Career
Born in Myjava, Pavlus began playing football for local side Football Club Spartak Trnava, and played 21 league matches for the club before his 21st birthday. Later, he would make 24 appearances in the Czechoslovakian first division for Football Club Slovan Liberec and FK Viktoria Žižkov. He also made 10 appearances for Football Club Chernomorets Novorossiysk in the Russian Premier League.