A flanker, Pavin spent his career in
Benetton Treviso; called up in the
Italy national team for the first time in 1980. During a match of the
1980-1981 FIRA Trophy at
Rovigo against the
Soviet Union, he had to wait 6 years before being called up again (against
France A1, 1986). He took part, under the direction of the coach
Marco Bollesan, in the
1987 Rugby World Cup in
Australia and
New Zealand, where he played his last international match, at
Christchurch, against
Argentina. After his retirement as player, he became a coach for
Bologna and for Mogliano (currently
San Marco) before entering into the
federal rules, being in charge of coaching the U17 and U19 Italian national youth teams. In the 2008–09 season Pavin was appointed coach for
Casale and a member of the provincial coaching staff of FIR's Interregional Committee of Triveneto. He has been the head coach for
Rugby Paese since 2012. ==Notes==