Career
NK Zagreb Pavlović came through the youth system at NK Zagreb. He made his senior team debut in a 4–0 league defeat to Hajduk Split on 9 November 2008. He was a regular first team player in NK Zagreb"s Prva HNL campaigns for the 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons, and has also participated in the Croatian Cup.
The central defender was a reported transfer target for a number of major European teams.
In April 2011, Croatian sports magazine Sportske novosti said that scouts from Football Club Bayern Munich, SV Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart and Zenit Street St. Petersburg had watched him in recent matches. In May 2011, Croatian newspaper 24sata alleged that former French international Christian Karembeu, now a scout, had filmed the player with a view to recommending him to clubs in Le Championnat.
Werder Bremen On 17 December 2012, Pavlović transferred to Werder Bremen signing a contract until 30 June 2016. After making just four first team appearances in over a year, Pavlovic joined Hungarian side i TC on loan until the end of the 2013-2014 season on the 5th of February, 2014.
Pavlović has represented Bosnia-Herzegovina at under-17 level, and Croatia at under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.
He made his competitive debut for the Croatia under-21s in a 1–0 loss to the Georgia under-21s in a June 2011 qualifying match for the 2013 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Football Championship.