Pavao Pervan (Croatian pronunciation: [pâʋao pêrʋan];[2][3] born 13 November 1987) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Austria national team.[4]

Pavao Pervan
Pervan with LASK Linz in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-11-13) 13 November 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Livno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
VfL Wolfsburg
Number 12
Youth career
1997–2000 Favoritner AC
2000–2004 Team Wiener Linien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Gaswerk/Straßenbahn
2005–2007 SV Schwechat 2 (0)
2007–2010 FC Lustenau 07 30 (0)
2010 FC Pasching 10 (0)
2010–2018 LASK Linz II 88 (0)
2010–2018 LASK Linz 179 (0)
2018– VfL Wolfsburg 34 (0)
International career
2019– Austria 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:41, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Club career

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Born in Livno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pervan came up through the Austrian lower leagues to finally cement his place between the sticks at Bundesliga side LASK from 2012 onwards.[5]

International career

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He was first called up for Austria national football team in November 2017, but remained on the bench in his first 10 call ups to the squad. He made his debut on 19 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Latvia which Austria lost 0–1.[6] He has, as of April 2021, earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals.[7]

Career statistics

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As of match played 20 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SV Schwechat 2006–07 Austrian Regionalliga East 2 0 2 0
Lustenau 2007–08 Eerste Liga 21 0 0 0 21 0
2008–09 Eerste Liga 9 0 1 0 10 0
2009–10 Eerste Liga 0 0 2 0 2 0
Total 30 0 3 0 33 0
Juniors OÖ 2009–10 Austrian Regionalliga Central 10 0 10 0
LASK II 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga Central 16 0 16 0
2011–12 Austrian Regionalliga Central 15 0 15 0
2012–13 Austrian Regionalliga Central 28 0 28 0
2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga Central 29 0 29 0
Total 88 0 88 0
LASK 2010–11 Austrian Bundesliga 2 0 1 0 3 0
2011–12 Eerste Liga 1 0 3 0 4 0
2012–13 Eerste Liga 26 0 3 0 2[b] 0 31 0
2013–14 Eerste Liga 27 0 2 0 2[b] 0 31 0
2014–15 Eerste Liga 36 0 3 0 39 0
2015–16 Eerste Liga 35 0 4 0 39 0
2016–17 Eerste Liga 17 0 3 0 20 0
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 35 0 3 0 38 0
Total 179 0 22 0 4 0 205 0
Wolfsburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 9 0 0 0 9 0
2019–20 Bundesliga 8 0 1 0 5[c] 0 14 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 2 0 1 0 1[c] 0 4 0
2021–22 Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 1[d] 0 7 0
2022–23 Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 1 0
2023–24 Bundesliga 9 0 1 0 10 0
Total 34 0 4 0 7 0 45 0
Career total 343 0 29 0 7 0 4 0 383 0
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Relegation playoffs
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

References

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  1. ^ "Pavao Pervan". Vfl Wolfsburg. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Pȁvao". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 November 2018. Pȁvao
  3. ^ "pr̀vī". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 November 2018. Pȅrvan
  4. ^ Profile - Bundesliga
  5. ^ Austrian career stats - ÖFB
  6. ^ "Latvia v Austria game report". UEFA. 19 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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