Milan Pavkov ( sr-cyr, Милан Павков; born 9 February 1994) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a striker for Saudi club Al-Fayha in

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Club career

ČSK Čelarevo

After episodes with

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and FK Mladost Bački Petrovac, Pavkov joined ČSK Čelarevo for the 2013–14 season. In the first season playing for new club, Pavkov made 27 appearances and scored 8 goals. After the 2014–15 season, in which Pavkov finished as the best goalscorer of the

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina ( Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League East ...

with 18 goals in 27 matches, ČSK Čelarevo was promoted in the First League.

Vojvodina

After solid games with ČSK Čelarevo, Pavkov went on trial with

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in the summer of 2015, and later signed a contract. He made his

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

debut in a match against

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, played on 9 August 2015. On 2 June 2016, Pavkov and Vojvodina mutually terminated their contract.

Radnički Niš

On 4 July 2016, Pavkov signed a three-year contract with Serbian SuperLiga side Radnički Niš. Pavkov scored 2 goals against

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on 10 September 2016, being nominated for the best player of the 8th SuperLiga fixture. He also scored 3 more goals until the end of 2016, in matches against

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and

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Red Star Belgrade

At the beginning of 2017, Pavkov transferred to Red Star Belgrade on a -year deal for a €300,000 fee in two installments. He made his debut replacing

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in the 85th minute of the match against

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on 18 February 2017. He also scored one goal for reserves in home defeat against

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. After he missed the rest of season because of injury, Pavkov returned in squad for the next season. Pavkov made his first appearance, of the new season, in the first leg of the

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for 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, replacing

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in the last minutes of the match against

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. On 27 July 2017, Pavkov moved back to Radnički Niš on a one-year loan deal. On 13 May 2018, Pavkov was sent off during the away match against Spartak Subotica, which was the first

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in his professional career. During the

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campaign, Pavkov scored 23 goals on 33 played matches, making himself second scorer of the season, behind

Aleksandar Pešić Aleksandar Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Пешић; born 21 May 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Red Star Belgrade. Club career Europe Pešić made his senior debut with Radnički Niš ...

. Returning to Red Star in 2018, Pavkov passed the whole summer pre-season with the club under coach

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. After

left the club, Pavkov was named into the 20-man squad for the first leg of the

for 2018–19 UEFA Champions League campaign, against Spartaks Jūrmala. He joined that match as a substitute for injured

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in 18th minute of the game. On 12 August 2018, Pavkov made his first start for Red Star, when he scored a twice in 3–0 victory over Spartak Subotica. On 6 November, he scored both goals in a 2–0 win against

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in the Champions League group stage. On 12 December 2018, Pavkov signed an extension of his contract with Red Star to December 2022. On 13 August 2021 Pavkov extended his contract with Red Star to summer of 2024.

International career

Pavkov was called up to the Serbian national team for the first time in March 2019 for games against

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and

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, replacing

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who had to withdraw from the squad due to injury. He made his debut on 20 March 2019 as a substitute against Germany, replacing

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. He received a straight red card in the 90th minute of the game for a challenge on

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

ČSK Čelarevo *

: 2014–15 Red Star Belgrade *

(4): 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 *

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(2):

, 2021–22

References

External links

Milan Pavkov stats
at utakmica.rs * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavkov, Milan 1994 births Living people Footballers from Novi Sad Association football forwards Serbian footballers Serbian expatriate footballers Serbia international footballers FK Vojvodina players RFK Novi Sad 1921 players FK ČSK Čelarevo players FK Radnički Niš players Red Star Belgrade footballers Al-Fayha FC players Serbian SuperLiga players Saudi Professional League players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia