# Benjamin Pavard
**Benjamin Pavard** (Benjamin Jacques Marcel Pavard, born 1996 in Maubeuge, France) is a French professional footballer, a versatile defender who plays as a right-sided center-back and as a right-back, currently with [Inter Milan](https://www.edgepedia.org/inter-milan) and formerly a 2018 World Cup winner with France.[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) • [2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1996, Maubeuge (Nord department), France; grew up in Jeumont, near the Belgian border[2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) |
| Position | Right-sided center-back or right-back; 1.86 m tall[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) |
| Clubs | Lille (2014–2016), VfB Stuttgart (2016–2019), Bayern Munich (2019–2023), Inter (2023– ), on loan at Marseille in 2025–26[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) |
| Major honors | 2018 FIFA World Cup with France; Champions League 2019/20, four Bundesliga titles, and the 2020 sextuple with Bayern; Serie A and the Second Star with Inter[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) • [2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) |
| Signature moment | His 57th-minute goal against Argentina in the 2018 World Cup round of 16, named goal of the tournament[2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) |
| France record | 55 senior appearances and 5 goals, plus a UEFA Nations League title[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) |
| Transfer fees | Lille to Stuttgart 5 M€ (2016); Stuttgart to Bayern 35 M€ (2019)[3](https://www.besoccer.com/player/transfers/b-pavard-247439) |
## Early career
Pavard's father Frédéric played in the third tier of French football and passed the game on to his son, giving him a football as a gift on every occasion. Pavard started with US Jeumont and joined the LOSC Lille academy, his favorite club, at nine years of age; his parents drove him the 100 km to training four times a week before he moved to Lille itself.[2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) He made his [Ligue 1](https://www.edgepedia.org/ligue-1) debut against Nantes in January 2015 and, after two seasons of professional football in France, moved to Germany.[2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter)
## Stuttgart and the 2018 World Cup
Pavard signed for [VfB Stuttgart](https://www.edgepedia.org/vfb-stuttgart) in August 2016 for a reported 5 M€ and played three years there, making 88 appearances and helping the club win promotion back to the [Bundesliga](https://www.edgepedia.org/bundesliga) with the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga title.[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) • [2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) • [3](https://www.besoccer.com/player/transfers/b-pavard-247439)
The 2018 World Cup changed his trajectory. Twelve months before the tournament he had been playing in the German second division, yet he was a surprise inclusion in [Didier Deschamps](https://www.edgepedia.org/didier-deschamps)' squad and started at right-back for France against Australia, in a full-back pairing with [Lucas Hernandez](https://www.edgepedia.org/lucas-hernandez) that had 12 caps between them.[4](https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/world-cup/2018/world-cup-talent-scout-sergej-milinkovic-savic_sto6809795/story.shtml) • [2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) In the round of 16 against Argentina on 30 June 2018, he scored a stunning volleyed goal in the 57th minute that was named goal of the tournament, and France went on to win the World Cup with Pavard having played six matches.[2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) The goal made him a public figure in France almost overnight; he had been virtually unknown in the country three months earlier.[5](https://inside.fifa.com/fr/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/news/un-but-qui-fait-parler-de-pavard)
## Bayern Munich
Pavard joined Bayern Munich on 1 July 2019 for a reported 35 M€ and stayed four seasons, making 163 appearances and scoring 12 goals.[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) • [3](https://www.besoccer.com/player/transfers/b-pavard-247439) He won every trophy available to him in that spell: four Bundesliga titles (2019/20 through 2022/23), the [DFB-Pokal](https://www.edgepedia.org/dfb-pokal) in 2019/20, the Champions League in 2019/20, [UEFA Super Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-super-cup) and German Super Cup honors, and the [FIFA Club World Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fifa-club-world-cup), for which he scored the winner against Tigres in the final.[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) • [2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) • [6](https://datencenter.dfb.de/en/data-center/people/benjamin-pavard/player) The 2020 calendar-year sextuple included the Champions League final victory.[7](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/05/benjamin-pavard-le-c-ur-au-nord-les-pieds-sur-terre-et-l-euro-en-tete_6237399_3242.html)
