Pavlidis in 2024 with AZ
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Evangelos Pavlídis[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Benfica | ||
| Number | Unknown yet | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2014 | Bebides 2000 FA Saloniki | ||
| 2015–2017 | VfL Bochum | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | VfL Bochum | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Borussia Dortmund II (loan) | 32 | (7) |
| 2019 | → Willem II (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2019–2021 | Willem II | 59 | (23) |
| 2021–2024 | AZ | 96 | (59) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Greece U17 | 13 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Greece U19 | 11 | (3) |
| 2018 | Greece U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Greece U21 | 2 | (3) |
| 2019– | Greece | 38 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | |||
Evangelos "Vangelis" Pavlídis (Greek: Βαγγέλης Παυλίδης; born 21 November 1998) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Liga Portugal club Benfica and the Greece national team.[2][3]
On 9 April 2016, Pavlidis signed a professional contract until the summer of 2019. On 15 May 2016, he made his debut with the club as a substitute in a 2. Bundesliga 4–2 away win against 1. FC Heidenheim.
On 26 January 2018, Pavlidis joined Borussia Dortmund II on loan for the second half of the season.[4] On 22 June 2018, Pavlidis loan spell was extended until summer 2019.[5]
On 17 January 2019, Willem II confirmed the signing Pavlidis on loan from Bochum until the end of the 2018–19 season.[6] On 23 January 2019, he scored his first goal with the club after Marios Vrousai's assist in a 3–2 away KNVB Beker win against FC Twente.[7] On 16 February 2019, he scored his first goal in Eredivisie.[8]
On 29 April 2019, Pavlidis signed a permanent deal with the club.[9]
On 2 August 2018, in the opening game of the 2019–20 Eredivisie Pavlidis scored twice as Willem II defeated PEC Zwolle 3–1.[10]
On 9 July 2021, Pavlidis signed a contract until 2025 at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.
On 1 December 2021, Pavlidis is one of the eleven nominees for the 2021 Puskás Award.[11]
On 29 August 2019, Pavlidis was called up to the Greek senior team by coach John van 't Schip for the forthcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Finland and Liechtenstein.[12] He's partial Romani descent.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| VfL Bochum | 2015–16 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2017–18 | Regionalliga West | 17 | 5 | — | — | 17 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19 | 15 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 7 | — | — | 32 | 7 | ||||
| Willem II | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 6 | |
| 2019–20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | 28 | 13 | |||
| 2020–21 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 2 | 37 | 14 | ||
| Total | 73 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 33 | ||
| AZ | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 37 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 10[c] | 4 | 51 | 25 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 13[d] | 9 | 40 | 22 | ||
| 2023–24 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 10[d] | 3 | 46 | 33 | ||
| Total | 96 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 137 | 80 | ||
| Career total | 205 | 94 | 15 | 8 | 35 | 18 | 255 | 120 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 15 October 2019 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | 3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | [14] |
| 2 | 28 March 2021 | Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece | 11 |  Honduras |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [15] |
| 3 | 2–1 | |||||||
| 4 | 1 September 2021 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 15 |  Switzerland |
1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 8 September 2021 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | 17 |  Sweden |
2–0 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 6 | 9 June 2022 | Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, Greece | 26 |  Cyprus |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C |
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