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Sandi Lovrić - Wikipedia

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Sandi Lovrić
Personal information
Lovrić with Slovenia in 2021
Date of birth	(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Lienz, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Udinese
Number	8
Youth career
2002–2008	SV Rapid Lienz
2008–2009	FC Nußdorf/Debant
2009–2012	SV Rapid Lienz
2012–2014	Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2019	Sturm Graz	64	(1)
2014–2017	Sturm Graz II	31	(4)
2019–2022	Lugano	93	(9)
2022–	Udinese	76	(7)
International career^‡
2013–2014	Austria U16	10	(6)
2014–2015	Austria U17	10	(5)
2015	Austria U18	3	(1)
2016–2017	Austria U19	13	(3)
2017–2019	Austria U21	19	(4)
2020–	Slovenia	38	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Sandi Lovrić (born 28 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Udinese and the Slovenia national team.^[1] After playing for Austria at all youth levels, he decided to represent Slovenia at senior level.

Club career

Lovrić joined Sturm Graz in 2012 from SV Rapid Lienz. He made his league debut on 17 August 2014 in a 1–1 home draw against Austria Wien by coming on as a substitute for Marko Stanković.^[2] On 9 May 2018, he won the Austrian Cup with Sturm after defeating Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 in the final.^[3]

On 3 July 2019, Lovrić signed a three-year deal with Swiss side Lugano after he decided to not extend his contract with Sturm Graz.^[4]

On 28 March 2022, he signed a five-year contract with Serie A side Udinese.^[5]

International career

Eligible to represent Austria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia internationally, Lovrić represented Austria in all youth selections from under-16 to under-21, making over 50 appearances between 2013 and 2019.^[6] He stated that he was never approached by anyone from the Croatian Football Federation.^[7]

In September 2020, he decided to represent Slovenia at senior level after being approached by their coach Matjaž Kek.^[7]^[8]^[9] He debuted for Slovenia on 7 October 2020 in a friendly game against San Marino, playing for 59 minutes before being substituted by Benjamin Verbič.^[10]

On 14 October 2020, Lovrić scored his first goal in a 4–0 UEFA Nations League victory over Moldova.^[11] On 24 March 2021, he scored his second goal, the only goal in the 1–0 World Cup qualifying victory over his fatherland Croatia. The upset victory was notably Slovenia's first victory over Croatia in history.^[7]^[12]

Personal life

Lovrić's parents are of Croatian descent. His father hails from Slavonski Brod and his mother is a Bosnian Croat from Modriča.^[7] They moved to Piran, Slovenia as migrant workers, and later to Austria, where Lovrić was born.^[13] Alongside German, Lovrić also fluently speaks Croatian^[13] and Italian.^[7]

As a youngster, Lovrić often spent summer vacations in Slovenia, and cited his connection to the country as the main reason to represent the Slovenia national team.^[13]

Lovrić named Luka Modrić as his football idol.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 November 2024^[1]^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sturm Graz II	2014–15	Regionalliga Mitte	9	3	—		—		9	3
	2015–16		8	1	—		—		8	1
	2016–17		14	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		31	4	0	0	0	0	31	4
Sturm Graz	2014–15	Austrian Bundesliga	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
	2015–16		8	0	2	0	0	0	10	0
	2016–17		3	0	1	0	—		4	0
	2017–18		25	0	4	0	3^[a]	0	32	0
	2018–19		20	1	1	0	4^[b]	0	25	1
	Total		64	1	8	0	7	0	79	1
Lugano	2019–20	Swiss Super League	27	3	2	0	5^[a]	0	34	3
	2020–21		33	2	2	2	—		35	4
	2021–22		33	4	6	1	—		39	5
	Total		93	9	10	3	5	0	108	12
Udinese	2022–23	Serie A	37	5	2	0	—		39	5
	2023–24		29	1	2	1	—		31	2
	2024–25		10	1	2	0	—		12	1
	Total		76	7	6	1	0	0	82	8
Career total			264	21	24	4	12	0	300	25

