Milan Pavličić (born 20 December 1980) is a

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n retired

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Club career

Born in

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

SR Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), commonly abbreviated as SR Croatia and referred to as simply Croatia, was a ...

, Pavličić played between 1999 and 2008 in the

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

with

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek (), commonly referred to as NK Osijek (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav First Le ...

and NK Varteks. In summer 2008, he joined

FC Fehérvár FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakis ...

in the Hungarian NBI. In the following summer, he returned to

. On 8 August 2012, he moved abroad again by signing a 2-year contract with newly promoted

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

side

FK Radnički Niš FK Radnički Niš () is a professional football club based in Niš, Serbia. The club competes in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of Serbian football. One of the most successful clubs in the former Yugoslavia, the club spent a total of 29 ...

. He then returned to Croatia and played for lower-league clubs such as NK Grafičar Vodovod and also with Borac Kneževi Vinogradi, Tomislav Livana and Vihor Jelisavac, before moving to Germany and joining SV Hajduk Wiesbaden.

International career

He represented Croatia at U-20 level.Milan Pavličić at Playerhistory

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* * 1980 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK Osijek players NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players Fehérvár FC players FK Radnički Niš players NK Grafičar Vodovod players Croatian Football League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Serbian SuperLiga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-forward-stub