Filip Pavić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 January 2010 | ||
| Place of birth | Freising,[1] Germany | ||
| 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) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025 | Germany U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Germany U16 | 9 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 February 2026 | |||
Filip Pavić (born 19 January 2010) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, right-back and defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.[2] He is a German youth international.[3]
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.[4] On September 2025, he was called-up by Bayern Munich's head coach Vincent Kompany to train with the senior team squad.[5] On 13 January 2026, Pavić extended his contract with Bayern Munich, along with under-17's teammate Xaver Pucci.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8] He is also the first ever player born in 2010 to feature in the UEFA Champions League.[9] 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.[10]
International career
Pavić was born in Freising,[1] Germany, and is of Croatian descent, he has represented Germany at under-15 and under-16 levels since 2025.[3]
Career statistics
- As of match played 18 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | 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 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
References
- ^ a b "Filip Pavic 'entierra' a los 'millennials': la 'generación Alfa' debuta en Champions" (in Spanish). Marca. 19 March 2026.
- ^ "Filip Pavic". FC Bayern Munich.
- ^ a b "Filip Pavic - Spielerprofil". Deutscher Fußball-Bund.
- ^ "Bayern-Juwel (16) feiert Champions-League-Debüt gegen Bergamo". Merkur (in German). 18 March 2026.
- ^ "15-year-old trains with Bayern's first team ahead of Bremen clash". bulinews.com. 26 September 2025.
- ^ "FC Bayern verlängert langfristig mit den U17-Talenten Pavić und Pucci" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 13 January 2026.
- ^ "Nächster starker Auftritt gegen Bergamo: Souveräne Bayern buchen Viertelfinalticket" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 18 March 2026.
- ^ "Bayern Munich's Filip Pavic, 16, becomes club's youngest-ever Champions League player". AP News. 18 March 2026.
- ^ "Youth Gone Wild: Filip Pavić is first 2010 player to play for Bayern Munich in rout of Atalanta". Bavarian Football Works. 19 March 2026.
- ^ "SECHSTER HEIMSIEG IN FOLGE: STARKE BAYERN BEZWINGEN UNION BERLIN" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 21 March 2026.
External links
- Filip Pavić at WorldFootball.net
- Filip Pavić at kicker (in German)