Vangelis Pavlidis

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Vangelis Pavlidis
Pavlidis with Benfica in 2025
Personal information
Full name Evángelos Pavlidis[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 14
Youth career
2004–2014 Bebides 2000 FA Salonika
2015–2017 VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 VfL Bochum 4 (0)
2018–2019 → Borussia Dortmund II (loan) 32 (7)
2019 →
Willem II
(loan)		 14 (5)
2019–2021
Willem II
 59 (23)
2021–2024 AZ 92 (57)
2024– Benfica 26 (10)
International career‡
2014–2015 Greece U17 13 (4)
2015–2017 Greece U19 11 (3)
2018 Greece U20 2 (0)
2019 Greece U21 2 (3)
2019– Greece 46 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2025

Evángelos "Vangelis" Pavlidis (Greek: Βαγγέλης Παυλίδης [vaɲˈɟelis paˈvliðis]; born 21 November 1998) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Greece national team.[2][3]

Born and raised in

Willem II before signing with AZ Alkmaar in 2021, being crowned the Eredivisie top scorer in 2024
. In July 2024, he signed with Benfica for a fee of €18 million.

Pavlidis represented Greece at various youth levels and made his senior debut for Greece in 2019.

Club career

VfL Bochum

On 9 April 2016, Pavlidis signed a professional contract until the summer of 2019. On 15 May 2016, he made his debut with the club as a substitute in a 2. Bundesliga 4–2 away win against 1. FC Heidenheim.

Loan to Borussia Dortmund II

On 26 January 2018, Pavlidis joined Borussia Dortmund II on loan for the second half of the season.[4] On 22 June 2018, Pavlidis loan spell was extended until summer 2019.[5]

Willem II

On 17 January 2019,

KNVB Beker win against FC Twente.[8] On 16 February, he scored his first goal in Eredivisie. Over six months, Pavlidis recorded six goals and five assists in seventeen matches.[9]

On 29 April, Pavlidis signed a permanent deal with the club.[10][11] Subsequently that year, on 2 August, in the opening game of the 2019–20 Eredivisie, Pavlidis scored twice as Willem II won 3–1 against PEC Zwolle.[12] He started the following season by scoring four goals in his first two Eredivisie matches, before adding seven goals the rest of the campaign. With the season being abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, Willem II finished fifth place in the Eredivisie, earning a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.[13]

On 16 September 2020, Pavlidis scored twice in the Europa League qualifying match against Progrès Niederkorn, which ended in a 5–0 win. Willem II were eliminated in the next round by Scottish side Rangers, following a 4–0 loss. On the final matchday, Pavlidis scored a stunning solo goal in a 2–1 win against Fortuna Sittard, that kept Willem II in the Eredivisie.

AZ Alkmaar

On 9 July 2021, Pavlidis signed a contract until 2025 at Dutch club

Puskás Award.[14] He finished the season with 25 goals in 51 matches. He also scored in the final of the European play-offs against Vitesse, helping AZ qualify for the Europa League second qualifying round. In the Eredivisie, he scored sixteen goals, ranking third on the top scorers list behind Sébastien Haller and Loïs Openda.[15]

Pavlidis playing for AZ in 2024

In the

West Ham United and finished the season with 22 goals and 14 assists in 40 matches.[16][17]

The following season, Pavlidis became the first player in Eredivisie history to score in each of the first nine matchdays.[18] He ended that streak with a hat-trick in a 3–0 victory against Heerenveen, bringing his total to thirteen goals in those nine games. He finished the Eredivisie season with 29 goals, making him the joint top scorer alongside Luuk de Jong.[19]

Benfica

On 1 July 2024, Pavlidis joined

€18 million fee, plus €2 million in possible add-ons, and a 10% sell-on clause in favor of AZ Alkmaar.[21]

He made his competitive debut for his new club in a 2–0 loss to Famalicão on 11 August 2024,[22] and scored his first goal in a 3–0 win against Casa Pia three days later.[23] On 27 November, he scored his maiden Champions League goal in a 3–2 away win over Monaco.[24] On 11 January 2025, Pavlidis won his first trophy with Benfica, as they defeated crosstown rivals Sporting CP in the Taça da Liga final on penalties following a 1–1 draw in normal time.[25]

On 21 January, he netted his first Champions League hat-trick against Barcelona. All his goals came inside the opening 30 minutes, making it the third-fastest treble from the start of a match in the competition's history.[26] Despite his performance, the match ended in a 5–4 loss.[27] After a slow start to the season, Pavlidis scored nine goals in eight matches, including the first goal in the 2–0 win over Juventus in the Champions League, securing his team's progression to the knockout phase play-offs qualification.[28] He scored in both legs against Monaco in the Champions League knockout phase play-offs as Benfica secured a 4–3 aggregate victory to advance to the Champions League round of 16.[29] His seventh goal of the European campaign made him Benfica's top scorer in the Champions League, surpassing João Mário's record of six goals set in the 2023–24 season.[30]

International career

Pavlidis represented Greece at under-17, taking part in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where Greece were eliminated in the group stage. He also played at under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels, for a total of 28 caps, scoring 10 goals.

On 29 August 2019, he was called up to the

Euro 2020 qualifiers against Finland and Liechtenstein.[31] On 10 October 2024, he scored two goals against England in a 2–1 away Nations League victory, marking the first time Greece had beaten their opponents. In his celebration, he paid an emotional tribute to his recently deceased national teammate George Baldock, who had died the day prior. He held aloft a shirt with Baldock's name on it.[32]

Personal life

Born to a Pontic Greek family from the village of Katachas in Pieria, he was born in Thessaloniki.[33]His mother hails from Alistrati[34]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 March 2025[35][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VfL Bochum 2015–16 2. Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
2016–17 3 0 0 0 — — — 3 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
Borussia Dortmund II 2017–18 Regionalliga West 17 5 — — — — 17 5
2018–19 15 2 — — — — 15 2
Total 32 7 — — — — 32 7
Willem II
 2018–19 Eredivisie 14 5 3 1 — — — 17 6
2019–20 25 11 3 2 — — — 28 13
2020–21 34 12 1 0 — 2[c] 2 — 37 14
Total 73 28 7 3 — 2 2 — 82 33
AZ 2021–22 Eredivisie 33 16 4 3 — 10[d] 4 4[e] 2 51 25
2022–23 25 12 2 1 — 13[f] 9 — 40 22
2023–24 34 29 2 1 — 10[f] 3 — 46 33
Total 92 57 8 5 — 33 16 4 2 137 80
Benfica 2024–25 Primeira Liga 26 10 3 1 3 2 12[g] 7 0 0 44 20
Career total 227 102 18 9 3 2 47 25 4 2 299 140
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Taça de Portugal
  2. ^ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  6. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 23 March 2025[36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Greece 2019 5 1
2020 5 0
2021 11 4
2022 6 1
2023 9 0
2024 8 2
2025 2 0
Total 46 8
Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pavlidis goal.[36]
List of international goals scored by Vangelis Pavlidis
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 15 October 2019 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece 3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying [37]
2 28 March 2021 Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece 11  Honduras 1–0 2–1
Friendly
 [38]
3 2–1
4 1 September 2021 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 15   Switzerland 1–1 1–2 Friendly
5 8 September 2021 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece 17  Sweden 2–0 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 9 June 2022 Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, Greece 26  Cyprus 2–0 3–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C
7 10 October 2024 Wembley Stadium, London, England 41  England 1–0 2–1 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B [39]
8 2–1

Honours

Benfica

Individual

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