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
Date of birth (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 38)
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)
2004–2005Napredak Kruševac (loan) 23 (5)
2005Teleoptik (loan) 19 (1)
2006Napredak 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[a] 6 (4)
2005 Serbia and Montenegro U19[a] 4 (0)
2006–2008 Serbia U21 11 (1)
2008 Serbia U23 2 (0)
Medal record
Silver medal – second place UEFA Under-21 Championship 2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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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

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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

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Napredak Kruševac 2006–07 Serbian First League 31 5 2 0 33 5
2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga 30 8 2 1 32 9
2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga 32 4 3 1 35 5
2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga 15 2 0 0 15 2
Total 108 19 7 2 115 21
Debrecen 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Debrecen II 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 6 0 2 0 8 0
Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga 13 2 0 0 13 2
OFK Beograd 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga 8 2 2 0 10 2
2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga 21 2 4 0 25 2
2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga 2 0 1 0 3 0
Total 31 4 7 0 38 4
Novi Pazar 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga 14 1 0 0 14 1
2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga 29 4 0 0 29 4
2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga 22 7 1 0 23 7
Total 65 12 1 0 66 12
Sūduva 2016 A Lyga 28 8 6 1 2 0 36 9
Mladost Lučani 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga 10 0 1 0 11 0
2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga 30 9 5 0 0 0 35 9
2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 35 4 5 2 40 6
2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 21 5 1 0 22 5
Total 96 18 12 2 108 20
Trayal Kruševac 2020–21 Serbian First League 32 8 1 0 33 8
2021–22 Serbian League East 1 0 1 0
2022–23 Serbian First League 34 1 34 1
Total 66 9 2 0 68 9
Career total 413 72 39 5 2 0 454 77

Honours

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Sūduva

Mladost Lučani

Serbia U21

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Official UEFA matches only

References

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  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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