Miloš Pantović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Пантовић; born 7 July 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Union Berlin.
![]() Pantović with VfL Bochum in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Union Berlin | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
Helios Daglfing | |||
0000–2007 | Rot-Weiss Oberföhring | ||
2007–2015 | Bayern Munich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Bayern Munich II | 94 | (34) |
2015–2018 | Bayern Munich | 1 | (0) |
2018–2022 | VfL Bochum | 91 | (8) |
2022– | Union Berlin | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Serbia U19 | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Serbia U20 | 3 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Serbia U21 | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 November 2021 |
Pantović was born in Munich, after his parents moved there from Arilje, Serbia.
Pantović started playing football at the age of six, at first plying his trade with local club Helios Daglfing.[2] He then joined Rot-Weiss Oberföhring[2] and later, in 2007,[2] he joined Bayern Munich U12 team, and then played for every single one of Bayern's youth teams.[3] He started playing for Bayern Munich II in 2014, and was almost instantaneously rewarded with a selection to Serbia U19 national team.[4] He would go on to make six appearances.[2] Pantović made his Bundesliga debut in the 9th fixture of 2015–16 season, replacing Arturo Vidal in 92 minute,[5] and thus became the first Serbian player since Radmilo Mihajlović, 1989-1990, to represent FC Bayern.[6] This would be his only appearance for the first team.[7] He scored seven goals in 28 appearances for the first team 2015–16 season for the reserve team.[7] He scored 15 goals in 27 appearances in the 2016–17 season.[8] He scored 12 goals in 33 appearances in the 2017–18 season.[9]
On 14 May 2018, it was announced that he was moving to VfL Bochum in the 2. Bundesliga on a free transfer.[10]
On 13 June 2022, Union Berlin announced the signing of Pantovic.[11]
Pantović was called in U19 national team selection in spring 2015, but he played only friendly matches.[4] After he made his debut for the first team of Bayern Munich, Pantović received a call from Tomislav Sivić, coach of U21 selection.[12]
Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bayern Munich II | 2014–15 | Regionalliga Bayern | 6 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 28 | 7 | — | 28 | 7 | |||
2016–17 | 27 | 15 | — | 27 | 15 | |||
2017–18 | 33 | 12 | — | 33 | 12 | |||
Total | 94 | 34 | — | 95 | 34 | |||
Bayern Munich | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
VfL Bochum | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
2019–20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
2020-21 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 4 | ||
2021-22 | Bundesliga | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 8 | |
Total | 91 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 99 | 13 | ||
Career total | 186 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 195 | 47 |
Bayern Munich
VfL Bochum
1. FC Union Berlin – current squad | |
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