Igor Pavlović (; born 7 June 1986) is a Serbian retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Jagodina Jagodina ( sr-cyrl, Јагодина, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Pomoravlje District in central Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Belica (river), Belica River, in the geographical region of � ...

(formerly known as Svetozarevo), Pavlović came through the Jedinstvo Paraćin youth academy. He started his senior career in his hometown in the club with same name. Later he also played with

Napredak Kruševac Napredak, which translates from Serbo-Croatian as ''Progress'', may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napred ...

and

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in Serbia before moving to Hungarian side

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in summer 2010. Previously, Pavlović awarded for the strongest shot in the

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in May 2009. In February 2011, he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with KSZO Ostrowiec. Following his spell in Poland, he had a half season spells with Albanian side Kukësi, Macedonian

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, Serbian Mačva Šabac and Macedonian Sileks. In summer 2013 he returned to Serbia and joined a third-tier side OFK Tabane Trgovački, which had just been formed by the merge of OFK Tabane, and the FK Jagodina farm team FK Trgovački Jagodina. While with

, he won the

Second Macedonian Football League The Macedonian Second Football League (; also called Macedonian Second League, 2. MFL and Vtora Liga) is the second-highest professional football competition in North Macedonia. The competition is contested by 16 clubs, playing each other 2 time ...

. After a spell in Tabane, Pavlović played with Sloga Batočina, Jedinstvo Paraćin and Đerdap Kladovo for a hal-season at each. In summer 2015, Pavlović joined

Temnić Temnić () is an area of Šumadija, which extends between the Velika Morava, the mountain of Juhor and the Western Morava in Serbia. It is bounded by the east from the Great Morava from the composition of the South and West Morava to the village of ...

. After he spent a short spell on loan with Romanian side

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in early 2017, Pavlović returned to Temnić. Scoring 25 goals on 18 matches in the

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, he was elected for the best league scorer for the 2016–17 season, helping the team to make promotion in the

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Honours

Pelister * Macedonian Second League: 2011–12 Temnić *

Serbian League West Serbian League West () is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League East and Serbian League Vojvodina. It is also the highest ...

: 2016–17 Individual *Serbian League West best scorer: 2016–17

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Career story
in sandzak-sport * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlovic, Igor 1986 births Living people Footballers from Jagodina Men's association football forwards Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers FK Jagodina players FK Napredak Kruševac players FK Novi Pazar players Kozármisleny SE footballers KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski players FK Kukësi players FK Pelister players FK Mačva Šabac players FK Sileks players FK Jedinstvo Paraćin players FK Temnić players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players I liga players Macedonian Second Football League players Macedonian First Football League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia 21st-century Serbian sportsmen