Predrag Pavlovic

Predrag Pavlovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Павловић; born 19 June 1986) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club Career

Born in Krusevac, Pavlovic 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 Nebojsa Marinkovic, Milan Smiljanic and Borko Veselinovic, among others. In order to get senior team experience, Pavlovic 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.

In the summer of 2006, Pavlovic 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, Pavlovic spent two more seasons at Napredak, but struggled to recover his old form.

In the summer of 2010, Pavlovic 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 Bajnoksag II, before being released near the end of the year. In January 2011, Pavlovic returned to his homeland, having a six-month stint with Metalac Gornji Milanovac.

On 12 July 2011, Pavlovic signed a four-year contract with OFK Beograd. He retired from professional football in October 2013, at the age of 27, due to a long history of injury problems. However, Pavlovic came out of retirement in February of the following year by signing with Novi Pazar.

In January 2016, Pavlovic moved abroad for the second time and joined Lithuanian side Suduva Marijampole. He played one season for the club, helping them reach the national cup final. In January 2017, Pavlovic returned to his homeland and joined Mladost Lucani. He wou

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