Filip Pavić

Filip Pavić
Personal information
Date of birth (2010-01-19) 19 January 2010
Place of birth Freising, Germany[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 43
Youth career
–2019 SV Waldperlach
2019– Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2026– Bayern Munich 0 (0)
2026– Bayern Munich II 2 (0)
International career‡
2025 Germany U15 2 (0)
2025–2026 Germany U16 11 (0)
2026– Croatia U17 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 May 2026

Filip Pavić (born 19 January 2010) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, right-back and defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.[2]

Club career

Bayern Munich

Pavić is a youth product of SV Waldperlach, in 2019 he joined the youth academy of Bundesliga side Bayern Munich with whom he progressed and continued his development.[3] In September 2025, he was called up by Bayern Munich's head coach Vincent Kompany to train with the senior team squad.[4] On 13 January 2026, Pavić extended his contract with Bayern Munich, along with under-17's teammate Xaver Pucci.[5]

He received his first call-up and made his professional debut with the Bayern Munich senior team on 18 March 2026, during the 4–1 home win UEFA Champions League round of 16 match against Italian Serie A club Atalanta, substituting Josip Stanišić at the 72nd minute.[6] Hence, he became Bayern Munich's youngest player in the UEFA Champions League, aged 16 years and 58 days, breaking the previous record of Paul Wanner.[7] He is also the first ever player born in 2010 to feature in the UEFA Champions League.[8] Three days later, on March 21, Pavić was called up with the Bayern Munich senior team for the 4–0 home win Bundesliga match against Union Berlin, as an unused substitute however.[9]

He received his first call-up with Bayern Munich II on 8 May 2026, making his first professional start and his debut with the reserve team during a 1–1 home draw Regionalliga Bayern match against VfB Eichstätt.[10][11] Eight days later, Pavić started with Bayern Munich II once again, during a 5–0 away win Regionalliga Bayern match against Viktoria Aschaffenburg, on May 16.[12][13]

International career

Born in Freising, Germany, Pavić holds dual German and Croatian citizenship, making him eligible to represent either nation, he represented Germany at the under-15 and under-16 levels.[1][14]

In May 2026, he decided to switch allegiance and represent Croatia at youth international level.[15] Pavić was nominated by the Croatian Football Federation for the U17s upcoming matches, starting on 25 May.[16] Subsequently, getting called up for the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich 2025–26 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 1 0
Bayern Munich II 2025–26 Regionalliga Bayern 2 0 — — 0 0 2 0
Career Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Notes
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ^ a b "Filip Pavic 'entierra' a los 'millennials': la 'generación Alfa' debuta en Champions" (in Spanish). Marca. 19 March 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  2. ^ "Filip Pavic". FC Bayern Munich.
  3. ^ "Bayern-Juwel (16) feiert Champions-League-Debüt gegen Bergamo". Merkur (in German). 18 March 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  4. ^ "15-year-old trains with Bayern's first team ahead of Bremen clash". bulinews.com. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  5. ^ "FC Bayern verlängert langfristig mit den U17-Talenten Pavić und Pucci" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  6. ^ "Nächster starker Auftritt gegen Bergamo: Souveräne Bayern buchen Viertelfinalticket" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  7. ^ "Bayern Munich's Filip Pavic, 16, becomes club's youngest-ever Champions League player". AP News. 18 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Youth Gone Wild: Filip Pavić is first 2010 player to play for Bayern Munich in rout of Atalanta". Bavarian Football Works. 19 March 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  9. ^ "Sechster Heimsieg in Folge: Starke Bayern bezwingen Union Berlin" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  10. ^ "Meixner kontert Lambe: Amateure spielen remis im letzten Heimspiel gegen Eichstätt" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  11. ^ "Meixner kontert Debütant Lambe: Bayern-Amateure holen Punkt in Unterzahl" (in German). Kicker. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  12. ^ "BEI SEITZ-ABSCHIED - AMATEURE FEIERN 5:0-AUSWÄRTSSIEG IN ASCHAFFENBURG" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  13. ^ "Chancenlos gegen Bayern-Amateure: Aschaffenburg muss auf Fürther Abstieg hoffen" (in German). Kicker. 16 May 2026.
  14. ^ "Filip Pavic - Spielerprofil". Deutscher Fußball-Bund.
  15. ^ "Filip Pavić odabrao igrati za hrvatsku reprezentaciju". hns.team (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  16. ^ "Kurz & Campus: Pavić für U17-EM nominiert" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  17. ^ "Marijan Budimir objavio popis igrača za Europsko prvenstvo u Estoniji". Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian). 12 May 2026.
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