Dubravko Pavličić (28 November 1967 – 4 April 2012) was a Croatian footballer who played as a central defender.
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 November 1967 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (modern Croatia) | ||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 April 2012 (aged 44) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Elche, Spain | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| Radnik Velika Gorica | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Dinamo Zagreb | 56 | (2) | ||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Rijeka | 104 | (2) | ||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Hércules | 95 | (8) | ||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Salamanca | 57 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Racing Ferrol | 29 | (2) | ||||||||
| Total | 321 | (14) | |||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Yugoslavia U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||
| 1992–1997 | Croatia | 22 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (modern Croatia), Pavličić started playing professionally for local NK Dinamo, being irregularly used over the course of three seasons. He developed into a top division player with NK Rijeka, helping it to two sixth place finishes and one fourth in the newly founded Croatian First Football League; in the 1993–94 Croatian Cup, he scored the game's only goal in the second leg of the final, albeit in an eventual 1–2 aggregate loss.
In the 1994, summer Pavličić moved to Spain and signed for Hércules CF, in Segunda División, winning promotion to La Liga in his second year and netting a career-best six goals in 38 games in the following season, which nonetheless ended in relegation, with the player scoring in both games against FC Barcelona (3–2 win at the Camp Nou and 2–1 success at home). He stayed in the top level with UD Salamanca, dropping down a division in 1999.
In the 2000 off-season, 32-year-old Pavličić signed for Racing de Ferrol – division two – retiring at the end of the campaign. He settled in the nation subsequently, also playing amateur football for club Sporting Plaza in the Alicante area.[1]
International career
editPavličić played for Croatia for five years, gaining a total of 22 caps.[2] His debut came on 8 July 1992 in a 1–3 friendly loss with Australia in Adelaide, and he was selected for the squad that appeared at UEFA Euro 1996, playing two group stage games (one minute against Turkey, full match against Portugal) in an eventual quarter final exit. His final international was a June 1997 Kirin Cup match against Turkey.[3]
Previously, Pavličić was a member of the highly talented Yugoslavia under-20 team that won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, playing all the games in the tournament.[4]
Death
editPavličić died of pancreatic cancer on 4 April 2012 in Elche, aged 44.[5][6]
Career statistics
editClub statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Yugoslavia | League | Yugoslav Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1986–87 | Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav First League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 1988–89 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |||
| 1989–90 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |||
| NK Rijeka | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 1990–91 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Croatia | League | Croatian Cup | Super Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1992 | NK Rijeka | Prva HNL | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||
| 1992–93 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 2 | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1994–95 | Hércules CF | Segunda División | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| 1995–96 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 1996–97 | La Liga | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 6 | |||
| 1997–98 | UD Salamanca | La Liga | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 1999–00 | Segunda División | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| 1999–00 | Racing de Ferrol | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 2 | |||
| Country | Yugoslavia | 91 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 110 | 5 | |
| Croatia | 71 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 4 | ||
| Spain | 187 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 11 | ||
| Total | 349 | 25 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 400 | 30 | ||
International
editInternational appearances
edit| Croatia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 0 |
Honours
edit- Hércules CF
- Yugoslavia U-20
References
edit- ^ "Dubravko Pavlicic" [Dubravko Pavlicic] (in Spanish). mitosfutbolisticos. 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Croatia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Dubravko Pavličić – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Tolić, Josip (4 April 2012). "Preminuo Dubravko Pavličić" [Dubravko Pavličić dies] (in Croatian). Sportnet.
- ^ "Fallece Dubravko Pavlicic, mito de la defensa del Hércules" [Dubravko Pavlicic, legendary Hércules defender, dies] (in Spanish). Terra. 4 April 2012.
- ^ "Dubravko Pavičić Spain statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Dubravko Pavičić". povijest.gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Dubravko Pavličić at the Croatian Football Federation
External links
edit- Dubravko Pavličić at BDFutbol
- Dubravko Pavličić at the Croatian Football Federation
- Dubravko Pavličić at National-Football-Teams.com