Lorena Balić

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 305 goals, behind Izabela Lojna.

Lorena Balić

Personal information
Full name	Lorena Balić
Date of birth	(1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Osijek
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014-	Osijek	195	(314)
International career‡
2013	Croatia U17	2	(2)
2016	Croatia U19	3	(1)
2021–	Croatia	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 February 2025

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]

(Update: 22 June 2025 - Hour 23:00)

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	5	2	14	15
	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	17	24	4	9	3	3	24	36
	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	4	1	28	44
	2022-23	20	33	2	2	0	0	22	35
	2023-24	20	28	4	7	2	2	26	37
	2024-25	21	12	3	5	4	1	28	18
	Total	195	314	29	53	21	12	245	379

Honours

• Croatian First Division:
  • 2014 to 2018, 2021, 2023^[6]
• Croatian Cup:
  • 2015, 2016, 2017