Ivan Paurević

{{short description|Croatian footballer (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ivan Paurević

| image = Ivan-Paurevic.jpg

| caption = Paurević in 2013

| fullname = Ivan Paurević

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|7|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Essen, Germany

| height = 1.94 m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2004 | youthclubs1 = Rot-Weiss Essen

| youthyears2 = 2004–2010 | youthclubs2 = Borussia Dortmund

| years1 = 2010–2012 | clubs1 = Borussia Dortmund II | caps1 = 45 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2012–2014 | clubs2 = Fortuna Düsseldorf | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = Fortuna Düsseldorf II | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2014–2016 | clubs4 = Ufa | caps4 = 57 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2016–2017 | clubs5 = Huddersfield Town | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2017–2019 | clubs6 = Ufa | caps6 = 63 | goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2019–2021 | clubs7 = SV Sandhausen | caps7 = 39 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = Riga FC | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = Croatia U19 |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2011–2013 | nationalteam2 = Croatia U21 |nationalcaps2 = 5 |nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 6 November 2021

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}}

Ivan Paurević ({{IPA|hr|ǐʋan paǔːreʋitɕ}};{{cite web|url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=fVhlWRI%3D|title=Ìvan|quote=Ìvan|website=Hrvatski jezični portal|access-date=20 March 2018|language=sh}}{{cite web|url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=eFZiXRM%3D&keyword=paor|title=pȁor|quote=Paúrević|website=Hrvatski jezični portal|access-date=20 March 2018|language=sh}} born 1 July 1991) is a professional footballer who most recently played as a defensive midfielder for Latvian side Riga FC.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ivan-paurevic/ |title=Ivan Paurević |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=8 August 2021}} He was born in Germany and has represented Croatia at under-age level.

Club career

Paurević started his professional career in his native Germany with Borussia Dortmund reserves and Fortuna Düsseldorf.

In July 2014, at the age of 23, he moved abroad, signing with Russian Premier League club Ufa.{{cite web|publisher=FC Ufa|url=http://fcufa.pro/allarticle/lenta/58-news-komanda/1666-v-fk-ufa-novye-igroki|script-title=ru:В ФК «Уфа» - новые игроки|date=4 July 2014|language=ru|access-date=5 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200953/http://fcufa.pro/allarticle/lenta/58-news-komanda/1666-v-fk-ufa-novye-igroki|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}} An ever-present figure in Ufa starting XI, Paurević helped them avoid relegation in his first season as the team had finished just above the relegation play-off zone.

On 7 June 2016, he rejoined his former Dortmund manager David Wagner at English Championship club Huddersfield Town, signing a three-year deal. He made his debut for the Terriers as a substitute in their 2–1 win over Brentford on 6 August 2016.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36929750 |title=Huddersfield 2-1 Brentford |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 August 2016 |access-date=6 October 2016}} Having made just two substitute appearances since joining the club, Paurevic was released by mutual consent on 10 January 2017,{{cite news |url=http://www.htafc.com/news/article/2016-17/huddersfield-town-ivan-paurevic-transfer-fc-ufa-3511432.aspx |title=Transfer: Ivan Paurević departs Town |publisher=Huddersfield Town A.F.C. |date=10 January 2017 |access-date=10 January 2017}} and joined former club Ufa's training camp in Cyprus, ahead of a potential return to the Russian club.{{cite news |url=http://www.fcufa.pro/allarticle/lenta/58-news-komanda/3804-ivan-paurevich-prisoedinitsya-k-ufe-na-kiprskom-sbore |title=Ivan Paurević |publisher=FC Ufa |date=5 January 2017 |access-date=11 January 2017 |archive-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113070945/http://www.fcufa.pro/allarticle/lenta/58-news-komanda/3804-ivan-paurevich-prisoedinitsya-k-ufe-na-kiprskom-sbore |url-status=dead }}

On 25 January 2017, he signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with FC Ufa.{{cite web|publisher=FC Ufa|url=http://www.fcufa.pro/allarticle/lenta/61-klub/3845-ivan-paurevich-vernulsya-v-ufu|script-title=ru:Иван Пауревич вернулся в «Уфу»!|date=25 January 2017|language=ru|access-date=25 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231194216/http://www.fcufa.pro/allarticle/lenta/61-klub/3845-ivan-paurevich-vernulsya-v-ufu|archive-date=31 December 2018|url-status=dead}}

On 2 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with German club SV Sandhausen.{{cite web|publisher=SV Sandhausen|url=https://www.svs1916.de/aktuell/nachrichten/news/detail/news/detail/News/paurevic-schliesst-sich-dem-sv-sandhausen-an.html|title=Paurevic schließt sich dem SV Sandhausen an|trans-title=Paurevic joins SV Sandhausen|date=2 July 2019|language=de|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702141334/https://www.svs1916.de/aktuell/nachrichten/news/detail/news/detail/News/paurevic-schliesst-sich-dem-sv-sandhausen-an.html|url-status=dead}}

International career

Paurević was born in Germany and chose to represent Croatia internationally. He played for their U-19 and U-21 teams, earning 5 caps for the latter.

Style of play

Paurević is a hard-working defensive midfielder who possesses a powerful long shot, and he can also play as a center-back. Paurević also played as a striker or attacking midfielder for FC Ufa. In 110 games he scored 11 goals. Two of these were in the Europa League{{cite web|publisher=Sport-Weekend newspaper|url=http://sport-weekend.com/59-anons-svezhego-nomera-na-glavnoj/1779-perevertajlo-perevernul-ufu|script-title=ru:Перевертайло перевернул «Уфу»|date=25 October 2015|language=ru|access-date=7 November 2015|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309082813/http://sport-weekend.com/59-anons-svezhego-nomera-na-glavnoj/1779-perevertajlo-perevernul-ufu|url-status=dead}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|13 May 2018}}.{{cite news|title=Ivan Paurević profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ivan-paurevic/115120/|access-date=10 January 2017|work=Soccerway|date=10 January 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|CupIncludes the DFB-Pokal, Russian Cup and FA Cup.

!colspan="2"|League CupIncludes the EFL Cup.

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Borussia Dortmund II

|2009–10

|3. Liga

|1

00000colspan="2"|—0010
2010–11

|rowspan="2"|Regionalliga West

|11

00000colspan="2"|—00110
2011–12

|32

20000colspan="2"|—00322
colspan="2"|Total

!44

20000colspan="2"|—00442
rowspan="3"|Fortuna Düsseldorf

|2012–13

|Bundesliga

|4

00000colspan="2"|—0040
2013–14

|2. Bundesliga

|18

00000colspan="2"|—00180
colspan="2"|Total

!22

00000colspan="2"|—00220
rowspan="3"|Fortuna Düsseldorf II

|2012–13

|rowspan="2"|Regionalliga West

|10

20000colspan="2"|—00102
2013–14

|1

00000colspan="2"|—0010
colspan="2"|Total

!11

20000colspan="2"|—00112
rowspan="2"|Ufa

|2014–15

|rowspan="2"|Russian Premier League

|29

22000colspan="2"|—00312
2015–16

|28

32000colspan="2"|—00303
Huddersfield Town

|2016–17

|Championship

|1

00010colspan="2"|—0020
rowspan="3"|Ufa

|2016–17

|rowspan="2"|Russian Premier League

|13

12000colspan="2"|—00151
2017–18

|28

50000colspan="2"|—00285
colspan="2"|Total (2 spells)

!98

116000colspan="2"|—0010411
colspan="3"|Career total

!176

156010colspan="2"|—0018315

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Honours

=Club=

Borussia Dortmund II

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