Lovro Medić (born 23 October 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian football club based in the capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of Croatian footbal ...

as a

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Club career

A product of the

academy, Medić made his

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debut in the 2009–10 season, starting in the 6 March 2010 1-0 away loss against

NK Lokomotiva Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb (), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the country's top division. Founded in 19 ...

. He became a first team regular the following season, which drew controversy, and outrage from the Zagreb fans, the White Angels, as they believe that to be a case of

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, as Lovro is the son of the controversial

president, Dražen Medić, their dissatisfaction bolstered by the player's long scoring drought, broken only in 15 October 2011 when he scored the game-winning goal in the 88th minute of their 0-1 away win against

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. He remained, nonetheless, a fixture in the following seasons where he was one of top club scorers each of the seasons until finally On 30 June 2016, he signed for Portuguese

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club

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He remained without a club between 2017-2018, before resigning with NK Zagreb.

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