At Bayern he was used both as a right-back and as a center-back, and by the end of his spell he wanted to settle in central defense.[4](https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/world-cup/2018/world-cup-talent-scout-sergej-milinkovic-savic_sto6809795/story.shtml) • [7](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/05/benjamin-pavard-le-c-ur-au-nord-les-pieds-sur-terre-et-l-euro-en-tete_6237399_3242.html)
## Inter Milan
Pavard joined Inter on a permanent transfer from Bayern on 30 August 2023.[2](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter) He said he chose Inter for a project in which he could establish himself as a center-back, calling it the position where he is at his best.[7](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/05/benjamin-pavard-le-c-ur-au-nord-les-pieds-sur-terre-et-l-euro-en-tete_6237399_3242.html) In his first season he played a key role in winning the Scudetto and the club's Second Star, its twentieth Italian title.[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard) • [7](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/05/benjamin-pavard-le-c-ur-au-nord-les-pieds-sur-terre-et-l-euro-en-tete_6237399_3242.html) In April 2025 he scored his first goal as an Inter player, from a corner against his former club Bayern Munich in a Champions League quarter-final that Inter won 2–2 on the night to reach the semi-finals.[8](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/un-inter-gigante-espera-al-barca-n/)
After a season-long loan at [Olympique de Marseille](https://www.edgepedia.org/olympique-de-marseille) in 2025–26, with 37 appearances and 1 goal, he returned to Inter in summer 2026, having made 70 appearances for the Nerazzurri in his first spell.[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard)
## France
Pavard came through the French youth teams, with 4 U19 caps and 15 U21 caps, before establishing himself with the senior side.[9](https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8809-pavard-benjamin/fiche.html) His international career began as a right-back, the position in which he made his name at the 2018 World Cup.[7](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/05/benjamin-pavard-le-c-ur-au-nord-les-pieds-sur-terre-et-l-euro-en-tete_6237399_3242.html) He was a starter in France's opening match at the 2022 World Cup against Australia but spent the rest of that tournament on the bench after mixed performances at Euro 2021.[7](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/05/benjamin-pavard-le-c-ur-au-nord-les-pieds-sur-terre-et-l-euro-en-tete_6237399_3242.html)
His push to play centrally succeeded: in his first match for France as a center-back, in November 2023, he scored two goals against Scotland in Lille and finished the game wearing the captain's armband for the first time in his career.[7](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/05/benjamin-pavard-le-c-ur-au-nord-les-pieds-sur-terre-et-l-euro-en-tete_6237399_3242.html) Across his France career he has 55 senior appearances and 5 goals, with the 2018 World Cup and a [UEFA Nations League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-nations-league) title among his honors.[1](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard)
## References
1. [Benjamin Pavard: stats, news and career, Inter.it](https://www.inter.it/en/teams/first-team/player/benjamin-pavard)
2. [Benjamin Pavard joins Inter, Inter.it](https://www.inter.it/en/news/benjamin-pavard-announcement-inter)
3. [Benjamin Pavard's transfers history, BeSoccer](https://www.besoccer.com/player/transfers/b-pavard-247439)
4. [World Cup Talent Scout: Benjamin Pavard, TNT Sports](https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/world-cup/2018/world-cup-talent-scout-sergej-milinkovic-savic_sto6809795/story.shtml)
5. [Un but qui fait parler de Pavard, FIFA](https://inside.fifa.com/fr/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/news/un-but-qui-fait-parler-de-pavard)
6. [Benjamin Pavard player profile, DFB data center](https://datencenter.dfb.de/en/data-center/people/benjamin-pavard/player)
7. [Benjamin Pavard, le cœur au Nord, les pieds sur terre et l'Euro en tête, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/05/benjamin-pavard-le-c-ur-au-nord-les-pieds-sur-terre-et-l-euro-en-tete_6237399_3242.html)
8. [Este Inter sí que da miedo, AS](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/un-inter-gigante-espera-al-barca-n/)
9. [Benjamin PAVARD, Fédération Française de Football](https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8809-pavard-benjamin/fiche.html)
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