Dion Drena Beljo (born 1 March 2002) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian club Rapid Wien on loan from the German side Augsburg,
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| Full name | Dion Drena Beljo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 March 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Rapid Wien | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2019 | Cibalia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Osijek | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Cibalia | 24 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Osijek II | 38 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Osijek | 31 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 34 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Augsburg | 48 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Rapid Wien (loan) | 13 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Croatia U16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Croatia U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Croatia U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Croatia U19 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Croatia U21 | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Croatia | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 October 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Zagreb, Beljo started his career with Cibalia, playing for the club's youth teams. In the 2018−19 season, he started playing for the Cibalia first team in the Druga NL, the third tier of the Croatian football league system. In his debut season, he amassed ten goals and nine assists, while his team finished in first place and secured promotion to the Prva NL.[3] In 2019 he moved to first division club NK Osijek, and in June 2020, he signed a professional contract with the club.[4] In July 2021, he was loaned out to Istra 1961 for the 2021–22 season.[5] Beljo was a starter for Istra, appearing in 34 league matches, in which he scored 15 goals. After the end of his loan spell, he returned to Osijek, where he scored eight goals in 15 appearances during the first half of the 2022–23 season.[2]
Augsburg
editOn 13 January 2023, Beljo joined FC Augsburg on a four-and-a-half-year contract for €3 million fee.[6] He made his Bundesliga debut on 22 January in a 3–4 loss against Borussia Dortmund. On 4 March 2023, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win over SV Werder Bremen.[7]
On 9 July 2024, Beljo moved to Rapid Wien in Austria on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[8]
International career
editIn June 2023 he was called up to the senior Croatia squad for the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals.[9]
Personal life
editBeljo is named Dion after Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, while Drena was his grandfather's nickname.[10]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 28 November 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Osijek II | 2019–20 | 2. HNL | 14 | 4 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | 2. HNL | 24 | 5 | – | – | 24 | 5 | |||
| Total | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | ||
| Osijek | 2019–20 | 1. HNL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 1. HNL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | 1. HNL | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 19 | 9 | |
| Total | 31 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | ||
| Istra 1961 (loan) | 2021–22 | 1. HNL | 34 | 15 | 3 | 5 | – | 37 | 20 | |
| FC Augsburg | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 18 | 3 | – | – | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 2 | ||
| Total | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 45 | 5 | |||
| Rapid Wien (loan) | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10[b] | 1 | 26 | 10 |
| Career total | 157 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 178 | 54 | ||
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League
Honours
editCroatia
- UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2022–23
Individual
- Croatian Cup Top goalscorer: 2021–22
References
edit- ^ "Dion Drena Beljo | Croatia | UEFA Nations League". UEFA. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Dion Drena Beljo at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Begović, Damir (2 November 2021). "Tandem Dabro-Beljo u Cibalijinom dresu? Snovi su barem besplatni…" [The Dabro-Beljo tandem in Cibalia's jersey? Dreams are at least free…]. vinkulja.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Pogled u budućnost: Dion Drena Beljo potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor s Osijekom". telesport.telegram.hr (in Croatian). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "Welcome Dion Drena Beljo". nkistra.com. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "FCA sign promising Croatian striker Dion Beljo". Augsburg. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Augsburg win fourth straight home game as Dion Beljo and Arne Maier see off Werder Bremen". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Dion Beljo ist Rapidler" [Dion Beljo is a Rapid player] (in German). SK Rapid Wien. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Here is #Croatia squad". Twitter. HNS.
- ^ "Talentirani napadač, koji ima dva (neobična) imena, potpisao ugovor s Osijekom" [The talented striker, who has two (unusual) names, signed a contract with Osijek]. gol.dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Dion Drena Beljo at Sofascore. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
External links
edit- Dion Drena Beljo at Soccerway
- Dion Drena Beljo at WorldFootball.net
- Dion Drena Beljo at the Croatian Football Federation
- Dion Drena Beljo at the Croatian Football Federation Semafor site