Veljko Paunovic
Encyclopedia
Veljko Paunović is a Serbia
n footballer who plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer
.
A versatile offensive unit, he can operate as an attacking midfielder or a striker, and spent most of his professional career in Spain
, where he represented almost ten clubs.
, Macedonia
, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
, Paunović made his professional debut at only 17, with FK Partizan
. The following summer, he moved to Spain
, where he would stay for most of the following decade, playing for a host of clubs, having started in 1995–96 with modest CA Marbella
, and reaching the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final with RCD Mallorca
(with whom he netted five league goals in 1998–99, to help the Balearic Islands
team finish third) and also had three separate stints with Atlético de Madrid.
Paunović had his best season in 2002–03 playing with CD Tenerife
in the second division
, scoring 18 goals in 38 appearances, although the insular
side could only finish eighth. After a return to Atlético and a brief stay in Germany
with Hannover 96
, he joined Getafe CF
for 2005–06's top flight
; with the Madrid
team, he enjoyed his best season in La Liga
, scoring 10 goals in 30 league matches for an impressive 9th place for the club; due to the years spent in the country, he received a Spanish passport
in 2006.
Paunović was signed by Russia
n side FC Rubin Kazan
in March 2007, after falling out of favour with Getafe coach Bernd Schuster
. The following year, he agreed a two-and-a-half year deal with UD Almería
in January; his debut was a sour one, playing twenty minutes off the bench against Racing de Santander
in a 1–0 away defeat, while also receiving two yellow cards in one minute (with the consequent dismissal
). He would score on two occasions towards the season's end, in a 2–4 away defeat against former team Getafe and in the last matchday, a 3–1 success at RCD Espanyol
.
On 12 July 2008, it was announced that Paunović signed a two-year deal with his former club Partizan. On 13 August, he scored in a 2–2 draw with Turkey
's Fenerbahçe SK, in a UEFA Champions League
qualifying round. On 24 December however, he announced his decision to retire from the game.
On 29 June 2009, Paunović went on trial with the New York Red Bulls, but eventually refused the one-year contract offer. In June 2011, after nearly three years out of football, the 33-year old signed a deal with another North American club, Philadelphia Union, after a trial stint. He scored his first goal with his his new team in a 3–2 win against Chivas USA.
in a 2–1 friendly win with Mexico
, on 13 February 2002. His last cap was against Northern Ireland
on another friendly, on 28 April 2004, and he scored in the 1–1 draw in Belfast
.
|1994–95||rowspan="1"|Partizan
||rowspan="1"|Serbian Superliga
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|1995–96||rowspan="1"|Marbella
||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
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|1996–97||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid B
||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
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|1996–97||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
||16||1||2||0||1||0||19||1
|-
|1997–98||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid B
||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
||15||8||0||0||0||0||15||8
|-
|1997–98||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
||14||6||2||0||3||0||19||6
|-
|1998–99||rowspan="1"|Mallorca
||rowspan="1"|La Liga
||24||5||0||0||6||1||30||6
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|1999-00||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
||17||2||0||0||3||1||20||3
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|2000–01||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
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|2000–01||rowspan="1"|Oviedo
||rowspan="1"|La Liga
||22||4||0||0||0||0||22||4
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="1"|Mallorca
||rowspan="1"|La Liga
||33||3||0||0||8||0||41||3
|-
|2002–03||rowspan="1"|Tenerife
||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
||38||18||0||0||0||0||38||18
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|2003–04||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
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|2004–05
||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
||10||0||2||0||3||2||15||2
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|2004–05||rowspan="1"|Hannover
||rowspan="1"|Bundesliga
||6||0||1||0||0||0||7||0
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|2005–06
||rowspan="2"|Getafe
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
||30||10||1||3||0||0||31||13
|-
|2006–07||14||0||3||1||0||0||17||1
|-
|2007||rowspan="1"|Rubin Kazan
||rowspan="1"|Russian Premier League
||16||1||2||1||0||0||18||2
|-
|2007–08||rowspan="1"|Almería
||rowspan="1"|La Liga
||7||2||0||0||0||0||7||2
|-
|2008–09||rowspan="1"|Partizan
||rowspan="1"|Serbian Superliga
||9||1||0||0||8||1||17||2
|-
|2011
||rowspan="1"|Philadelphia Union||rowspan="1"|Major League Soccer
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297||70||12||5||24||4||333||79
6||0||1||0||0||0||7||0
16||1||2||1||0||0||18||2
22||2||0||0||8||1||30||3
17||3||0||0||0||0||17||3
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, was also a footballer. A defender
, he too played for Partizan, and represented Yugoslavia at UEFA Euro 1968, later embarking in a managerial career.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n footballer who plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
.
