The club that created Croatia’s World Cup team - Dinamo Zagreb’s Amazing Sold Players XI

Centre-backs - Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) and Vedran Ćorluka (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Lovren and Corluka came through Zagreb's Academy

Dejan Lovren and Vedran Corluka are both graduates of Zagreb’s academy. In fact, both players were briefly part of the first team at the same time.

Corluka played two full seasons for the first team, making 79 appearances and scoring 8 goals. During his time there, he won two league titles and the Croatian Cup before playing for Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

The 32-year-old made his 100th appearance for Croatia when he came on as a substitute against Argentina. This puts him 6th in the all-time appearance list for Croatia.

Dejan Lovren played 60 games for Zagreb before joining Olympique Lyon in 2009. After four seasons with Lyon, Lovren moved to the Premier League with Southampton and a year later, he switched to Liverpool.

The Liverpool defender has been split opinion since his arrival but he has improved massively in recent months.

Although Lovren has only played 41 games for Croatia, he has been a crucial member of the team in recent years despite a fallout with previous manager Ante Čačić a couple of years ago.