Zvonko Pamić (born 4 February 1991) is a Croatian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. According to the 2011 census, its population was 55,705. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located on the Zagreb- Rijeka highway and railway line, south-west of Zagre ...

Club career

Early career

Pamić began his career with

NK Žminj NK Žminj is a Croatian football club based in a village of Žminj in the central part of Istria. Honours Treća HNL The Druga nogometna liga ( eng, Second football league), commonly Druga NL or 2. NL) is the third tier of the football ...

where he earned his first professional caps in the 2007–08 season. Together with his brother Alen Pamić and cousin

Sandi Križman Sandi Križman (; born 17 August 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Born in Pula, he started his career in his hometown club NK Žminj, where he scored seven goals in 22 matches, aged 17. In the s ...

, they signed for

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

in January 2008. They were then sent on loan to

for the remainder of the season, where their father

Igor Pamić Igor Pamić (born 19 November 1969) is a Croatian former professional footballer and current manager. He made five appearances for the Croatia national team during his playing career. Playing career Club He was born in the village of Žminj ...

was coach at the time. Although his brother and cousin would return to Rijeka for the 2008–09 season, Zvonko spent the next two seasons playing a significant role for Karlovac before leaving for Germany, having never made an official appearance for the Bijeli.

Bayer Leverkusen

On 17 April 2010,

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

agreed terms with Croatian club Rijeka for the signing of the 19-year-old midfielder on a five-year-deal. On 27 May 2010, Leverkusen loaned Pamić to fellow Bundesliga team

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

. While being on loan at Freiburg, he made only two official appearances in Bundesliga.

MSV Duisburg loan

On 27 May 2011, it was announced by Bayer Leverkusen that Pamić would join

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

for the 2011–12 season on loan. He scored his first goal for the team on November 2011. In his first season with MSV Duisburg, Pamić made total of 24 Bundesliga appearance, adding one in DFB-Pokal. MSV and Bayer reached the agreement about Pamić, and the loan was extended until June 2013. He made another 13 appearances for Duisburg until January 2013.

Dinamo Zagreb

In January 2013, the loan at MSV Duisburg was terminated and Pamić returned to Croatia to join

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

. On 25 September 2013 he impressed Dinamo's fans and the Croatian Media becoming the first-ever Croatian player in the history of Dinamo Zagreb to score a goal direct from a

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. Pamić scored the Corner kick-goal in the first round of the 2013–14 Croatian Cup in the match against

HNK Suhopolje NK Suhopolje Virovitica is a Croatian football club based in a village Suhopolje, in the region of Slavonia Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taki ...

. Now Pamić is playing regularly for At one moment, Pamić was a regular first choice and was the top assist provider in Dinamo Zagreb's squad.

Istra 1961, Lokomotiva and Hrvatski Dragovoljac loans

After an injury, Pamić did not become first choice again at Dinamo, and for that reason he was loaned out to

NK Istra 1961 Nogometni klub Istra 1961 ( en, Istra 1961 Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Istra 1961, or simply Istra 1961 or Istra, is a Croatian professional football club from Pula, currently playing in the Croatian First League. It is a common ...

from 2014 to 2015,

NK Lokomotiva Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Football Club), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional association football, football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First ...

from 2015 to 2016 and

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac ( en, Football Club Hrvatski dragovoljac), commonly referred to as NK Hrvatski dragovoljac or simply Hrvatski dragovoljac, is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's ca ...

in 2018.

Titograd

From June 2018 to January 2019 he played for

OFK Titograd OFK Titograd (Montenegrin Cyrillic: ОФК Титоград) is a professional football club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. Founded in 1951, they play in the Third League of Montenegro. The team has one league trophy and two Montenegrin Cup tro ...

during the first part of the

2018–19 Montenegrin First League The 2018–19 Montenegrin First League was the 13th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 3 August 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019. Sutjeska Nikšić were the defending champions. Teams Dečić and Kom we ...

. While at Titograd, he scored 2 league goals in 11 league games.

Široki Brijeg

On 9 January 2019, Pamić signed a contract with

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herz ...

club

NK Široki Brijeg Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg ( en, Široki Brijeg Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...

. He made his debut for Široki on 3 April 2019, in a 2–0 cup semi-final game win against

NK TOŠK Tešanj Nogometni klub TOŠK Tešanj, commonly known as TOŠK Tešanj or just TOŠK is a professional association football club based in the city of Tešanj that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. TOŠK host their home matches at the Stadion Luke, wh ...

. Pamić made his league debut for Široki Brijeg on 7 April 2019, in a 1–0 home win against

NK GOŠK Gabela Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football club based in Gabela, near Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian means Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela Youth Sports Club). Currently, the club ...

. In the 2018–19 season, Pamić and Široki Brijeg finished as

Bosnian Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

runner-ups after losing to

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...

in the final. On 26 May 2019, Pamić decided to leave Široki Brijeg.

International career

Pamić also represented

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at various youth international levels On 24 July 2010, Pamić scored a

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in a U-19 game against

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at the 2010 UEFA European U-19 Championship in

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won the game 5–0.

Personal life

He is the son of ex-Croatia international footballer and now

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. Zvonko's older brother was Alen Pamić, a professional footballer who died of a

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during a recreational game on 21 June 2013 at the age of 23.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

: 2012–13 *

Croatian Supercup The Croatian Football Super Cup is a football match between the winners of the Croatian national top league and football cup. The Super Cup is always held at the beginning of a new football season, and is only held when different clubs win the tw ...

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Široki Brijeg *

runner up: 2018–19 Individual *

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

top assist provider: 2009–10 *Best Sportsman of the

Karlovac County Karlovac County ( hr, Karlovačka županija) is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side star fort in the 16th cen ...

: 2010

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pamic, Zvonko 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Pula Men's association football midfielders Croatian footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Žminj players HNK Rijeka players NK Karlovac players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players SC Freiburg players MSV Duisburg players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Istra 1961 players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players OFK Titograd players NK Široki Brijeg players NK Krško players Croatian Football League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players First Football League (Croatia) players Montenegrin First League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Slovenian Second League players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Montenegro Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina