Dion Drena Beljo
{{Short description|Croatian footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Family name hatnote|Beljo|lang=Croatian}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dion Drena Beljo
| image =
| fullname = Dion Drena Beljo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|1|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Dion Drena Beljo {{!}} Croatia {{!}} UEFA Nations League |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/teams/players/250137502--dion-drena-beljo/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |website=UEFA}}
| birth_place = Zagreb, Croatia{{WorldFootball.net|dion-beljo}}
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Rapid Wien
| clubnumber = 7
| youthyears1 = 2010–2019
| youthclubs1 = Cibalia
| youthyears2 = 2019–2021
| youthclubs2 = Osijek
| years1 = 2018–2019
| clubs1 = Cibalia
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2019–2021
| clubs2 = Osijek II
| caps2 = 38
| goals2 = 9
| years3 = 2020–2023
| clubs3 = Osijek
| caps3 = 31
| goals3 = 9
| years4 = 2021–2022
| clubs4 = → Istra 1961 (loan)
| caps4 = 34
| goals4 = 15
| years5 = 2023–
| clubs5 = Augsburg
| caps5 = 48
| goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2024–
| clubs6 = → Rapid Wien (loan)
| caps6 = 23
| goals6 = 9
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = Croatia U16
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2018
| nationalteam2 = Croatia U17
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2019
| nationalteam3 = Croatia U18
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2019–2021
| nationalteam4 = Croatia U19
| nationalcaps4 = 5
| nationalgoals4 = 2
| nationalyears5 = 2021–
| nationalteam5 = Croatia U21
| nationalcaps5 = 12
| nationalgoals5 = 3
| nationalyears6 = 2023–
| nationalteam6 = Croatia
| nationalcaps6 = 2
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|CRO}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|UEFA Nations League}}
{{Medal|RU|2023 Netherlands|}}
| club-update = 13 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 19 October 2023
}}
Dion Drena Beljo (born 1 March 2002) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien, on loan from Bundesliga club Augsburg, and the Croatia national team.
Club career
Born 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.{{cite web |url=https://vinkulja.hr/tandem-dabro-beljo-u-cibalijinom-dresu-snovi-su-barem-besplatni/ |title=Tandem Dabro-Beljo u Cibalijinom dresu? Snovi su barem besplatni… |trans-title=The Dabro-Beljo tandem in Cibalia's jersey? Dreams are at least free… |first=Damir|last=Begović |date=2 November 2021 |accessdate=14 May 2022 |website=vinkulja.hr |lang=hr}} In 2019 he moved to first division club NK Osijek, and in June 2020, he signed a professional contract with the club.{{Cite web |url=https://telesport.telegram.hr/na-prvu/pogled-u-buducnost-dion-drena-beljo-potpisao-prvi-profesionalni-ugovor-s-osijekom/ |title=Pogled u budućnost: Dion Drena Beljo potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor s Osijekom |date=2020-06-10 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=telesport.telegram.hr |lang=hr}} In July 2021, he was loaned out to Istra 1961 for the 2021–22 season.{{Cite web |url=https://nkistra.com/en/welcome-dion-drena-beljo/ |title=Welcome Dion Drena Beljo |date=2021-07-14 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=nkistra.com}} 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.
= Augsburg =
On 13 January 2023, Beljo joined FC Augsburg on a four-and-a-half-year contract for €3 million fee.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-13 |title=FCA sign promising Croatian striker Dion Beljo |url=https://www.fcaugsburg.de/en/article/fca-sign-promising-croatian-striker-dion-beljo-17138 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Augsburg |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Augsburg win fourth straight home game as Dion Beljo and Arne Maier see off Werder Bremen |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/augsburg-werder-bremen-live-team-news-match-stats-fullkrug-berisha-weiser-22818 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website |language=en}}
On 9 July 2024, Beljo moved to Rapid Wien in Austria on a season-long loan with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=SK Rapid Wien|url=https://www.skrapid.at/de/startseite/news/news/aktuelles/2024/07/dion-beljo-ist-rapidler|title=Dion Beljo ist Rapidler|trans-title=Dion Beljo is a Rapid player|date=9 July 2024|access-date=9 July 2024|language=de}}
International career
In June 2023 he was called up to the senior Croatia squad for the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals.{{cite web |title=Here is #Croatia squad |url=https://twitter.com/HNS_CFF/status/1660586425593544704 |website=Twitter |publisher=HNS}}
Personal life
Beljo is named Dion after Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, while Drena was his grandfather's nickname.{{cite web|url=https://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/rubrika/nogomet/dion-drena-beljo-potpisao-petogodisnji-ugovor-s-osijekom---608859.html|title=Talentirani napadač, koji ima dva (neobična) imena, potpisao ugovor s Osijekom|trans-title=The talented striker, who has two (unusual) names, signed a contract with Osijek|date=11 June 2020|accessdate=14 May 2022|website=gol.dnevnik.hr|language=Croatian}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 17 April 2025}}{{Sofascore|995773|access-date=13 January 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| rowspan="3"|Osijek II
|14 | 4 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21
|2. HNL |24 | 5 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | |24 | 5 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 |
| rowspan="4"|Osijek
|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{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | 19 | 9 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!31 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 |
| Istra 1961 (loan)
|1. HNL |34 | 15 | 3 | 5 | colspan="2"|– | |37 | 20 | |
| rowspan="3"|FC Augsburg
|18 | 3 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24
|Bundesliga |26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 45 | 5 | |
| Rapid Wien (loan)
|23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 16{{efn|Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances and five goals in UEFA Conference League}} | 5 | 42 | 15 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!167 | 47 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 193 | 58 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|569997}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|dion-beljo}}
- {{CFF player|198025/dion-drena-beljo}}
- [https://semafor.hns.family/en/players/198025/dion-drena-beljo/ Dion Drena Beljo] at the Croatian Football Federation Semafor site
{{SK Rapid Wien squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beljo, Dion Drena}}
Category:Footballers from Zagreb
Category:Croatian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Croatian sportsmen
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Croatia men's youth international footballers
Category:Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Croatia men's international footballers
Category:NK Istra 1961 players
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:First Football League (Croatia) players
Category:Second Football League (Croatia) players
Category:Croatian Football League players
Category:Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany