Lovro Medić
{{Short description|Croatian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
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| fullname = Lovro Medić
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|10|23}}
| birth_place = Zagreb, Croatia
| height = {{height|m=1.89}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Zagreb
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2001–2009 | youthclubs1 = Zagreb
| years1 = 2009–2016 | clubs1 = Zagreb | caps1 = 178 | goals1 = 31
| years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = Boavista | caps2 = 0| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2017 | clubs3 = → Gafanha (loan) | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2018– | clubs4 = Zagreb | caps4 = 112 | goals4 = 34
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| club-update = 08:08, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 14:44, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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Lovro Medić (born 23 October 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for NK Zagreb as a forward.
Club career
A product of the NK Zagreb academy, Medić made his Prva HNL debut in the 2009–10 season, starting in the 6 March 2010 1-0 away loss against NK Lokomotiva.{{cite web|title=Lokomotiva opet bolja od Zagreba|url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/393019/nogomet-1-hnl/lokomotiva-opet-bolja-od-zagreba/|publisher=Sportnet|accessdate=31 December 2014}} He became a first team regular the following season, which drew controversy, and outrage from the Zagreb fans, the White Angels, as they believe that to be a case of nepotism,{{cite web|title=Priopćenje udruge 06.12.2012.|url=http://www.bijeliandjeli.hr/home/priopenje-udruge-06122012/|work=bijeliandjeli.hr|accessdate=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141231141053/http://www.bijeliandjeli.hr/home/priopenje-udruge-06122012/|archive-date=31 December 2014|url-status=dead}} as Lovro is the son of the controversial NK Zagreb president, Dražen Medić, their dissatisfaction bolstered by the player's long scoring drought, broken only in 15 October 2011 when he scored the game-winning goal in the 88th minute of their 0-1 away win against NK Istra 1961.{{cite web|title=Lovro Medić u završnici donio pobjedu|url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/426661/nogomet-1-hnl/lovro-medic-u-zavrsnici-donio-pobjedu/|publisher=Sportnet|accessdate=31 December 2014}} He remained, nonetheless, a fixture in the following seasons where he was one of top club scorers each of the seasons until finally On 30 June 2016, he signed for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Boavista F.C.{{cite web | url=https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/medicev-sin-potpisao-za-portugalskog-prvoligasa/903366.aspx | title=Medićev sin potpisao za portugalskog prvoligaša | date=30 June 2016 | publisher=IndexHR | accessdate=24 January 2019 }} He remained without a club between 2017-2018, before resigning with NK Zagreb.
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|lovro-medic/85635}}
- {{CFF player|19429/lovro-medic}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231161244/http://www.hrsport.net/nogomet/klubovi/zagreb/?igracID=7762 |date=31 December 2014 |title=HR Sport profile}}
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Category:Footballers from Zagreb
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Croatian men's footballers
Category:Boavista F.C. players
Category:Croatian Football League players
Category:First Football League (Croatia) players
Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Category:Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal