Dion Drena Beljo (born 1 March 2002) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Croatian HNL club Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia national team.
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| Date of birth | 1 March 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | FC Augsburg | 44 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Rapid Wien (loan) | 29 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Dinamo Zagreb | 35 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Croatia U16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Croatia U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Croatia U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Croatia U19 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Croatia U21 | 16 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Croatia | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in a hospital in Črnomerec, a district of Zagreb, Beljo moved to Vinkovci at a young age, where he started his career with Cibalia, playing for the club's youth teams.[3] 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, Beljo scored ten goals and nine assists, whilst his team finished in first place and secured promotion to the Prva NL.[4] In 2019, he moved to first division club NK Osijek and signed a professional contract with the club one year later.[5] In July 2021, moved to Istra 1961 on loan for the 2021–22 season.[6] 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]
Playing abroad
editOn 13 January 2023, Beljo joined FC Augsburg on a four-and-a-half-year contract for €3 million fee.[7] He made his Bundesliga debut on 22 January in a 3–4 loss against Borussia Dortmund. On 4 March 2023, Beljo scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory against SV Werder Bremen.[8]
On 9 July 2024, Beljo moved to Rapid Wien in Austria on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[9]
Return to Croatia
editOn 16 July 2025, Beljo returned to Croatia and signed a multi-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb.[10] He scored 31 league goals in his debut season, as his club secured their 26th Croatian league title.[11]
International career
editIn June 2023, Beljo was called up to the senior Croatia squad for the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals.[12] The same year on 12 October, he debuted in a 0–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying home loss against Turkey.[13]
Personal life
editCareer statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 17 May 2026[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | 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 | — | — | — | 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[b] | 0 | — | 19 | 9 | ||
| Total | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16[c] | 5 | 1[d] | 0 | 49 | 18 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2025–26 | 1. HNL | 35 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 8[e] | 5 | — | 47 | 38 | |
| Career total | 211 | 79 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 251 | 100 | ||
- ↑ Includes Croatian Cup, Austrian Cup
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances and five goals in UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in Austrian Bundesliga European play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
editHonours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Dion Drena Beljo | Croatia | UEFA Nations League". UEFA. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- 1 2 3 Dion Drena Beljo at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Beljo: 'Imam korijene u Zagrebu, povezan sam s ovim gradom i izuzetno mi je drago što sam se vratio'". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ↑ 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). Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. 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". NK Istra. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "FCA sign promising Croatian striker Dion Beljo". FC Augsburg. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ↑ "Augsburg win fourth straight home game as Dion Beljo and Arne Maier see off Werder Bremen". Bundesliga. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ "Dion Beljo ist Rapidler" [Dion Beljo is a Rapid player]. SK Rapid Wien (in German). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ↑ "Novi Plavi Devet" [The New Blue Nine] (in Croatian). Dinamo Zagreb. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ↑ "Dion Drena Beljo proglašen najboljim igračem HNL-a: Evo tko su dobitnici ostalih nagrada". gol.hr (in Croatian). 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "Dalić objavio popis igrača za utakmice Lige nacija" [Dalić announces list of players for Nations League matches]. Sportska Televizija (in Croatian). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ↑ "Jedan hrvatski igrač zauvijek će pamtiti Tursku u Osijeku: "Hvala izborniku i publici na odličnoj atmosferi"" [One Croatian footballer will forever remember Turkey in Osijek: "Thank you to the coach and fans for the great atmosphere"]. gol.dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Dion Drena Beljo at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Strijelci - SuperSport HNL". hnl.hr.
- ↑ "Dion Drena Beljo proglašen najboljim igračem SHNL-a" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. 25 May 2026.
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