Mirjan Pavlović (born 21 April 1989) is an Australian

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player who last played for

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Career

Pavlović was born in

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SR Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), or SR Croatia, was a constituent republic and federated state of the Social ...

and moved to Australia when he was five years old. He played for

West Sydney Berries The Canterbury Bankstown Football Club is a soccer club based in Bankstown, New South Wales. The club currently plays in the NSW League Two after being relegated from the formerly NPL NSW 2 in 2019.(from 2022 known as NSW League One) Canterbur ...

in the

New South Wales Premier League The National Premier Leagues NSW is a semi-professional soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, the organising body in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Leagues Northern ...

before being signed to the

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...

youth team. He made his professional debut for the Jets, in their Round 27 loss to

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. He made two more appearances for the Jets that season, in the qualification final against Central Coast and in the semi final against Wellington Phoenix. He was released from the Jets at the end of that season and signed for NSWPL club

Sydney United Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but it ...

for their 2010 season. At Sydney United, he scored 6 goals in 16 matches, prompting a move to New Zealand-based

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

of the Australian

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on a one-year youth deal, after a successful trial including matches against

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

and

Wairarapa United Wairarapa United is a Association football, football club based in Masterton, New Zealand and are currently competing in the Central Premier League, Central League. Club history The club was formed by the merger of Masterton (soccer), Masterton ...

. The latter match saw him score a

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in a 5–1 victory. On 18 November 2010, Pavlović signed a new two-year contract with the Phoenix, tying him to the club until March 2013. Pavlović's contract with the Phoenix was terminated by mutual consent on 14 November 2012. On 28 February 2014, Pavlović signed for an

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club Pune FC for a one-year deal. He returned to Sydney United after the end of the season at Pune, and signed on for the remainder of the 2014 season. He signed on for the 2015 season, but left in the mid-season transfer window to move to Victoria, signing for Arthus Papas-led

Oakleigh Cannons FC Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club, established by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community, currently competes in the NPL Victoria. The cl ...

. He managed a goal and an assist in his second match for Oakleigh, leading them to a 2–0 win over the previously unbeaten

South Melbourne FC South Melbourne Football Club is an Australian semi-professional Association football, soccer club based in suburb of Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park, in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club currently competes in the National P ...

. Towards the end of October 2015, it was announced that Pavlović, and Oakleigh teammate Sean Rooney, would be signing for the recently relegated

Marconi Stallions FC Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marconi, a social ...

in the NSW NPL 2.

Honours

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Premiership:

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Personal life

Pavlović attended

Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown is a Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Broth ...

A-League career statistics

References

External links

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Wellington Phoenix profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlovic, Mirjan 1989 births Living people People from Lika Croatian emigrants to Australia Australian people of Croatian descent Association football forwards Australian soccer players Croatian footballers Newcastle Jets FC players Sydney United 58 FC players Wellington Phoenix FC players Pune FC players Oakleigh Cannons FC players Marconi Stallions FC players A-League Men players I-League players Australian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in India Australian expatriate sportspeople in India