Andrija Pavlović

Andrija Pavlović (, ; born 16 November 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Rad Born in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia Pavlović made his first football steps with Policajac. Later, he moved in Rad, where he was trained by Marko Nikolić. He made his senior debut in the last fixture of 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga. Later, he was loaned to Palić and BASK where he has gained senior experience, Pavlović scored his first senior goal for Rad in a match against Radnički Kragujevac, played on 14 September 2013. He was also scored in a cup match against Borac Čačak on 25 September the same year. After 10 years spent with Rad, he left the club in the 2013–14 winter break. After recovering from a knee surgery, During the season, he made 12 starts and usually played as a winger. He opened the season scoring a hat-trick in the first fixture against Vojvodina. Later, he was a scorer in both matches against OFK Beograd and scored both goals in a 2–7 defeat to Red Star Belgrade in the first half of the season. He also scored 2 goals in a cup match against Mokra Gora. After scoring 10 goals in 5 matches in April 2016 he was nominated as player of the month.

Copenhagen On 9 June 2016, Pavlović signed a five-year contract with Copenhagen. Pavlović was included in the club's starting line-up from the onset, and made his debut in the opening match of the 2016–17 season against Lyngby on 16 July 2016. Pavlolić played as a regular in the Copenhagen attack in the autumn of 2016 and contributed with a goal in the qualifying match for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League against Cypriot club APOEL. Despite making many appearances during the autumn of 2016, Pavlović struggled with his goalscoring, a trend which continued through the spring of 2017, where he, however, scored a hat-trick in 13 minutes against Lyngby. As part of the Copenhagen team he won the Danish Superliga championship as well as the Danish Cup in 2016–17 season.

In the 2017–18 season, Pavlović scored another hat-trick, this time against Slovak side MŠK Žilina in a UEFA Champions League qualifier, but in the spring season Pavlović faced limited playing time and dropped in the depth chart hierarchy behind Federico Santander, Pieros Sotiriou, Viktor Fischer and Jonas Wind. In April 2018 he was sold to Austrian club Rapid Wien. Pavlović made a total of 83 appearances in all tournaments for Copenhagen, in which he scored 22 goals. For the 2019–20 season, Pavlović was loaned to APOEL in Cyprus. Before his season with the club ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he made 21 appearances in the Cypriot First Division, in which he scored five goals. Regarded as a controversial transfer due to his past with Brøndby arch-rivals FC Copenhagen, Pavlović commented: "I have great respect for the fact that it may not be my jersey which becomes a best-seller because of my time with FC Copenhagen, but that does not change my intention of coming to Brøndby IF, because I want to win matches, and I think that I can contribute and make a difference for the club". He scored his first goal for his new team on 8 November in a 3–1 home win over OB. Pavlović fell out with an injury during a match against Lyngby Boldklub on 30 November, and he was sidelined the following months.

On 19 July 2022, after a largely unsuccessful spell, his contract was terminated by mutual consent, making him a free agent. He made 47 appearances for Brøndby in which he scored seven goals. He made his debut for the club against Vojvodina on 2 October, coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute for Ricardo Gomes. His first goal came on 16 October, helping his side to a 3–2 win over his former club Čukarički.

International career Pavlović appeared for U20 selection. In 2013, he was called up to the Serbia national under-21 football team under coach Radovan Ćurčić for some friendly matches. In 2015, he was added to the Serbia U23 team by Milan Rastavac for a friendly match against Qatar U23.

After impressing during the 2015–16 season with Čukarički in the Serbian SuperLiga, Slavoljub Muslin selected him for Serbia national football team for several friendly matches in 2016. Pavlović made his first appearance for the Serbia national football team in a 2–1 friendly win against Cyprus in May 2016. He only earned 5 caps (no goals), all in 2016.

Career statistics

Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga

2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga

2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga

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