# Lovro Zvonarek

Lovro Zvonarek (born 8 May 2005) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz, on loan from Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.

## Club career
### Slaven Belupo

Zvonarek joined the youth academy of Slaven Belupo in 2016, at the age of 11, coming from Mladost Prelog. He made his professional debut with Slaven in a 2–0 Prva HNL loss to Rijeka on 12 May 2021. 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.

### 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, although he remained with Slaven Belupo until the end of the 2021–22 season, he would join Bayern Munich II 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 DFB-Pokal away 2–1 loss match against 1. FC Saarbrücken.
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. Later that year, on 12 May, he netted his first Bundesliga goal during his inaugural start in a 2–0 victory against VfL Wolfsburg. Three days later, he signed his first professional contract with the club until 2027.

#### Loan to Sturm Graz

On 4 July 2024, Zvonarek joined Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz 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

    As of 9 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Slaven Belupo | 2020–21 | Prva HNL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Slaven Belupo | 2021–22 | Prva HNL | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 3 |
| Slaven Belupo | Total | Total | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 4 |
| Bayern Munich II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga Bayern | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 4 |
| Bayern Munich II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga Bayern | 22 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 8 |
| Bayern Munich II | Total | Total | 39 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 12 |
| Bayern Munich | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Sturm Graz (loan) | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 78 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 87 | 18 |
* ↑ Includes Croatian Cup, Austrian Cup
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League