Lovro Zvonarek

Croatian footballer

Lovro Zvonarek
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-05-08) 8 May 2005 (age 18)
Place of birth Čakovec, Croatia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 34
Youth career
2012–2016 Mladost Komet
2016–2017 NK Koprivnica[1]
2017–2018 Slaven Belupo
2018–2019 NK Koprivnica
2019–2021 Slaven Belupo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Slaven Belupo 22 (4)
2022– Bayern Munich II 39 (12)
2023– Bayern Munich 1 (0)
International career‡
2019 Croatia U15 5 (0)
2020 Croatia U16 4 (2)
2021 Croatia U17 3 (0)
2022 Croatia U18 2 (2)
2022– Croatia U19 6 (3)
2023– Croatia U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Lovro Zvonarek (born 8 May 2005) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.

Club career

Slaven Belupo

Zvonarek joined the youth academy of Slaven Belupo in 2016, at the age of 11,[2] coming from Mladost Prelog.[3] He made his professional debut with Slaven in a 2–0 Prva HNL loss to Rijeka on 12 May 2021.[4] He scored the only goal in his second appearance, a 1–0 win over Varaždin on 22 May 2021; at 16 years and 14 days old, he became the youngest ever scorer in the Prva HNL taking the record from Alen Halilović.[5]

Bayern Munich

On 10 September 2021, Zvonarek signed a long-term contract with German club Bayern Munich for a reported fee of €1,800,000,[6] although he remained with Slaven Belupo until the end of the 2021–22 season, he would join Bayern Munich II afterwards for further development.[7]

He made his debut for the senior team on a friendly match against Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg in 13 January 2023. Zvonarek along with fellow Bayern Munich academy players Johannes Schenk, Tarek Buchmann, Yusuf Kabadayı and Arijon Ibrahimović started the game on the bench, all coming on as substitutes at the second half, ending as a draw 4–4.[8]

On 1 November 2023, Zvonarek received his first call-up for the Bayern Munich senior team as an unused substitute in the second round DFB-Pokal away 2–1 loss match against 1. FC Saarbrücken.[9]

He made his debut with the Bayern Munich senior team on 27 January 2024, coming off the bench for a Bundesliga 3–2 away win match against FC Augsburg.[10]

International career

From 2019 until 2020, Zvonarek has been part of Croatia at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U15 and U16 teams and he with these teams played nine matches and scored two goals.[11]

Career statistics

As of 2 April 2024[12]
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Slaven Belupo 2020–21 Prva HNL 2 1 0 0 — 2 1
2021–22 20 3 0 0 — 20 3
Total 22 4 0 0 — 22 4
Bayern Munich II 2022–23 Regionalliga Bayern 17 4 — — 17 4
2023–24 20 7 — — 20 7
Total 37 11 — — 37 11
Bayern Munich 2023–24 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 60 15 0 0 0 0 60 15
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup

References

  1. ^ "Comet database" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ "PRIVUKAO POZORNOST Lovro Zvonarek u kampu Akademije Bayern Münchena". eMedjimurje.hr (in Croatian). 4 March 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Međimurac u Bayernu! Hrvatski 'wunderkind' na meti moćnika: 'U njemu imaju jokera za budućnost'". Sportske Novosti (in Croatian). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Slaven Koprivnica vs. Rijeka 0 - 2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Lovro Zvonarek kao najmlađi strijelac u HNL-u poslao Varaždin u Drugu ligu" (in Croatian). Podravski.hr. 22 May 2021. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ "FC Bayern verpflichtet kroatisches Talent Lovro Zvonarek" [FC Bayern signs Croatian talent Lovro Zvonarek] (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. ^ FC Bayern Campus [@fcbayerncampus] (10 September 2021). "Das kroatische Talent Lovro #Zvonarek kommt zum 1. Juli 2022 vom kroatischen Erstligisten Slaven Belupo zum @FCBayern. Der 16-jährige offensive Mittelfeldspieler hat einen langfristigen Vertrag unterschrieben. Wir freuen uns auf dich, Lovro!" [Croatian talent Lovro #Zvonarek will join @FCBayern on 1 July 2022 from Croatian first division team Slaven Belupo. The 16-year-old attacking midfielder has signed a long-term contract. We look forward to seeing you, Lovro!] (Tweet) (in German) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Rasantes Testspiel! FC Bayern und Salzburg trennen sich 4:4". FC Bayern Munich (in German). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Gaus trifft die Bayern ins Mark: Saarbrücken sorgt für Pokal-Sensation". kicker.de (in German). 1 November 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Augsburg nutzt nur einen von zwei Elfmetern - Bayern trotzen Personalproblemen". kicker.de (in German). 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Lovro Zvonarek: "Svaki put kad obučem hrvatski dres se osjećam posebno i neopisivo"". msm.hr (in Croatian). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  12. ^ Lovro Zvonarek at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

External links

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FC Bayern Munich – current squad
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FC Bayern Munich II – current squad