Lorena_Balić
Lorena Balić
Croatian women's football forward
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.
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024 | |||
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]
Club
| Club | Season | Prva HNLŽ | Croatian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 31 | |
| Total | 176 | 333 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 9 | 213 | 388 | |
- Croatian First Division:
- Croatian Cup:
- 2015, 2016, 2017
- "Nogometašice Osijeka osmicom po treći ovosezonski trofej". Glas Slavonije.