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Lorena Balić

Croatian women's football forward

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	176	(333)
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 333 goals, behind Izabela Lojna.

Club career

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

Club

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
Club	Season	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	0	0	9	13
	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	24	58	4	9	3	3	31	70
	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	0	0	24	43
	2022-23	20	33	2	2	3	1	25	36
	2023-24	20	28	4	7	2	2	26	37
	Total	181	336	26	48	11	9	218	394