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- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Dejan Lovren is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a center back for Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Croatia national team. Lovren began his career at Dinamo Zagreb before moving to Olympique Lyonnais in January 2010. He 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. After one season with Southampton, he joined Liverpool for £20 million. He 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. Having previously represented Croatia at various youth levels, he made his senior debut in 2009 and has since gone on to make over 50 appearances for his country. He was selected in Croatia's squads for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the latter of which were beaten finalists against France.- IMDb Mini Biography By: -
- SpouseAnita Lovren (née Sekulic)(July 2012 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenElena LovrenJosip Lovren
- ParentsSasa LovrenSilva Lovren (née Trgovcevic)
- He speaks Croatian, German, English and French.
- Has two children: daughter Elena Lovren (born 28 August 2012) and son Josip Lovren (born 21 June 2015) with wife Anita Lovren.
- In 2016, the public found out about his wife Anita's affair with a forestry worker Dario Torbic, an old friend of hers. He tried and managed to save their marriage with a make-or-break holiday in June, since he was not chosen for Croatia's Euro 2016 squad.
- In late April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he endorsed vaccine hesitancy and misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing posts by conspiracy theorists Rashid Buttar, David Icke and Ivan Pernar.
- During 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, paparazzi leaked explicit photos of several Croatian internationals taking a "skinny dip" in the pool of a Brazilian hotel. Lovren reportedly suffered the most since almost his entire body was exposed.
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