Zoran Pavlović (born 27 June 1976) is a former Slovenian

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who played as a

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Club career

Although he was born in

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, Pavlović's family moved to

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when he was young. He started his career at Rudar Velenje, making his first appearance in the

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during the 1994–95 season. Later, he played with

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, Olimpija, Nafta Lendava, and Interblock. In the 2008–09 season, he played for and captained

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. After a string of poor results and a dispute with fans, he left the club in October 2009. He later signed on a combined player-sporting director contract with

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. He left the club in April 2010, allegedly due to a conflict surrounding the sacking of manager

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whom he had brought to the club only months before. In January 2012, he signed a contract as a player for

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n amateur team SV Schwanberg.

International career

Pavlović played 21 matches for the Slovenia national team and was a participant at the

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and the

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. His final international was an April 2002

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against

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Honours

Rudar Velenje

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: 1997–98

Dinamo Zagreb

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: 1999–2000 *

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: 2001

Maribor

: 2008–09 *

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlovic, Zoran 1976 births Living people Footballers from Tuzla Slovenian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Men's association football midfielders Slovenian men's footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers Slovenia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2000 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players NK Rudar Velenje players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players FK Austria Wien players FC Red Bull Salzburg players FC Vorskla Poltava players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players SFC Opava players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players NK Nafta Lendava players NK IB 1975 Ljubljana players NK Maribor players NK Drava Ptuj (1933) players NK Celje players NK Šmartno 1928 players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ukrainian Premier League players Slovak First Football League players Czech First League players 2. Bundesliga players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Germany