A versatile offensive unit, he can operate as an attacking midfielder or a striker, and spent most of his professional career in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, where he represented almost ten clubs.
Club
Born in StrumicaStrumica
Strumica is the largest city in eastern Macedonia, near the Novo Selo-Petrich border crossing with Bulgaria. About 100,000 people live in the region surrounding the city. The city is named after the Strumica River which runs through it...
, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
, Paunović made his professional debut at only 17, with FK Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
. The following summer, he moved to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, where he would stay for most of the following decade, playing for a host of clubs, having started in 1995–96 with modest CA Marbella
CA Marbella
Club Atlético Marbella was a Spanish football team based in Marbella, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1947 and dissolved in 1997, it was also the reserve team of CD Málaga for a time.-History:...
, and reaching the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final with RCD Mallorca
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team based on Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, the team currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at Son Moix....
(with whom he netted five league goals in 1998–99, to help the Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
team finish third) and also had three separate stints with Atlético de Madrid.
Paunović had his best season in 2002–03 playing with CD Tenerife
CD Tenerife
Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in Tenerife . Founded in 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 24,000-seat capacity.-History:Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in...
in the second division
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
, scoring 18 goals in 38 appearances, although the insular
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
side could only finish eighth. After a return to Atlético and a brief stay in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
with Hannover 96
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...
, he joined Getafe CF
Getafe CF
Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez....
for 2005–06's top flight
2005–06 La Liga
* Athletic Bilbao* Atlético Madrid* FC Barcelona* Betis* Cádiz CF* Celta de Vigo* Deportivo Alaves* Deportivo de La Coruña* Espanyol* Getafe CF* Málaga CF* RCD Mallorca* CA Osasuna* Racing de Santander* Real Madrid* Real Sociedad* Sevilla FC...
; with the Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
team, he enjoyed his best season in La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
, scoring 10 goals in 30 league matches for an impressive 9th place for the club; due to the years spent in the country, he received a Spanish passport
Passport
A passport is a document, issued by a national government, which certifies, for the purpose of international travel, the identity and nationality of its holder. The elements of identity are name, date of birth, sex, and place of birth....
in 2006.
Paunović was signed by Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n side FC Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan . Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009.-History:...
in March 2007, after falling out of favour with Getafe coach Bernd Schuster
Bernd Schuster
Bernhard Schuster is a German football manager and former player, currently unemployed. His nickname is "der Blonde Engel" .-Club career:...
. The following year, he agreed a two-and-a-half year deal with UD Almería
UD Almería
Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1989 as Almería Club de Fútbol, it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, with a 22,000-seat...
in January; his debut was a sour one, playing twenty minutes off the bench against Racing de Santander
Racing de Santander
Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1913, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,400 spectators....
in a 1–0 away defeat, while also receiving two yellow cards in one minute (with the consequent dismissal
Ejection (sports)
In sports, an ejection is one of several disqualifying actions assessed to a player or coach by a game official , usually for unsportsmanlike conduct....
). He would score on two occasions towards the season's end, in a 2–4 away defeat against former team Getafe and in the last matchday, a 3–1 success at RCD Espanyol
RCD Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat with seats for 40,500 spectators. It was inaugurated on 2 August 2009...
.
On 12 July 2008, it was announced that Paunović signed a two-year deal with his former club Partizan. On 13 August, he scored in a 2–2 draw with Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
's Fenerbahçe SK, in a UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
qualifying round. On 24 December however, he announced his decision to retire from the game.
On 29 June 2009, Paunović went on trial with the New York Red Bulls, but eventually refused the one-year contract offer. In June 2011, after nearly three years out of football, the 33-year old signed a deal with another North American club, Philadelphia Union, after a trial stint. He scored his first goal with his his new team in a 3–2 win against Chivas USA.
International
Paunović made his debut for Serbia and MontenegroSerbia national football team
The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...
in a 2–1 friendly win with Mexico
Mexico national football team
The Mexican national football team represents Mexico in association football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation , the governing body for football in Mexico. Mexico's home stadium is the Estadio Azteca and their head coach is José Manuel de la Torre...
