Cristian David Pavón (born 21 January 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Atlético Mineiro.
![]() Pavón with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cristian David Pavón[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1996-01-21) 21 January 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Atlético Mineiro | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2013 | Talleres de Córdoba | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Talleres de Córdoba | 19 | (4) |
2014–2022 | Boca Juniors | 104 | (25) |
2014 | → Colón (loan) | 20 | (5) |
2019–2020 | → LA Galaxy (loan) | 35 | (14) |
2022– | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Argentina U17 | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Argentina U20 | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Argentina Olympic | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Argentina | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2018 |
Pavón played for CA Talleres U20s until 7 February 2012 where he signed his professional contract for the team. He did so at only 16 years of age.
On 9 July 2014, Pavón signed with Argentine club Boca Juniors for €3.19M.
On 8 August 2019, Pavón signed on loan with Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy for the remainder of the 2019 season, with the option to make the deal permanent.[3][4] He scored his first goal for LA Galaxy on 25 August 2019 against Los Angeles FC.[5] The Galaxy exercised the option to extend his loan for the 2020 season on 19 November 2019.[6]
On 3 July 2022, Pavón joined Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro on a free transfer and a three-year contract.[7]
At international level, Pavón represented the Argentina Olympic Football Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2017, he was selected to the Argentina national team for friendlies against Russia and Nigeria. He had an impressive debut against Russia, assisting Sergio Aguero on the only goal of the game. He made another assist for Aguero to score against Nigeria in a game that ultimately ended in a 4–2 loss.
In May 2018, Pavón was named in Argentina's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia;[8] later that month, he was included in Jorge Sampaoli's final 23-man squad for the competition, and was assigned the number 22 shirt.[9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental[lower-alpha 1] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Talleres | 2013–14 | Primera B Nacional | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 4 | ||
Colón (loan) | 2014 | Primera B Nacional | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 5 | ||
Boca Juniors | 2015 | Primera División | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | |
2016 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
2016–17 | Primera División | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 35 | 14 | ||
2017–18 | Primera División | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 36 | 7 | |
2018–19 | Primera División | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 37 | 7 | |
2020–21 | Primera División | — | — | 5 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
2021 | Primera División | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 4 | ||
2022 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 104 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 35 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 167 | 36 | ||
LA Galaxy (loan) | 2019 | MLS | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
2020 | MLS | 22 | 10 | — | — | — | 22 | 10 | ||||
Total | 35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | |||
Atlético Mineiro | 2022 | Série A | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
Career total | 181 | 49 | 17 | 3 | 35 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 246 | 60 |
Argentina | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 11 | 0 |
Boca Juniors[12]
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