Benjamin Pavard history

Benjamin Pavard was born on 28 March 1996 in Maubeuge and plays for FC Bayern München. He played for US Jeumont from 2002-2005, for Lille OSC from 2005-2016, for VfB Stuttgart from 2016-2019 and has played for FC Bayern München since 2019.

Current season 2022/23

In the current season, Benjamin Pavard has scored one goal and takes 10th place within his squad. He shares this rank with Marcel Sabitzer, Matthijs de Ligt and Kingsley Coman. In 13 of the previous 15 games of the season, the player with the shirt number 5 was in the starting line-up. Of these 15 games, he won 10 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for two games.

His pass success rate amounts to 90.97 per cent. This result enables the 26-year-old to occupy 10th place in the league ranking for this category. He has a tackle success rate of 61.68 per cent, which results in him leading the team-internal statistics for this category. He has had 1,337 individual ball possessions this season. With this, he occupies seventh place in the Bundesliga statistics for this category.

Last game

Benjamin Pavard played his last game on the 17th matchday of the 2022/23 season (24 January 2023). Playing for FC Bayern München, he played against 1. FC Köln and tied with 1-1. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Benjamin Pavard had 149 individual ball possessions, which is the highest amount of any player in the game. Furthermore, he had 23 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 17 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. The 1.86m-tall defender was additionally able to make 103 successful passes. He covered a distance of 11.6 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 22 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Benjamin Pavard has played 159 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 91. He has netted six goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, Benjamin Pavard has completed 96 matches with his current squad. Here, he has scored a total of five goals. He took the German championship title in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 while playing for FC Bayern München.

International appointments

In 2018 and 2022, Benjamin Pavard took first and second place in the World Cup with France. He won the Champions League while playing for FC Bayern München in 2019/20. He won the DFB-Pokal in 2019/20 with FC Bayern München. Benjamin Pavard won the Supercup in 2020 and 2022 with FC Bayern München.