Lovro Zvonarek

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Lovro Zvonarek
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-05-08) 8 May 2005 (age 16)
Place of birth Prelog, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Slaven Belupo
(on loan from Bayern Munich)
Number 10
Youth career
2012–2016 Mladost Prelog
2016–2017 NK Koprivnica[1]
2017–2018 Slaven Belupo
2018–2019 NK Koprivnica
2019–2021 Slaven Belupo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Slaven Belupo 7 (1)
2021–0000 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2021–0000 → Slaven Belupo (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2019 Croatia U15 5 (0)
2020 Croatia U16 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:00, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:53, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Lovro Zvonarek (born 8 May 2005) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Prva HNL club Slaven Belupo, on loan from Bayern Munich.

Career[]

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]

On 30 August 2021, Bayern Munich had agreed to sign Zvonarek for a reported fee of €1.8 million, although he will remain on loan with Slaven Belupo through the season. He will reportedly join the Bayern Munich U19 during the 2021–22 season.[6][7]

International career[]

Zvonarek is a youth international for Croatia, having represented the Croatia U15s and U16s.[8]

Career statistics[]

As of 27 August 2021[9]
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 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Career total 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup

References[]

  1. ^ "Comet database" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ Belupo, NK Slaven. "PRIVUKAO POZORNOST Lovro Zvonarek u kampu Akademije Bayern Münchena". eMedjimurje.hr.
  3. ^ Međimurac u Bayernu! Hrvatski ‘wunderkind‘ na meti moćnika: ‘U njemu imaju jokera za budućnost‘ at Sportske Novosti
  4. ^ "Slaven Koprivnica vs. Rijeka - 12 May 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "Lovro Zvonarek kao najmlađi strijelac u HNL-u poslao Varaždin u Drugu ligu" (in Croatian). Podravski.hr. 22 May 2021.
  6. ^ https://fcbayern.com/de/news/2021/09/fc-bayern-verpflichtet-kroatisches-talent-lovro-zvonarek
  7. ^ @fcbayerncampus (10 September 2021). "