Filip Pavić

About

Filip Pavić (born 19 January 2010) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, right-back and defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.

Pavić is a youth product of SV Waldperlach, in 2019 he joined the youth academy of Bundesliga side Bayern Munich with whom he progressed and continued his development. In September 2025, he was called up by Bayern Munich’s head coach Vincent Kompany to train with the senior team squad. On 13 January 2026, Pavić extended his contract with Bayern Munich, along with under-17’s teammate Xaver Pucci.
He received his first call-up and made his professional debut with the Bayern Munich senior team on 18 March 2026, during the 4–1 home win UEFA Champions League round of 16 match against Italian Serie A club Atalanta, substituting Josip Stanišić at the 72nd minute. Hence, he became Bayern Munich’s youngest player in the UEFA Champions League, aged 16 years and 58 days, breaking the previous record of Paul Wanner. He is also the first ever player born in 2010 to feature in the UEFA Champions League. Three days later, on March 21, Pavić was called up with the Bayern Munich senior team for…