Career
He developed into a top division player with NK Rijeka, helping it to two sixth-place finishes and one fourth in the newly founded Croatian First Football League. In the 1993-1994 Croatian Cup, he scored the game"s only goal in the second leg of the final, albeit in an eventual 1–2 aggregate loss. He stayed in the top level with UD Salamanca, dropping down a division in 1999.
In the 2000 off-season, 32-year-old Pavličić signed for Racing de Ferrol – division two – retiring at the end of the campaign.
He settled in the nation subsequently, also playing amateur football in the Alicante area. Pavličić played for Croatia for five years, gaining a total of 22 caps.
His debut came on 8 July 1992 in a 1–3 friendly loss with Australia in Adelaide, and he was selected for the squad that appeared at Union of European Football Associations Euro 1996, playing two group stage games (one minute against Turkey, full match against Portugal) in an eventual quarter final exit. Pavličić died of pancreatic cancer on 4 April 2012 in Elche, aged 44.