pavičić joined lokomotiva on loan from dinamo zagreb in order to get first team chances. he scored his first goal for the club against zadar in a 2-0 away win. after returning from loan, it was announced that he would debut against his old club lokomotiva. he came in the match as a 74th-minute substitute for junior fernandes as dinamo won the match 2-0. zoran mamić, the coach of dinamo zagreb said: "pavičić represents the future of dinamo and maybe soon he will be in a very narrow choice for the first team." on 1 september 2017, pavičić was loaned to rijeka until january 2018. in january 2018, following the end of the loan, pavičić signed a -year contract with rijeka.