Full name Danilo Pantic Weight 68 kg Name Danilo Pantic Parents Dragutin Pantic | Playing position Role Footballer Date joined 2013 Number 20 Height 1.80 m | |
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Date of birth (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 19) Current team Vitesse (#20 / Midfielder) | ||
Danilo Pantic
Best Football Moment of Danilo Pantic
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.
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- Danilo Pantic
- Best Football Moment of Danilo Pantic
- Partizan
- Chelsea
- Loan to Vitesse
- Loan to Excelsior
- Youth
- Career statistics
- Club
- References
Partizan
Pantić made his debut on 26 May 2013 in a league fixture against Spartak Subotica, replacing Vladimir Volkov in the 70th minute.
After a disagreement with Partizan over contract extension proposals, he signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Partizan on December 5, 2013. Juventus had scouted Pantić since early 2014, allegedly monitoring his status due to his short contract. After hearing about interest from Juventus, Pantić told Večernje novosti that he wished to extend his contract with Partizan before leaving Serbia.
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.
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. On 9 August 2015, Pantić made his league debut in a 1–1 draw with Willem II, replacing Valeri Qazaishvili in the 71st minute.
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."
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. 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. 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.
Youth
Pantić has represented Serbia at the U17 and U19 levels. 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. 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.