Dion Drena Beljo

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Dion Drena Beljo
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-03-01) 1 March 2002 (age 23) [1]
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia [2]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2019 Cibalia
2019–2021 Osijek
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 Augsburg 48 (7)
2024–2025 → Rapid Wien (loan) 29 (10)
2025– Dinamo Zagreb 4 (4)
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
Men's football
Representing Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up 2023 Netherlands
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024

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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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, Beljo scored ten goals and nine assists, whilst his team finished in first place and secured promotion to the Prva NL. [3] In 2019, he moved to first division club NK Osijek and signed a professional contract with the club one year later. [4] In July 2021, moved to Istra 1961 on loan for the 2021–22 season. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7]

On 9 July 2024, Beljo moved to Rapid Wien in Austria on a season-long loan with an option to buy. [8]

Return to Croatia

On 16 July 2025, Beljo returned to Croatia and signed a multi-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb. [9]

International career

In June 2023, Beljo was called up to the senior Croatia squad for the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals. [10] The same year on 12 October, he debuted in a 0–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying home loss against Turkey. [11]

Personal life

Beljo is named Dion after Dionysus, the Greek God of wine, while Drena was his grandfather's nickname. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 August 2025 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Osijek II 2019–20 2. HNL 144––144
2020–21 2. HNL245––245
Total3890000389
Osijek 2019–20 1. HNL 60000060
2020–21 1. HNL911000101
2022–23 1. HNL168211 [b] 0199
Total31930103510
Istra 1961 (loan) 2021–22 1. HNL341535–3720
FC Augsburg 2022–23 Bundesliga 183––183
2023–24 Bundesliga26210–272
Total44510–455
Rapid Wien (loan) 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 29103116 [c] 54816
Dinamo Zagreb 2025–26 Croatian Football League 44000044
Career total1775210617520363
  1. ↑ Includes Croatian Football Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances and five goals in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ↑ "Dion Drena Beljo | Croatia | UEFA Nations League". UEFA. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Dion Drena Beljo at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Pogled u budućnost: Dion Drena Beljo potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor s Osijekom". telesport.telegram.hr (in Croatian). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Welcome Dion Drena Beljo". NK Istra. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "FCA sign promising Croatian striker Dion Beljo". FC Augsburg. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Augsburg win fourth straight home game as Dion Beljo and Arne Maier see off Werder Bremen". Bundesliga. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Dion Beljo ist Rapidler" [Dion Beljo is a Rapid player]. SK Rapid Wien (in German). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Novi Plavi Devet" [The New Blue Nine] (in Croatian). Dinamo Zagreb. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ Dion Drena Beljo at Sofascore . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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