Slobodan Pavković (, ; born 24 October 1955) is a Serbian former

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manager and player.

Club career

Born in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, Pavković started out at his hometown club

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, making his

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debut in 1974. He helped the team win the 1976–77

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. In 1978, Pavković was signed by

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, spending the next five seasons with the Belgrade club. He made two appearances in the title-winning 1982–83 season. After a brief spell at Galenika Zemun in the

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, Pavković moved abroad to Sweden and joined Degerfors IF.

International career

At international level, Pavković played for the Yugoslavia under-18s at the 1974 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, where they lost 1–0 in the final to

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. He was later a member of the Yugoslavia under-21 team that won the

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Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Pavković was manager of several clubs in the Middle East. He also served as manager of the

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in 2005. Between 2008 and 2014, Pavković served as technical director of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS).

Personal life

A childhood friend of

Đorđe Balašević Đorđe Balašević ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Балашевић; 11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian and Yugoslav singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director. He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, ...

, Pavković was a guitarist for the Novi Sad-based rock band

Rani Mraz Rani Mraz (Serbian Cyrillic: Рани Мраз; trans. ''Early Frost'') were a former Yugoslav rock band from Novi Sad, formed in 1977 by former Žetva member Đorđe Balašević. During the initial period, the band went through several lineup c ...

in the late 1970s.

Honours

Player

Vojvodina *

: 1976–77 Partizan *

: 1982–83

Manager

Ruwi * Sultan Qaboos Cup: 2003 Fanja *

Oman Professional League Cup The Oman Professional League Cup ( ar, كأس دوري المحترفين عمان) (known as the ''Mazda Professional Cup'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Oman Federation Cup, is an Omani football competition. The first edition ...

: 2014–15

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