Strahinja Pavlović

Strahinja Pavlović
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Šabac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club 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)
2021 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 11 (1)
2022 → Basel (loan) 10 (0)
2022– Red Bull Salzburg 24 (1)
National team‡
2019– Serbia U21[a] 4 (0)
2020– Serbia 20 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2022

Strahinja Pavlović ( born 24 May 2001) is a Serbian footballer. He plays as centre-back for Austrian football club Red Bull Salzburg. He also plays in the Serbia national team.

Club career

Partizan

Pavlović started at the local club Savacium. In summer of 2015 he came in the youth system of Partizan. In September 2018 he signed his first professional contract.[1] He was promoted to the first team by manager Zoran Mirković ahead of winter preparations for the second half of the season.[2]

On 23 February 2019 he made his debut for the club in a 3–0 home league win over Proleter Novi Sad.[3] A week later, on March 2 of the same year, Pavlović played his first Eternal derby. At the time he was 17 years and 282 days old. In this year he made 15 matches and won the 2018–19 Serbian Cup.

In this year Pavlović signed a new five-year contract with Partizan.[4] He scored his first career goal in a 2–1 home league loss against Voždovac on 6 October.[5]

Monaco

On 18 December 2019 he went to AS Monaco.[6] Pavlović would remain on loan with Partizan until June 2020.[7] He debuted on 20 December 2020 versus Dijon.[8] On 21 January 2021 he went to Cercle Brugge on loan until the end of the season because he wanted matchtime.[9]

On 16 February 2022 Pavlović was loaned to Basel in Switzerland until the end of the season.[10]

Salzburg

In June 2022 Red Bull Salzburg announced the transfer of Pavlovic signing a contract till 2027.[11]

International career

Pavlović played in the U17 and U19 team of Serbia. He made his U21 debut on 6 September 2019 versus Russia.[12] He debut in the first team was on 3 September 2020 also against Russia.[13]

In 2022 he was called up to the Serbian squad for the World Cup. He made three appearances at the tournament. He also scored a goal in a 3-3 draw against Cameroon.

Honours

  • Serbian Cup: 2019
  • Austrian Champion: 2023

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 September 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Partizan 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 11 0 4 0 0 0 — 15 0
2019–20[b] 26 1 4 1 12[c] 0 — 42 2
Total 37 1 8 1 12 0 — 57 2
Monaco 2020–21 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2021–22 7 0 1 0 3[c] 0 — 11 0
Total 8 0 1 0 3 0 — 12 0
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 11 1 1 0 — — 12 1
Basel (loan) 2021–22 Swiss Super League 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 24 1 1 0 7[d] 0 — 32 1
2023–24 25 2 5 1 6[e] 0 — 36 3
Total 49 2 6 1 13 0 0 0 68 4
AC Milan 2024–25 Serie A 4 1 0 0 1[e] 0 0 0 5 1
Career total 119 6 16 2 29 0 0 0 164 8
  1. ↑ Only official UEFA matches included
  2. ↑ Pavlović spent half of the 2019–20 season on loan from Monaco
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 8 September 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia 2020 4 0
2021 11 1
2022 10 1
2023 7 1
2024 8 1
Total 40 4
Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pavlović goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Strahinja Pavlović
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 June 2021 Miki Athletic Stadium, Miki, Japan 8  Jamaica 1–1 1–1 Friendly
2 28 November 2022 Al Janoub Stadium, Al-Wakrah, Qatar 24  Cameroon 1–1 3–3 2022 FIFA World Cup
3 14 October 2023 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary 30  Hungary 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
4 4 June 2024 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 34  Austria 2–1 2–1 Friendly

Honours

Partizan[14]

Red Bull Salzburg[14]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Crno-beli potpisali 9 klinaca" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ovo su tri nova bisera Partizana: Da li crno-beli na njima žele da grade budućnost?" (in Serbian). telegraf.rs. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sa Kićom i Strahinjom pred derbi!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Pavloviću ugovor na pet godina!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Šokovi u Humskoj! Nepostojeći penal, izjednačenje u 91, hladan tuš Devića u 95. minutu (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Pavlović zvanično u Monaku!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Accord avec le Partizan Belgrade pour Pavlovic" (in French). asmonaco.com. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Dijon vs. Monaco - 20 December 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Strahinja Pavlović joining Cercle Brugge on loan". Get French Football News. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "STRAHINJA PAVLOVIC WECHSELT BIS SOMMER 2022 ZU ROTBLAU" (Press release) (in German). Basel. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ein Neuzugang vom AS Monaco" (Press release) (in German). FC Red Bull Salzburg. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Poraz Milovanovića na debiju – Rusija nadigrala Srbiju" (in Serbian). b92.net. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Russia v Serbia game report". UEFA. 3 September 2020.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Strahinja Pavlović at Soccerway
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Strahinja Pavlović". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 June 2021.