Denis Zvonic (born 8 February 1992) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bosnian Premier League club Velez Mostar. He is also the captain of Velez.
Club Career
Velez Mostar
Zvonic started of his football career as a youngster at hometown club Velez Mostar's youth team. In July 2011, Zvonic signed with Velez's first team. Between 2011 and 2015, he was a standard player at the club, making 93 Bosnian Premier League appearances for Velez, scoring 5 goals during that period. In June 2015, Zvonic left Velez.
Zvijezda Gradacac
On 2 July 2015, Zvonic joined First League of FBiH club Zvijezda Gradacac. During the 2015–16 season, he was a regular first choice player at Zvijezda and played all 30 league games for the club, scoring 2 goals in the process. On 12 June 2016, he left Zvijezda.
Return to Velez
One year after leaving Velez, Zvonic returned to the club during the summer of 2016. During the club's winter preparations for the continuation of the 2018–19 First League of FBiH season in January 2019, he was named the new club captain after captain until that day, Elmir Kuduzovic, gave him the captain armband.
On 24 January 2019, Zvonic extended his contract with Velez, which is due to last until June 2022. On 25 May 2019, he won the First League of FBiH with Velez after the club beat Bosna Visoko 0–2 away and got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League.
On 28 July 2019, in a 1–0 away Mostar derby league loss against Zrinjski Mostar, Zvonic scored an own goal in the 54th minute of the game and at the end brought the victory to Zrinjski. On 19 October 2019, less than three months after scoring an own goal against Zrinjski, this time Zvonic scored a goal for Velez in the 86th minute against their fierce city rivals, bringing his team the first win in a Mostar derby match after more than 5 years.
In a league game against Sarajevo on 2