Mateo Pavlović

Mateo Pavlović (Croatian pronunciation: [matěo pǎːʋloʋitɕ];[1][2] born 9 June 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Angers SCO.

Mateo Pavlović
Pavlović in 2020
Personal information
Full name Mateo Pavlović
Date of birth (1990-06-09) 9 June 1990
Place of birth Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Angers
Number 4
Youth career
2000–2006 Dinamo Zagreb
2006–2008 NK Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 NK Zagreb 91 (5)
2013–2016 Werder Bremen 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Ferencváros (loan) 27 (2)
2013–2016 Werder Bremen II 4 (0)
2016– Angers 80 (5)
National team‡
2007–2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 3 (0)
2008 Croatia U19 7 (2)
2010 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2010–2013 Croatia U21 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 February 2013

Club career

NK Zagreb

Pavlović came through the youth system at NK Zagreb. He made his senior team debut in a 4–0 league defeat to Hajduk Split on 9 November 2008.[3] He was a regular first team player in NK Zagreb's Prva HNL campaigns for the 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, and has also participated in the Croatian Cup.[4]

The central defender was a reported transfer target for a number of major European teams. In April 2011, Croatian sports magazine Sportske novosti said that scouts from FC Bayern Munich, SV Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart and Zenit St Petersburg had watched him in recent matches.[5] In May 2011, Croatian newspaper 24sata alleged that former French international Christian Karembeu, now a scout, had filmed the player with a view to recommending him to clubs in Ligue 1.[6]

Werder Bremen

On 17 December 2012, Pavlović transferred to Werder Bremen signing a contract until 30 June 2016.[7]

On 5 February 2014, after making just four first team appearances in over a year, Pavlovic joined Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season.[8] The loan was extended by another year in July 2014.[9] Having made 33 appearances for Ferencváros over 1.5 seasons, he returned to Werder Bremen.[10]

In January 2016, Werder Bremen announced that Pavlović would be used neither in the first team nor in the reserves.[11] In February, the club was still looking to offload the player whose contract was due to end in summer 2016.[12]

Angers

In June 2016, Pavlović signed a two-year contract with Ligue 1 side Angers SCO.[13]

International career

Pavlović has represented Bosnia-Herzegovina at under-17 level, and Croatia at under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.[14] He made his competitive debut for the Croatia under-21s in a 1–0 loss to the Georgia under-21s in a June 2011 qualifying match for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 September 2020[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NK Zagreb 2008–09 Prva HNL 8000000080
2009–10 Prva HNL 140100000150
2010–11 Prva HNL 261200000281
2011–12 Prva HNL 254500000304
2012–13 Prva HNL 180200000200
Total 91510000001015
Werder Bremen 2012–13 Bundesliga 400000—40
Total 4000000040
Ferencváros 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 91005000141
2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 181304020271
Total 272309020412
Werder Bremen II 2015–16 3. Liga 400000— 40
Total 4000000040
Angers 2016–17 Ligue 1 1213010— 161
2017–18 Ligue 1 2421031— 283
2018–19 Ligue 1 30 2 1 0 1 0 — 32 2
2019–20 Ligue 1 11 0 3 0 1 0 — 15 0
2020–21 Ligue 1 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 805806100946
Career total 206122101512024413

Honours

Ferencváros

References
  1. "Màtej". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Matèo
  2. "Pȁvao". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Pávlović
  3. "Number 11: Mateo Pavlović" (in Croatian). NK Zagreb. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  4. "Mateo Pavlović profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  5. Roić, Toni (3 April 2011). "Cijela svita skauta na derbiju u Zagrebu, Pavlović je bio glavna meta stranih klubova" [Delegates from Bayern Munich and others keen on Mateo Pavlović] (in Croatian). Sportske novosti. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  6. Besedić, Alen (6 May 2011). "Karembeu na treningu Zagreba gledao Matea Pavlovića (20)..." [Karembeu caught looking at Mateo Pavlović] (in Croatian). 24sata. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  7. "Mateo Pavlovic transfers to Werder". SV Werder Bremen. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  8. "Werder leiht Pavlovic an Doll-Klub Ferencvaros aus". RP Online (in German). 5 February 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. "Werder-Verteidiger Pavlovic ein weiteres Jahr in Ungarn". Die Welt (in German). 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  10. Sczuplinski, Timo (7 July 2015). "Mateo Pavlovic will bei Werder endlich durchstarten". Weser-Kurier (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  11. Freye, Stefan (23 January 2016). "Pavlovic und Kobylanski ausgemustert". Weser-Kurier (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  12. Knips, Björn (2 February 2016). "Pavlovic muss sich entscheiden". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  13. "Transfert : Mateo Pavlovic deux ans à Angers". L'Equipe (in French). 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  14. "International profile: Mateo Pavlović". UEFA. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  15. "U21 match report: Croatia 0–1 Georgia". UEFA. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  16. "M. Pavlović". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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