Filip Pavić

Filip Pavić (born 19 January 2010) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, right-back and defensive midfielder for club Bayern Munich.

Club career Bayern Munich Pavić is a youth product of SV Waldperlach, in 2019 he joined the youth academy of Bundesliga side Bayern Munich with whom he progressed and continued his development. In September 2025, he was called up by Bayern Munich's head coach Vincent Kompany to train with the senior team squad. On 13 January 2026, Pavić extended his contract with Bayern Munich, along with under-17's teammate Xaver Pucci.

He received his first call-up and made his professional debut with the Bayern Munich senior team on 18 March 2026, during the 4–1 home win UEFA Champions League round of 16 match against Italian Serie A club Atalanta, substituting Josip Stanišić at the 72nd minute. Hence, he became Bayern Munich's youngest player in the UEFA Champions League, aged 16 years and 58 days, breaking the previous record of Paul Wanner. He is also the first ever player born in 2010 to feature in the UEFA Champions League. Three days later, on March 21, Pavić was called up with the Bayern Munich senior team for the 4–0 home win Bundesliga match against Union Berlin, as an unused substitute however.

He received his first call-up with Bayern Munich II on 8 May 2026, making his first professional start and his debut with the reserve team during a 1–1 home draw Regionalliga Bayern match against VfB Eichstätt. Eight days later, Pavić started with Bayern Munich II once again, during a 5–0 away win Regionalliga Bayern match against Viktoria Aschaffenburg, on May 16.

International career Born in Freising, Germany, Pavić holds dual German and Croatian citizenship, making him eligible to represent either nation, he represented Germany at the under-15 and under-16 levels.

In May 2026, he decided to switch allegiance and represent Croatia at youth international level. Pavić was nominated by the Croatian Football Federation for the U17s upcoming matches, starting on 25 May. Subsequently, getting called up for the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

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