Daniel Pavlović (; born 22 April 1988) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a

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for Swiss club Basel U21 on loan from Chiasso.

Club career

Pavlović started playing professionally for SC Freiburg II and spent his early career playing in lower league teams, like

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and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, up until 2010, when he signed for

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. Pavlović made a name for himself playing for most successful Swiss club, staying there for five seasons, being the team

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in the last one. He was signed on one-year loan deal by newly promoted Serie A club Frosinone in the summer of 2015. In July 2016, Pavlović signed a two-year deal with

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. On 31 August 2017, Pavlović joined

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on a loan deal. After the loan deal in June 2018 ended, he went back to Sampdoria but the next day left the club after his contract had expired. On 21 March 2019, Pavlović signed with Serie B club Perugia until 30 June 2019, with an option for an extension for another two seasons. On 18 July 2022, Pavlović was loaned by Basel for their Under-21 squad that plays in the third-tier

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International career

Pavlović represented

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, country of his birth, on various youth levels. However, he decided to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina on senior level, and got

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approval in December 2016. On 25 March 2017, Pavlović made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a convincing 5–0 win over

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern *

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: 2009–10 Grasshopper *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlovic, Daniel 1988 births Living people People from Rorschach, Switzerland Swiss people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Swiss people of Croatian descent Men's association football fullbacks Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers SC Freiburg II players FC Schaffhausen players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Frosinone Calcio players UC Sampdoria players FC Crotone players AC Perugia Calcio players FC Lugano players FC Chiasso players Swiss Challenge League players Regionalliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players Serie A players Serie B players Swiss Promotion League players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Italy Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Footballers from the canton of St. Gallen