Lazar Pajović (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Пајовић; born 26 August 1991) is a Serbian footballer. He can perform as a centre-back, or as a defensive midfielder eventually.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 August 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Pazar, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Novi Pazar | |||
| Novi Pazar | |||
| OFK Beograd | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Hajduk Beograd | 70 | (4) |
| 2012 | Kolubara | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Hajduk Beograd | 10 | (0) |
| 2013 | Sopot | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Novi Pazar | 31 | (1) |
| 2017 | Borac Čačak | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Petrovac | 44 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Novi Pazar | 17 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2021 | |||
Club career
Hajduk Beograd
Born in Novi Pazar, Pajović started playing football with local football "AS" academy. In 2007, he joined FK Novi Pazar,[3] and later moved to OFK Beograd, where he completed his youth categories.[4] He has begun his senior career with Hajduk Beograd in 2009 and made 25 Serbian League Belgrade caps for the 2009–10 season.[5] Pajović also continued playing for the club and scored 2 goals for each of the next 2 seasons, collecting 70 league matches with 4 goals at total between 2009 and 2012.[5] After he spent the first half of the 2012–13 season as a member of the Serbian First League side Kolubara without official matches, Pajović returned to Hajduk Beograd, where he spent the rest of season.[5]
Novi Pazar
After he spent the first half of 2013–14 Serbian League Belgrade season playing with FK Sopot, making just 3 league appearances until the winter break off-season,[5] Pajović returned to his home town and joined FK Novi Pazar at the beginning of 2014.[6] Pajović made his Serbian SuperLiga debut for Novi Pazar in the last fixture match of the 2013–14 season, against Radnički Niš, but he got a red card during the first half.[7] Pajović also made 2 league caps for the next season. In summer 2015, Pajović played several friendly matches during the pre-season and scored 1 goal, in 1–0 victory against Velež Mostar.[8] During the regular season, he noted 10 caps for the 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga season, scoring a goal in the last fixture match against Metalac Gornji Milanovac.[9] In a match Spartak Subotica, played on 15 May 2016, he succeeded a captain armbrand after Irfan Vusljanin was substituted off.[3] Pajović also started 2016–17 season as a starting centre-back, pairing with Miloš Tintor, but after he earned red card in the opening match against Javor Ivanjica, he was replacing by Darko Stanojević from the next fixture match.[10] After Tintor's injury, Pajović returned in squad for the postponed match of the first fixture, against Vojvodina, played on 14 September 2016.[3] Pajović made his first SuperLiga assist in the 17 fixture match of 2016–17 season, against Javor Ivanjica, when he passed a ball to Enver Alivodić for a goal.[11] In summer 2017, Pajović left the club as a free agent.[12]
Borac Čačak
Several days after he left his former club, Pajović joined Borac Čačak on 21 July 2017.[13]
Career statistics
- As of 22 March 2017[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hajduk Beograd | 2009–10[5] | Serbian League Belgrade | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11[5] | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||||
| 2011–12[5] | 21 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | |||||
| 2012–13[5] | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 80 | 4 | — | — | — | 80 | 4 | |||||
| Kolubara | 2012–13[5] | Serbian First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sopot | 2013–14[5] | Serbian League Belgrade | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Novi Pazar | 2013–14 | Serbian SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| Borac Čačak | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 114 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 115 | 5 | ||||
References
External links
- Lazar Pajović stats at utakmica.rs (in Serbian)
- Lazar Pajović at FootballDatabase.eu
- Lazar Pajović at WorldFootball.net
- Lazar Pajović at Soccerbase