, on 13 February 2002. His last cap was against Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
on another friendly, on 28 April 2004, and he scored in the 1–1 draw in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
.
Club statistics
|-|1994–95||rowspan="1"|Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
||rowspan="1"|Serbian Superliga
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||13||1||0||0||0||0||13||1
|-
|1995–96||rowspan="1"|Marbella
CA Marbella
Club Atlético Marbella was a Spanish football team based in Marbella, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1947 and dissolved in 1997, it was also the reserve team of CD Málaga for a time.-History:...
||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||20||2||0||0||0||0||20||2
|-
|1996–97||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid B
Atlético Madrid B
Atlético Madrid B is a Spanish football team based in Madrid, in the namesake community. Founded in 1963, it is the reserve team of Atlético Madrid, and currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home games at Nuevo Cerro del Espino.-History:...
||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||7||3||0||0||0||0||7||3
|-
|1996–97||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||16||1||2||0||1||0||19||1
|-
|1997–98||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid B
Atlético Madrid B
Atlético Madrid B is a Spanish football team based in Madrid, in the namesake community. Founded in 1963, it is the reserve team of Atlético Madrid, and currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home games at Nuevo Cerro del Espino.-History:...
||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||15||8||0||0||0||0||15||8
|-
|1997–98||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||14||6||2||0||3||0||19||6
|-
|1998–99||rowspan="1"|Mallorca
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team based on Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, the team currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at Son Moix....
||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||24||5||0||0||6||1||30||6
|-
|1999-00||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||17||2||0||0||3||1||20||3
|-
|2000–01||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||5||0||0||0||0||0||5||0
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|2000–01||rowspan="1"|Oviedo
Real Oviedo
Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 2....
||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||22||4||0||0||0||0||22||4
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="1"|Mallorca
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team based on Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, the team currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at Son Moix....
||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||33||3||0||0||8||0||41||3
|-
|2002–03||rowspan="1"|Tenerife
CD Tenerife
Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in Tenerife . Founded in 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with a 24,000-seat capacity.-History:Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in...
||rowspan="1"|Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
||38||18||0||0||0||0||38||18
|-
|2003–04||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||25||6||2||1||0||0||27||7
|-
|2004–05
2004–05 La Liga
2004–05 season was composed of the following clubs:* Albacete Balompié* Athletic Bilbao* Atlético Madrid* FC Barcelona* Real Betis* Deportivo de La Coruña* Espanyol* Getafe CF* Levante UD* Málaga CF* Real Mallorca* CD Numancia* CA Osasuna...
||rowspan="1"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||10||0||2||0||3||2||15||2
|-
|2004–05||rowspan="1"|Hannover
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...
||rowspan="1"|Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
||6||0||1||0||0||0||7||0
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|2005–06
2005–06 La Liga
* Athletic Bilbao* Atlético Madrid* FC Barcelona* Betis* Cádiz CF* Celta de Vigo* Deportivo Alaves* Deportivo de La Coruña* Espanyol* Getafe CF* Málaga CF* RCD Mallorca* CA Osasuna* Racing de Santander* Real Madrid* Real Sociedad* Sevilla FC...
||rowspan="2"|Getafe
Getafe CF
Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez....
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||30||10||1||3||0||0||31||13
|-
|2006–07||14||0||3||1||0||0||17||1
|-
|2007||rowspan="1"|Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan . Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009.-History:...
||rowspan="1"|Russian Premier League
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...
||16||1||2||1||0||0||18||2
|-
|2007–08||rowspan="1"|Almería
UD Almería
Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1989 as Almería Club de Fútbol, it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, with a 22,000-seat...
||rowspan="1"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||7||2||0||0||0||0||7||2
|-
|2008–09||rowspan="1"|Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
||rowspan="1"|Serbian Superliga
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||9||1||0||0||8||1||17||2
|-
|2011
2011 Major League Soccer season
The 2011 Major League Soccer season was the 99th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 33rd with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada, and the 16th season of Major League Soccer. The season marked the arrival of two new league clubs, Portland Timbers and Vancouver...
||rowspan="1"|Philadelphia Union||rowspan="1"|Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
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Personal
Paunović's father, BlagojeBlagoje Paunovic
Blagoje Paunović is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a defender, and a current manager.-Playing career:...
, was also a footballer. A defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
, he too played for Partizan, and represented Yugoslavia at UEFA Euro 1968, later embarking in a managerial career.