Radisav "Čile" Pavićević (; 12 October 1951 – 19 February 2019) was a Serbian

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player who competed for Yugoslavia in the

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Club career

Pavićević started out at

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and served the club for over a decade, before moving abroad to Germany. He would go on to play for SG Dietzenbach (1980–1982) and

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in the

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International career

At international level, Pavićević represented

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in two

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, winning the bronze medal in

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. He also competed at the

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* 1951 births 2019 deaths Serbian male handball players Yugoslav male handball players Olympic handball players for Yugoslavia Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1975 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in handball RK Crvenka players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Yugoslavia-handball-bio-stub