Miloš Pantović ( sr-cyr, Милош Пантовић; born 7 July 1996) is a professional

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who plays as a forward for Belgian club

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. Born in Germany, he has represented Serbia at youth levels internationally.

Early life

Pantović was born in

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, after his parents moved there from

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, Serbia.

Club career

Early career

Pantović started playing football at the age of six, at first plying his trade with local club Helios Daglfing. He then joined Rot-Weiss Oberföhring and later, in 2007, he joined Bayern Munich U12 team, and then played for every single one of Bayern's youth teams. He started playing for

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in 2014, and was almost instantaneously rewarded with a selection to Serbia U19 national team. He would go on to make six appearances. Pantović made his

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debut in the 9th fixture of 2015–16 season, replacing

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in 92 minute, and thus became the first

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n player since

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, 1989-1990, to represent FC Bayern. This would be his only appearance for the first team. He scored seven goals in 28 appearances for the first team 2015–16 season for the reserve team. He scored 15 goals in 27 appearances in the 2016–17 season. He scored 12 goals in 33 appearances in the 2017–18 season.

VfL Bochum

On 14 May 2018, it was announced that he was moving to

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in the

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on a free transfer.

1.FC Union Berlin

On 13 June 2022,

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announced the signing of Pantovic.

Eupen

On 28 August 2023, Pantović signed a two-year contract with

in Belgium.

International career

Pantović was called in U19 national team selection in spring 2015, but he played only friendly matches. After he made his debut for the first team of Bayern Munich, Pantović received a call from Tomislav Sivić, coach of U21 selection.

Career statistics

Honours

Bayern Munich *

: 2015-16 * DFL-Supercup:

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VfL Bochum *

: 2020-21

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pantovic, Milos 1996 births Living people German people of Serbian descent Footballers from Munich Men's association football forwards Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players VfL Bochum players 1. FC Union Berlin players K.A.S. Eupen players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium