Pivaljević appeared in seven games and scored two goals for Red Star Belgrade in the 1994–95 First League of FR Yugoslavia, as the team won the title.
He subsequently played with Čukarički and Mladost Lučani, before moving abroad to Belgian First Division club Royal Antwerp in the 1997 summer transfer window.
After three prolific seasons at Antwerp, the last two of which were in the Belgian Second Division, Pivaljević secured a transfer to Bundesliga side 1.
He, however, failed to make an impact with the German team and was loaned to Belgian First Division club Charleroi in November 2001.
[2] In the 2012–13 season, Pivaljević served as player-manager of Belgian Fourth Division club Merksem.