Strahinja Pavlović

Strahinja Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Страхиња Павловић; born 24 May 2001) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Serbia national team.

Strahinja Pavlović
Pavlović with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name Strahinja Pavlović[1]
Date of birth (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001
Place of birth Šabac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 31
Youth career
2009–2015 Savacium Šabac
2015–2019 Partizan
2016–2017 → Teleoptik (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Partizan 37 (1)
2020–2022 Monaco 8 (0)
2020 → Partizan (loan) 8 (0)
2021 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 11 (1)
2022 → Basel (loan) 10 (0)
2022– Red Bull Salzburg 32 (2)
International career‡
2016 Serbia U16 3 (1)
2017 Serbia U17 4 (1)
2018–2019 Serbia U19 10 (0)
2019 Serbia U21 4 (0)
2020– Serbia 31 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Club career

2015–2018: Youth years

Born in Šabac, Pavlović started out at local club Savacium. He officially joined the youth system of Partizan in the summer of 2015. In September 2018, Pavlović signed his first professional contract with the club, agreeing to a three-year deal.[3] He was promoted to the first team by manager Zoran Mirković ahead of winter preparations for the second half of the season.[4]

2018–19: First-team breakthrough

On 23 February 2019, Pavlović made his competitive senior debut for the club in a 3–0 home league win over Proleter Novi Sad, playing the full 90 minutes and receiving a yellow card in the process.[5] A week later, on 2 March of the same year, Pavlović played his first Eternal derby, and at the time of the match his age was 17 years and 282 days. As in the match of the previous round, Pavlović received a yellow card in that meeting as well. He quickly established himself in the team's starting lineup, collecting 15 official appearances and helping Partizan win the 2018–19 Serbian Cup.[6]

2019–20: New contract and first goal

At the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Pavlović confirmed himself as a first-team regular, forming a central defensive partnership with the experienced Bojan Ostojić. He was reportedly close to signing with Italian club Lazio near the end of the summer transfer window. However, the negotiations failed[7][8] and Pavlović signed a new five-year contract with Partizan.[9] He scored his first career goal in a controversial 2–1 home league loss to Voždovac on 6 October.[10]

2019–20: Transfer and Partizan loan

On 18 December 2019, it was officially announced that Partizan and Monaco had agreed terms for the transfer of Pavlović over the forthcoming winter transfer window.[11] Pavlović would remain on loan with Partizan until June 2020.[12]

2020–21: Loan to Cercle Brugge

Pavlović's debut for Monaco came on 20 December 2020, as he came on as a late-match substitute in a 1–0 away victory over Dijon.[13] On 21 January 2021, he joined Cercle Brugge on loan until the end of the season, having seen limited game time at Monaco due to being the fifth-choice centre-back in Niko Kovač's team.[14]

2021–22: Loan to Basel

After making 11 appearances for Monaco in all competitions in the first half of the 2021–22 season, on 16 February 2022 Pavlović was loaned to Basel in Switzerland until the end of the season.[15] Pavlović joined Basel's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 19 February 2022 as Basel won 3–0 against Lausanne-Sport.[16] During his short loan period with the club, Pavlović played a total of 11 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 10 of these games were in the Nationalliga A and the other was a friendly game.[17]

International career

Pavlović was capped for Serbia at under-17 and under-19 levels. He made his national under-21 team debut on 6 September 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Russia in their 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier.[18]

He made his senior team debut on 3 September 2020, when he started in an away 2020–21 UEFA Nations League game against Russia.[19]

In November 2022, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[20] He played in all three group stage matches, against Brazil,[21] Cameroon,[22] and Switzerland.[23] He scored a header goal in a group stage match match against Cameroon, on assist from Dušan Tadić.[24] Serbia finished fourth in the group.[25]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 October 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partizan 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 1104000—150
2019–20[lower-alpha 1] Serbian SuperLiga 2614112[lower-alpha 2]0—422
Total 37181120—572
Monaco 2020–21 Ligue 1 100000—10
2021–22 Ligue 1 70103[lower-alpha 2]0—110
Total 801030—120
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 11110——121
Basel (loan) 2021–22 Swiss Super League 10000——100
Red Bull Salzburg 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 241107[lower-alpha 3]0—321
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 81112[lower-alpha 4]0—112
Total 322219000433
Career total 984122240001346
  1. Pavlović spent half of the 2019–20 season on loan from Monaco
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League

International
As of 17 October 2023[26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 202040
2021111
2022101
202361
Total313
Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pavlović goal.[26]
List of international goals scored by Strahinja Pavlović
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
17 June 2021Miki Athletic Stadium, Miki, Japan8 Jamaica1–11–1Friendly
228 November 2022Al Janoub Stadium, Al-Wakrah, Qatar24 Cameroon1–13–32022 FIFA World Cup
314 October 2022Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary30 Hungary1–11–2UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Partizan[6]

Red Bull Salzburg[6]

Notes

    References
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