Predrag Pavlović

Predrag Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Павловић; born 19 June 1986) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Predrag Pavlović
Personal information
Full name Predrag Pavlović
Date of birth (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986
Place of birth Kruševac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger / Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Napredak Kruševac
2002–2004 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Partizan 0 (0)
2004–2005 → Napredak Kruševac (loan) 23 (5)
2005 → Teleoptik (loan) 19 (1)
2006 → Napredak Kruševac (loan) 18 (3)
2006–2010 Napredak Kruševac 108 (19)
2010 Debrecen 0 (0)
2010 Debrecen II 6 (0)
2011 Metalac Gornji Milanovac 13 (2)
2011–2013 OFK Beograd 31 (4)
2014–2015 Novi Pazar 65 (12)
2016 Sūduva 28 (8)
2017–2020 Mladost Lučani 96 (18)
2020–2023 Trayal Kruševac 66 (9)
Total 473 (81)
International career
2002–2003 Serbia and Montenegro U17[lower-alpha 1] 6 (4)
2005 Serbia and Montenegro U19[lower-alpha 1] 4 (0)
2006–2008 Serbia U21 11 (1)
2008 Serbia U23 2 (0)
Medal record
Silver medal – second placeUEFA Under-21 Championship2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Kruševac, Pavlović made his first football steps at his hometown club Napredak. He would join the youth system of Partizan in 2002, becoming a member of their promising generation, consisting of Nebojša Marinković, Milan Smiljanić and Borko Veselinović, among others. In order to get senior team experience, Pavlović was sent on loan to his parent club Napredak in the 2004–05 season. He returned to Partizan in the summer of 2005, being assigned to their satellite club Teleoptik, before eventually going back on loan to Napredak in January 2006.[1]

In the summer of 2006, Pavlović signed a permanent contract with Napredak, before the club got promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga in 2007. He had a breakthrough season in 2007–08, scoring eight goals in 30 league appearances. After failing to complete his move to Dutch side NEC Nijmegen in August 2008,[2][3] Pavlović spent two more seasons at Napredak, but struggled to recover his old form.

In the summer of 2010, Pavlović moved abroad to Hungary and signed with Debrecen. He made two cup appearances for the first team, but also played for their reserve team in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, before being released near the end of the year. In January 2011, Pavlović returned to his homeland, having a six-month stint with Metalac Gornji Milanovac.

On 12 July 2011, Pavlović signed a four-year contract with OFK Beograd.[4] He retired from professional football in October 2013, at the age of 27, due to a long history of injury problems. However, Pavlović came out of retirement in February of the following year by signing with Novi Pazar.

In January 2016, Pavlović moved abroad for the second time and joined Lithuanian side Sūduva.[5] He played one season for the club, helping them reach the national cup final. In January 2017, Pavlović returned to his homeland and joined Mladost Lučani.[6] He would make 108 appearances and score 20 goals across all competitions over the next three and a half seasons.

International career

Pavlović represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2005 UEFA Under-19 Championship in Northern Ireland. He played the full 90 minutes in all of his team's four games, as they were eliminated by England in the semi-final. Already capped for the Serbia national under-21 team, Pavlović made one appearance at the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship, which was hosted in the Netherlands, losing to the hosts in the final.

Pavlović was also selected to represent Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[7] but failed to make an appearance in the tournament. He previously played in two friendlies against China U23.[8][9]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Napredak Kruševac 2006–07 Serbian First League 31520—335
2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga 30821—329
2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga 32431—355
2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga 15200—152
Total 1081972—11521
Debrecen 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 00200020
Debrecen II 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 6020—80
Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga 13200—132
OFK Beograd 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga 8220—102
2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga 21240—252
2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga 2010—30
Total 31470—384
Novi Pazar 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga 14100—141
2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga 29400—294
2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga 22710—237
Total 651210—6612
Sūduva 2016 A Lyga 2886120369
Mladost Lučani 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga 10010—110
2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga 3095000359
2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 35452—406
2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 21510—225
Total 9618122—10820
Trayal Kruševac 2020–21 Serbian First League 32810—338
2021–22 Serbian League East 10—10
2022–23 Serbian First League 341——341
Total 66920—689
Career total 413723952045477

Honours

Sūduva

Mladost Lučani

Serbia U21

Notes
  1. Official UEFA matches only

References
  1. "Bilans zimskog prelaznog roka" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 14 February 2006. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. "Pavlovic is in Nijmegen om te trainen met NEC" (in Dutch). vi.nl. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. "NEC ziet af van Pavlovic en Smith" (in Dutch). gelderlander.nl. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. "Novo pojačanje OFK Beograda" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. ""Sūduva" pasirašė sutartį su P.Pavlovičiumi" (in Lithuanian). fksuduva.lt. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  6. "Zečević i Pavlović pojačali plavo-bele" (in Serbian). fkmladostlucani.com. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  7. "Đukić odredio konačan sastav" (in Serbian). b92.net. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  8. "Igra bez motiva" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  9. "Dobro, ali mora bolje" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  10. Predrag Pavlović at Soccerway
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