Croatia international defender Diane Lovren has returned to the ranks of her former club Lyon on a two-and-a-half-year deal from Zenit St. Petersburg in Russia. Lovren played for the French club ten years ago.
Lovren, 33, 78 international caps for his country, had his first experience with Lyon between 2010 and 2013, before moving to the Premier League from Southampton (31 games, two goals) for €10m to Liverpool (2014-2020). With 185 appearances and 8 goals). With the Reds he won the English Premier League in 2020 and the Champions League in 2019.
Then he moved to the ranks of Zenit in 2020, where he led the armband (63 games, 3 goals), and won the Russian championship twice and the local Super Cup twice.
In his first leg with Lyon, he played 102 games and won the Coupe de France with him in 2012, accompanied by Alexandre Lacazette, who currently plays for the team.
