Dubravko Pavličić

Dubravko Pavličić (28 November 1967 – 4 April 2012) was a Croatian footballer who played as a central defender.

Dubravko Pavličić

Personal information
Date of birth	28 November 1967
Place of birth	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
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)
National team
1987	Yugoslavia U20	6	(0)
1992–1997	Croatia	22	(0)
Honours Representing  Yugoslavia FIFA U-20 World Cup 1987
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 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

Pavličić 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.

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.[3]

Death

Pavličić died of pancreatic cancer on 4 April 2012 in Elche, aged 44.[4][5]

Career statistics

Club statistics

[6] [7]

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 appearances

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

[8]

Honours

Hércules CF

• Segunda División: 1995–96

Yugoslavia U-20

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1987

References

1. "Dubravko Pavlicic" [Dubravko Pavlicic] (in Spanish). mitosfutbolisticos. 4 June 2010.
2. "Croatia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
3. Dubravko Pavličić – FIFA competition record
4. Tolić, Josip (4 April 2012). "Preminuo Dubravko Pavličić" [Dubravko Pavličić dies] (in Croatian). Sportnet.
5. "Fallece Dubravko Pavlicic, mito de la defensa del Hércules" [Dubravko Pavlicic, legendary Hércules defender, dies] (in Spanish). Terra. 4 April 2012.
6. "Dubravko Pavičić Spain statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
7. "Dubravko Pavičić". povijest.gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
8. Dubravko Pavličić at the Croatian Football Federation

External links

• Dubravko Pavličić at BDFutbol
• Dubravko Pavličić at the Croatian Football Federation
• Dubravko Pavličić at National-Football-Teams.com