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Dinamo Zagreb: Club Career

Lovren first played for Dinamo Zagreb's youth teams before making his professional debut for them in 2006. He spent two seasons on loan at NK Inter Zaprešić before returning to Dinamo Zagreb where he became a regular starter, making over 30 appearances in two seasons and scoring three goals. In January 2010, Lovren signed with French club Lyon for €8 million on a four-and-a-half year contract. He made over 20 appearances in his first half season with Lyon and gradually established himself as a starter, playing both center back and full back. In 2012, Lovren extended his contract with Lyon through 2016.

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Dinamo Zagreb: Club Career

Lovren first played for Dinamo Zagreb's youth teams before making his professional debut for them in 2006. He spent two seasons on loan at NK Inter Zaprešić before returning to Dinamo Zagreb where he became a regular starter, making over 30 appearances in two seasons and scoring three goals. In January 2010, Lovren signed with French club Lyon for €8 million on a four-and-a-half year contract. He made over 20 appearances in his first half season with Lyon and gradually established himself as a starter, playing both center back and full back. In 2012, Lovren extended his contract with Lyon through 2016.

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Club career[edit]

Dinamo Zagreb[edit]
Lovren first played football in Germany with Munich-based BSC Sendling.[8] After moving to Croatia,
he played for local teams NK Ilovac and NK Karlovac as a youth before joining GNK Dinamo
Zagreb in 2004.
On 10 May 2006, he made his debut for Dinamo in a Croatian First Football League match
against NK Varteks Varaždin. On 17 July 2006, Lovren was loaned to NK Inter Zaprešić for two
seasons where he made 50 league appearances and scored one goal. Following his return from
loan Lovren regularly featured in Dinamo's starting XI, appearing in 38 matches throughout
the 2008–09 season and scoring three goals. In the 2009–10 season, he featured in all four of
Dinamo's UEFA Champions Leaguequalifiers against Pyunik Yerevan and Red Bull Salzburg, and
managed to score a header against Pyunik.[9]

Lyon[edit]

Lovren playing for Lyon in 2010

In January 2010, Lovren signed for French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais for €8 million plus
€1.5 million in incentives on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[10] He made his competitive debut on 24
January 2010 in their 2–1 defeat at AS Monaco in the Coupe de France, playing the full match. His
Ligue 1 debut came on 31 January in Lyon's 2–1 win at home against Paris Saint-Germain, once
again playing the full 90 minutes. During the second half of the season, he made 10 appearances,
mostly as a substitute. He was not allowed to participate in Lyon's matches in the UEFA Champions
League that season as he had already played in the competition for Dinamo Zagreb.
Lovren's playing time increased during the 2010–11 season following the departure of two other
defenders, Jean-Alain Boumsong and Mathieu Bodmer, in the summer of 2010. During the season,
he gradually established himself as a first team regular starter, playing as a centre-back
alongside Cris as well as being used as a right or left full-back, demonstrating himself as a versatile
defender.[11] In November 2010 Lovren was listed in the Don Balón list of the 100 best young players
in the world.[12]
On 23 January 2012, Lovren extended his contract with Lyon for two more seasons, signing with the
French club until 2016. He started for Lyon in the 2012 Coupe de France Final, a 1–0 win
over Quevilly, but was substituted after 18 minutes for Bakary Koné.

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