Mateo Pavlovic

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

Club Career

NK Zagreb

Pavlovic 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. 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.

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. 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.

Werder Bremen

On 17 December 2012, Pavlovic transferred to Werder Bremen signing a contract until 30 June 2016.

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

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

Angers

In June 2016, Pavlovic signed a two-year contract with Ligue 1 side Angers SCO.

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