^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 17 November 2024^[15]^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Slovenia
	2020	6	1
	2021	12	2
	2022	7	0
	2023	7	1
	2024	6	0
Total		38	4

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lovrić goal.^[15]^[16]

List of international goals scored by Sandi Lovrić
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 October 2020	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	3	Moldova	1–0	4–0	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
2	24 March 2021	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia	7	Croatia	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	4 September 2021	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia	13	Malta	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	10 September 2023	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino	30	San Marino	3–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Sturm Graz

Austrian Cup: 2017–18^[1]

Lugano

Swiss Cup: 2021–22^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sandi Lovrić". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ "Sturm Graz vs. Austria Wien – 17 August 2014 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^ "Sturm gewinnt zum fünften Mal ÖFB-Cup" (in German). Sky Sport Austria. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ "Ufficiale il colpo del Lugano: Sandi Lovric ha firmato un triennale". Ticinonline (in Italian). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Med reprezentančno akcijo v Katarju je Sandi Lovrić realiziral prestop v Serie A" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ "Sandi Lovric" (in German). Austrian Football Association. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Burić, Jure (27 March 2021). "Šokirao Vatrene na startu: Iz HNS-a me nisu zvali! A ovo što sam Lovrena kopačkom razderao po licu..." Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ Gruden, Toni (7 September 2020). "Kek po okrepitvi z Lovričem upa še na vrnitev Kampla" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ Uredništvo (1 September 2020). "Sandi Lovrič ne bo več čakal Avstrije: Zdaj želi igrati za Slovenijo, odločitev je dokončna" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ A. G. (7 October 2020). "Mitrović, Vučkić in Rep s prvenci za gladko zmago Slovenije" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ Lisjak, Mitja (14 October 2020). "Hat-trick Vučkića za gladko zmago v Moldaviji" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ "VIDEO: Hrvatska prvim porazom od Slovenije u povijesti otvorila kvalifikacije za Svjetsko prvenstvo". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Miljković, Andrej (10 October 2020). "Prvi intervju SANDIJA LOVRIĆA: Zrasel v Avstriji, govorim hrvaško – zlahka pa pojasnim, zakaj hočem igrati za Slovenijo! DARKO MILANIČ? On je ..." Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ "Sandi Lovrič » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Sandi Lovrić". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Lovrič, Sandi". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

External links

Sandi Lovrić at Eurosport
Sandi Lovrić at Soccerway.com
Sandi Lovrić at WorldFootball.net
Sandi Lovrić at National-Football-Teams.com
Sandi Lovrić at FBref.com
Sandi Lovrić at EU-Football.info

v t e Udinese Calcio – current squad
4 Abankwah 5 Payero 6 Zarraga 7 Sánchez 8 Lovrić 9 Davis 10 Thauvin (c) 11 Kamara 14 Atta 16 Palma 17 Lucca 19 Ehizibue 21 Bravo 22 Brenner 23 Ebosse 25 Karlström 27 Kabasele 29 Bijol 30 Giannetti 31 Kristensen 32 Ekkelenkamp 33 Zemura 34 Diawara 37 Guessand 40 Okoye 66 Piana 77 Modesto 79 Pejičić 90 Sava 93 Padelli 95 Touré 99 Pizarro Head coach: Runjaić

v t e Slovenia squad – UEFA Euro 2024
1 Oblak (c) 2 Karničnik 3 Balkovec 4 Blažič 5 Gorenc Stanković 6 Bijol 7 Verbič 8 Lovrić 9 Šporar 10 Elšnik 11 Šeško 12 Belec 13 Janža 14 Kurtić 15 Horvat 16 Vekić 17 Mlakar 18 Vipotnik 19 Celar 20 Stojanović 21 Drkušić 22 Gnezda Čerin 23 Brekalo 24 Žugelj 25 Zeljković 26 Iličić Coach: Kek

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