Dubravko Pavličić

Dubravko Pavličić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-11-28)28 November 1967
Place of birth	Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (modern Croatia)
Date of death	4 April 2012(2012-04-04) (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 Representing  Yugoslavia FIFA U-20 World Cup 1987
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Born in

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

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

Pavličić died of pancreatic cancer on 4 April 2012 in Elche, aged 44.^[5][6]

Career statistics

Club statistics

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International

International appearances

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Honours

Hércules CF

• Segunda División: 1995–96

Yugoslavia U-20

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1987