Lovro Zvonarek (born 8 May 2005) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from

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Club career

Slaven Belupo

Zvonarek joined the youth academy of

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in 2016, at the age of 11, coming from Mladost Prelog. He made his professional debut with Slaven in a 2–0

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loss to

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on 12 May 2021. He scored the only goal in his second appearance, a 1–0 win over

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on 22 May 2021; at 16 years and 14 days old, he became the youngest ever scorer in the

taking the record from

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Bayern Munich

On 10 September 2021, Zvonarek signed a long-term contract with German club

for a reported fee of €1,800,000, although he remained with Slaven Belupo until the end of the 2021–22 season, he would join

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afterwards for further development. 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. On 1 November 2023, Zvonarek received his first call-up for the Bayern Munich senior team as an unused substitute in the second round

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away 2–1 loss match against

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. He made his debut with the Bayern Munich senior team on 27 January 2024, coming off the bench for a

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3–2 away win match against

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. Later that year, on 12 May, he netted his first Bundesliga goal during his inaugural start in a 2–0 victory against

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. Three days later, he signed his first professional contract with the club until 2027.

Loan to Sturm Graz

On 4 July 2024, Zvonarek joined

club

on a season-long loan deal.

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.

Career statistics

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zvonarek, Lovro 2005 births Living people Footballers from Čakovec Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK Slaven Belupo players FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players SK Sturm Graz players Croatian Football League players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria