 7 9 52 32 +20 50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
05/06 Senior debut season
07/08 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 9 0 2 1 0 0
23/24 11 0 2 0 1 0
22/23 37 2,767 5 0 0 0.16
21/22 19 0 4 0 0 0
20/21 28 923 8 0 0 0.78
19/20 15 233 1 0 0 0.39
18/19 18 986 1 0 0 0.09
17/18 43 1,063 6 0 0 0.51
16/17 33 1,277 6 0 0 0.42
15/16 39 900 6 0 0 0.6
14/15 38 135 6 0 0 4
13/14 31 1,394 7 0 0 0.45
12/13 25 1,560 4 1 2 0.4
11/12 32 1,601 5 2 0 0.39
10/11 37 540 8 2 0 1.67
09/10 35 315 7 0 0 2
08/09 32 2,131 5 1 0 0.25
07/08 29 2,490 3 0 1 0.14

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premier League
162 apps
7 G
5 A
Ligue 1
99 apps
3 G
3 A
Premier Liga
50 apps
3 G
1 A
Champions League
43 apps
2 G
2 A
SuperSport HNL
66 apps
2 G
2 A
League Cup
11 apps
1 G
0 A
Champions League Qu.
11 apps
1 G
0 A
Europa League
23 apps
1 G
0 A
UEFA Cup
5 apps
1 G
0 A
Russian Cup
2 apps
0 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Dejan Lovren

Who is Dejan Lovren?

Dejan Lovren is a Croatia professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for PAOK Thessaloniki.

How old is Dejan Lovren?

Dejan Lovren is 36 years old. He was born on July 5, 1989 in Zenica.

What position does Dejan Lovren play?

Dejan Lovren plays as a centre-back (Defender - Centre-Back).

What club does Dejan Lovren play for?

Dejan Lovren currently plays for PAOK Thessaloniki.

How many career goals has Dejan Lovren scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Dejan Lovren has scored 21 goals in 514 appearances.

What is Dejan Lovren's market value?

Dejan Lovren's most recent reported market value is €600k.