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Lorena Balić

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Lorena Balić
Personal information
Full name Lorena Balić
Date of birth (1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014- Osijek 178 (306)
International career
2013 Croatia U17 2 (2)
2016 Croatia U19 3 (1)
2021– Croatia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024

Lorena Balić (born 28 February 1998) is a Croatian football forward currently playing for Osijek in the Prva HNLŽ, and the Croatia national team. She is also the second leading goal scorer of the Prva HNLŽ with 305 goals, behind Izabela Lojna.

Club career

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Balić started her career in 2014 making her debut for Osijek in a 5–0 victory over ZNK Angram, however she failed to score.[1] She played the majority of the 2014/15 season in Osijek’s youth set up scoring 18 goals in 5 ISTOK youth league matches.[2]

Balić only came to life as an outstanding forward in the 2017-18 season when she broke the record for scoring the most goals in a Croatian league season, with 61 goals, beating previous holder of the record, Mateja Andrlić, by 18 goals. Balić also hold the record for the most goals in the Croatian league with 268 league goals.[3][4]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Only official games are included in this table.[5]
Club Season Prva HNLŽ Croatian Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Osijek 2013-14 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 3
2014-15 8 11 1 2 5 2 14 15
2015-16 12 15 3 1 0 0 15 16
2016-17 16 8 1 1 0 0 17 9
2017-18 18 61 2 2 3 3 23 66
2018-19 17 24 4 9 3 3 24 36
2019-20 20 42 1 3 0 0 21 45
2020-21 19 44 4 11 0 0 23 55
2021-22 20 33 4 10 4 1 28 44
2022-23 20 33 2 2 0 0 22 35
2023-24 20 28 4 7 2 2 26 37
2024-25 9 7 2 4 4 1 15 12
Total 183 309 28 52 21 12 232 374

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ https://semafor.hns.family/utakmice/228391/znk-agram-znk-osijek-0-5/
  2. ^ https://semafor.hns.family/natjecanja/23067/hnlzm-istok-2014/
  3. ^ https://semafor.hns.family/natjecanja/9585963/1-hnlz/
  4. ^ https://semafor.hns.family/igraci/148204/lorena-balic/
  5. ^ https://semafor.hns.family/igraci/148204/lorena-balic/
  6. ^ "Nogometašice Osijeka osmicom po treći ovosezonski trofej". Glas Slavonije.