Zoran Pavlović

Zoran Pavlović
	Pavlović with Maribor in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	27 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Rudar Velenje
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1999	Rudar Velenje
1999–2001	Dinamo Zagreb
2001–2002	Austria Wien
2002	SV Salzburg
2003–2004	Vorskla Poltava
2004	Slovan Bratislava
2004	Opava
2004–2005	Olimpija
2005	Rot-Weiß Erfurt
2005–2006	Rudar Velenje
2006	Nafta Lendava
2007	Interblock
2008–2009	Maribor
2010	Drava Ptuj
2010–2011	Celje
2012-2013	SV Schwanberg
2013–2015	AC Linden
2016	GASV Pölfing-Brunn
2016–2019	SV Heimschuh
2019–2020	Šmartno 1928
International career
1995–1997	Slovenia U21
1998–2002	Slovenia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoran Pavlović (born 27 June 1976) is a former Slovenian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Although he was born in Tuzla, Pavlović's family moved to Velenje when he was young. He started his career at Rudar Velenje, making his first appearance in the Slovenian PrvaLiga during the 1994–95 season.^[1] Later, he played with Dinamo Zagreb, Austria Wien, Vorskla Poltava, Olimpija, Nafta Lendava, and Interblock. In the 2008–09 season, he played for and captained Maribor. After a string of poor results and a dispute with fans, he left the club in October 2009.^[2] He later signed on a combined player-sporting director contract with Drava Ptuj. He left the club in April 2010, allegedly due to a conflict surrounding the sacking of manager Milko Djurovski whom he had brought to the club only months before.^[3] In January 2012, he signed a contract as a player for Styrian amateur team SV Schwanberg.

International career

Pavlović played 21 matches for the Slovenia national team^[4] and was a participant at the Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His final international was an April 2002 friendly match against Tunisia.^[5]

Honours

Rudar Velenje

Slovenian Football Cup: 1997–98

Dinamo Zagreb

Prva HNL: 1999–2000
Croatian Cup: 2001

Maribor

References

^ "Pavlović, Zoran (vzdevek Zoki)" (in Slovenian). Šaleški biografski leksikon. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
^ aro (13 October 2009). "Dosedanji kapetan Maribora Zoran Pavlovič odhaja iz Ljudskega vrta". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "Dravo zapustil tudi Zoran Pavlovič" (in Slovenian). Siol. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "Zoran Pavlović, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

External links

Zoran Pavlović – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
Zoran Pavlović at NZS (in Slovene)
Zoran Pavlović at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
Zoran Pavlović at Soccerway.com
Zoran Pavlović at National-Football-Teams.com
Zoran Pavlović at kicker (in German)
Zoran Pavlović at FBref.com
Zoran Pavlović at EU-Football.info
Zoran Pavlović at ÖFB (in German)

[1] "Pavlović, Zoran (vzdevek Zoki)" (in Slovenian). Šaleški biografski leksikon. Retrieved 26 February 2013.

[2] ro (13 October 2009). "Dosedanji kapetan Maribora Zoran Pavlovič odhaja iz Ljudskega vrta". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[3] "Dravo zapustil tudi Zoran Pavlovič" (in Slovenian). Siol. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[4] "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[5] "Zoran Pavlović, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

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