Slobodan Pavković

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Slobodan Pavković

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|10|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Novi Sad, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1970–1974

| youthclubs1 = Vojvodina

| years1 = 1974–1978

| clubs1 = Vojvodina

| caps1 = 124

| goals1 = 10

| years2 = 1978–1983

| clubs2 = Partizan

| caps2 = 50

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1983

| clubs3 = Galenika Zemun

| caps3 = 14

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1984–1987

| clubs4 = Degerfors IF

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| totalcaps = 188

| totalgoals = 14

| nationalyears1 = 1974

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia U18

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1977–1978

| nationalteam2 = Yugoslavia U21

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1996–2000

| managerclubs1 = Kuwait SC

| manageryears2 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs2 = Radnički Niš

| manageryears3 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs3 = Vojvodina

| manageryears4 = 2002–2003

| managerclubs4 = Serbia and Montenegro U19

| manageryears5 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs5 = Ruwi

| manageryears6 = 2004–2005

| managerclubs6 = Al-Nasr

| manageryears7 = 2005

| managerclubs7 = Kuwait

| manageryears8 = 2006

| managerclubs8 = Al Ittihad

| manageryears9 = 2015

| managerclubs9 = Fanja

| manageryears10 = 2020-2021

| managerclubs10 = Oman (TD)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Slobodan Pavković ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Слободан Павковић}}, {{IPA|sh|slobǒdan pǎːʋkoʋitɕ|pron}}; born 24 October 1955) is a Serbian former football manager and player.

Club career

Born in Novi Sad, Pavković started out at his hometown club Vojvodina, making his Yugoslav First League debut in 1974. He helped the team win the 1976–77 Mitropa Cup. In 1978, Pavković was signed by Partizan, spending the next five seasons with the Belgrade club. He made two appearances in the title-winning 1982–83 season.{{Cite web | url=https://partizanopedia.rs/slobodanpavkovic.html | title=Slobodan Pavković | language=sr | publisher=partizanopedia.rs | access-date=22 March 2023}} After a brief spell at Galenika Zemun in the Yugoslav Second League, Pavković moved abroad to Sweden and joined Degerfors IF.

International career

At international level, Pavković played for the Yugoslavia under-18s at the 1974 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, where they lost 1–0 in the final to Bulgaria. He was later a member of the Yugoslavia under-21 team that won the 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.{{Cite web | url=https://www.11v11.com/players/slobodan-pavkovic-191866/ | title=Slobodan Pavkovic | publisher=11v11.com | access-date=22 March 2023}}

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Pavković was manager of several clubs in the Middle East. He also served as manager of the Kuwait national football team in 2005.

Between 2008 and 2014, Pavković served as technical director of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS).{{Cite web | url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/fas-technical-director-pavkovic-quits | title=FAS technical director Pavkovic quits | publisher=todayonline.com | date=12 September 2014 | access-date=22 March 2023}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.fas.org.sg/fas-technical-director-slobodan-pavkovic-resigns/ | title=FAS Technical Director Slobodan Pavkovic Resigns | publisher=fas.org.sg | date=21 September 2014 | access-date=22 March 2023}} He later worked as technical director at the Oman Football association.{{cite web|url=https://www.omanobserver.om/article/7199/Sports/oman-u-16-team-to-begin-external-camp-in-bahrain-on-sunday|title=Oman U-16 team to begin external camp in Bahrain on Sunday|newspaper=Oman Observer|first=Adil|last=Al Balushi|date=1 December 2020|access-date=16 March 2025}}

Personal life

A childhood friend of Đorđe Balašević, Pavković was a guitarist for the Novi Sad-based rock band Rani Mraz in the late 1970s.{{Cite web | url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2001/10/01/srpski/S01093003.shtml | title=Igraj u duru! | language=sr | publisher=glas-javnosti.rs | date=30 September 2001 | access-date=22 March 2023}}

Honours

=Player=

Vojvodina

Mitropa Cup: 1976–77

Partizan

Yugoslav First League: 1982–83

=Manager=

Ruwi

Sultan Qaboos Cup: 2003{{Cite web | url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.72.html:152965-Sultan-Pavkovic | title=Sultan Pavković | language=sr | publisher=novosti.rs | date=11 December 2003 | access-date=22 March 2023}}

Fanja