Dion Drena Beljo
Croatian footballer (born 2002)
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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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Beljo with Rapid Wien in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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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 4 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born 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
On 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
On 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
In 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
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 4 August 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 | |
| 2026–27 | 1. HNL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3[f] | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | 35 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | — | 50 | 41 | |||
| Career total | 211 | 79 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 254 | 101 | ||
- 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
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 15 October 2023[16]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Croatia | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
