Strahinja Pavlović

Strahinja Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Страхиња Павловић; born 24 May 2001) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for AS Monaco.

Strahinja Pavlović
Personal information
Full name Strahinja Pavlović
Date of birth (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001
Place of birth Šabac, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 3
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– Monaco 0 (0)
National team‡
2017 Serbia U17[lower-alpha 1] 2 (0)
2018– Serbia U19[lower-alpha 1] 5 (0)
2019– Serbia U21[lower-alpha 1] 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 December 2019

Club career

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.[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, 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.[3] He quickly established himself in the team's starting lineup, collecting 15 official appearances and helping Partizan win the 2018–19 Serbian Cup.

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[4][5] and Pavlović signed a new five-year contract with Partizan.[6] He scored his first career goal in a controversial 2–1 home league loss to Voždovac on 6 October.[7]

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.[8] Pavlović would remain on loan with Partizan until June 2020.[9]

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.[10]

Style of play

Pavlović is a left footed centre-back, known for physical power and aggressive style of defending. He's been praised for his strong mentality, but also criticized due to poor positional awareness. One of his trademarks offensively is running with the ball through the middle.

Statistics
As of 18 December 2019[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partizan 2018–19 1104000150
2019–20 26141120422
Career total 37181120572

Honours
Partizan[11]

Notes
  1. Only official UEFA matches included

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. "Strahinja Pavlovic's move to Lazio falls through". soccernews.com. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. "Nota del Direttore Sportivo". sslazio.it (in Italian). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. "Pavloviću ugovor na pet godina!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  7. "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.
  8. "Pavlović zvanično u Monaku!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  9. "Accord avec le Partizan Belgrade pour Pavlovic" (in French). asmonaco.com. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  10. "Poraz Milovanovića na debiju – Rusija nadigrala Srbiju" (in Serbian). b92.net. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  11. Strahinja Pavlović at Soccerway
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