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
 Vitesse
(on loan from Chelsea)
Number 20
Youth career
Jedinstvo Ruma
2007–2013 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2013–2015 Partizan 18 (2)
2015– Chelsea 0 (0)
2015– → Vitesse (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 2 November 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ 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 Dutch side Vitesse, on loan from 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 1.5-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.

International career

Youth

Pantić has represented Serbia at the U17 and U19 levels.[11] 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.[12] 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 4 October 2015.[13]
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
Career Totals 242008000322
  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. ↑ UEFA u-19 team, UEFA
  12. ↑ Serbia U19 4-0 San Marino U19, 10 October 2014
  13. ↑ Danilo Pantić profile at Soccerway

External links

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