Dion Drena Beljo

Dion Drena Beljo
Beljo with Rapid Wien in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-03-01) 1 March 2002[1]
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia[2]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position Striker
Team information
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 38 (36)
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  Croatia
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up2023 Netherlands
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026
‡ 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.

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

Beljo is named Dion after Dionysus, the Greek God of wine, while Drena was his grandfather's nickname.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 August 2026[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Osijek II 2019–20 2. HNL 144———144
2020–21 2. HNL 245———245
Total 389———389
Osijek 2019–20 1. HNL 600000—60
2020–21 1. HNL 911000—101
2022–23 1. HNL 168211[b]0—199
Total 3193110—3510
Istra 1961 (loan) 2021–22 1. HNL 341535——3720
FC Augsburg 2022–23 Bundesliga 183———183
2023–24 Bundesliga 26210——272
Total 44510——455
Rapid Wien (loan) 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 29103316[c]51[d]04918
Dinamo Zagreb 2025–26 1. HNL 3531428[e]5—4738
2026–27 1. HNL 35006[f]2—97
Total 383642147—5645
Career total 214821411311210260105
  1. ↑ Includes Croatian 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
  4. ↑ Appearance in Austrian Bundesliga European play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 15 October 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia 202320
Total20

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

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. ↑ "Beljo: 'Imam korijene u Zagrebu, povezan sam s ovim gradom i izuzetno mi je drago što sam se vratio'". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Pogled u budućnost: Dion Drena Beljo potpisao prvi profesionalni ugovor s Osijekom". telesport.telegram.hr (in Croatian). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Welcome Dion Drena Beljo". NK Istra. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "FCA sign promising Croatian striker Dion Beljo". FC Augsburg. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Augsburg win fourth straight home game as Dion Beljo and Arne Maier see off Werder Bremen". Bundesliga. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Dion Beljo ist Rapidler" [Dion Beljo is a Rapid player]. SK Rapid Wien (in German). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Novi Plavi Devet" [The New Blue Nine] (in Croatian). Dinamo Zagreb. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Dion Drena Beljo proglašen najboljim igračem HNL-a: Evo tko su dobitnici ostalih nagrada". gol.hr (in Croatian). 25 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ Dion Drena Beljo at Sofascore. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  16. ↑ Dion Drena Beljo at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ↑ "Strijelci - SuperSport HNL". hnl.hr.
  18. ↑ "Dion Drena Beljo proglašen najboljim igračem SHNL-a" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. 25 May 2026.
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