Danilo Pantić

Danilo Pantić
Personal information
Full name Danilo Pantić
Date of birth (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996
Place of birth Ruma, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Excelsior
(on loan from Chelsea)
Number 21
Youth career
Jedinstvo Ruma
2007–2013 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Partizan 18 (2)
2015– Chelsea 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Vitesse (loan) 6 (0)
2016– → Excelsior (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 Serbia U17[1] 4 (1)
2013–2015 Serbia U19[1] 12 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2015

Danilo Pantić (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Пантић; born 26 October 1996) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Excelsior, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea. He has represented Serbia at multiple youth levels.

Club career

Partizan

Pantić made his debut on 26 May 2013 in a league fixture against Spartak Subotica, replacing Vladimir Volkov in the 70th minute.[2][3]

After a disagreement with Partizan over contract extension proposals, he signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Partizan on December 5, 2013.[4] Juventus had scouted Pantić since early 2014, allegedly monitoring his status due to his short contract.[5] After hearing about interest from Juventus, Pantić told Večernje novosti that he wished to extend his contract with Partizan before leaving Serbia.[6]

Chelsea

On 13 July 2015 Pantić signed for Chelsea for a reported fee of £1.25 million, on a four-year deal and was immediately loaned out to Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem.[7]

Loan to Vitesse

He made his Vitesse debut 17 days later in a UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg against Southampton at St. Mary's, replacing Valeri Kazaishvili for the final 23 minutes of a 3–0 defeat.[8] On 9 August 2015, Pantić made his league debut in a 1–1 draw with Willem II, replacing Valeri Qazaishvili in the 71st minute.[9]

On 3 March 2016, after being supposedly 'frozen' out of the Vitesse starting eleven, Pantić stated his passion for a return to London: "I want to come back to Chelsea, just to train. Why am I in Vitesse if I am not good enough? I am [going] crazy! I've made no mistake. If I had a chance and blew it, I would keep quiet. Maybe in Vitesse they don't like us Serbs: Nemanja Matić did not get a chance here either and Uroš Đurđević played 22 matches in a year and a half."[10]

Following this interview, Pantić was suspended by first-team manager Rob Maas indefinitely.

Loan to Excelsior

On 12 August 2016, Pantić joined Excelsior on loan for the 2016–17 campaign.[11] On 17 September 2016, Pantić made his debut against Willem II off the bench coming on after half-time as Excelsior went on to score a late goal to earn a 1–1 draw.[12] In the following match, on 20 September, he made his full debut, playing a full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win over BVV Barendrecht in the KNVB Cup.[13]

International career

Youth

Pantić has represented Serbia at the U17 and U19 levels.[14] On 10 October 2014, Pantić scored his first and second goal for the U19 side in the opening twenty minutes against San Marino U19 to help Serbia to a 4–0 victory in their opening match of the 2015 UEFA Euro U19 Championship Qualifiers.[15] Pantić has captained at the U19 level, captaining for the first time on 12 October 2014, against Armenia U19 in a UEFA Euro U19 Championship Qualifier match, which ended in a 1–0 victory for the Serbian side.

Career statistics

As of 6 November 2016.[16]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FK Partizan 2012-13 Serbian SuperLiga 10000000 10
2013-14 101000000 101
2014-15 71006[lower-alpha 1]000 131
Totals 182006000242
Vitesse Arnhem (loan) 2015–16 Eredivisie 60002[lower-alpha 2]000 80
Excelsior (loan) 2016–17 60200000 80
Totals 120202000160
Career Totals 302208000402
  1. ↑ One appearances in UEFA Champions League, Five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Two appearance in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Club

FK Partizan

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Only official UEFA matches included
  2. ↑ "Partizan – Spartak ZV 5:0 (2:0)" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Nadolaze 'mladi lavovi'" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pantić potpisao na godinu i po dana" (in Serbian). B92. 5 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Pantić ne može u Juventus pre januara!" (in Serbian). Telegraf Sport. 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Pantić: Ne zanima me Juventus, hoću u Ligu šampiona s Partizanom!" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 25 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Pantic the latest Chelsea player to join Vitesse". Football Oranje. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Williams, Adam (30 July 2015). "Southampton 3-0 Vitesse". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Willem II vs. Vitesse". Soccerway. 9 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Chelsea loanee Danilo Pantic angry with Vitesse impasse". David Pasztor (SB Nation). 3 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "EXCELSIOR ROTTERDAM HUURT DANILO PANTIĆ VAN CHELSEA". S.B.V. Excelsior. 12 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Willem II Tilburg 1-1 Excelsior". ESPN. 17 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Barendrecht 0-1 Excelsior". ESPN. 20 September 2016.
  14. ↑ UEFA u-19 team, UEFA
  15. ↑ Serbia U19 4-0 San Marino U19, 10 October 2014
  16. ↑ Danilo Pantić profile at Soccerway
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