Ilija Ilić

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Ilija Ilić
Ilić playing for Louisville City FC in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2006–2008 Čukarički
2008–2011 Red Star Belgrade
2009–2010 → FK Sopot (loan)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Young Harris Mountain Lions 72 (64)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Ocala Stampede 11 (7)
2015–2018 Louisville City 72 (17)
2019–2020 Indy Eleven 28 (2)
2021–2022 New Mexico United 24 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 23, 2022

Ilija Ilić (born 26 April 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Career

Ilić began his career with the youth clubs of FK Čukarički and Red Star Belgrade, as well as a loan spell with FK Sopot during their 2010 and 2011 season.[1]

Ilić played college soccer in the United States with Young Harris College between 2011 and 2014.[2] While at college, he also spent time with USL PDL club Ocala Stampede.[3]

After leaving college, he signed with USL club Louisville City on March 26, 2015.[4]

Ilić signed for USL Championship side Indy Eleven on 3 December 2018.[5]

On 14 December 2020 he moved to USL Championship side New Mexico United ahead of their 2021 season.[6] He was released by New Mexico in July 2022.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played April 23, 2022[8]
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ocala Stampede 2014 USL PDL 11 7 1[a][9] 0 2[b] 1 14 8
Louisville City FC 2015 USL 19 1 1[a] 0 2[c] 0 22 1
2016 12 2 1[a] 1 2[c] 0 15 3
2017 13 3 2[a] 1 4[c] 0 19 4
2018 28 11 3[a] 1 4[c] 2 35 14
Total 72 17 7 3 12 2 91 22
Indy Eleven 2019 USL Championship 15 2 0 0 3[c] 0 18 2
2020 13 0 13 0
Total 28 2 31 2
New Mexico United 2021 USL Championship 22 3 22 3
2022 2 0 1[a] 0 3 0
Total 24 3 1 0 0 0 25 3
Career total 133 29 8 3 17 3 158 35
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in US Open Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in PDL playoffs
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in USL playoffs

Honors

Club

Louisville City FC

References

  1. ^ "NEW KITS AND NEW PLAYERS: BIG DAY AT LCFC - Louisville Coopers". 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Ilija Ilic - Young Harris". Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  3. ^ "2014 Premier Development League statistics". USLLeagueTwo.com. USL League Two. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Ilic, Lancaster, Ranjitsingh Sign with Louisville - United Soccer League". Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  5. ^ USLChampionship com Staff (3 December 2018). "Ilić Heads to Indy Eleven from LouCity". USL Championship.
  6. ^ "New Mexico Adds Ilija Ilic to Attacking Options". USL Championship. 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ "United plays at Detroit, hopes the best is yet to come - Albuquerque Journal". www.abqjournal.com.
  8. ^ "Serbia - I. Ilic - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  9. ^ "City Takes Comfortable 4-1 Win over Ocala Stampede". ism3.infinityprosports.com. May 14, 2014. Retrieved 2021-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Murray, Nicholas (November 14, 2017). "Louisville's Late Winner Claims USL Cup Victory". www.uslsoccer.com. USL. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  11. ^ Arlia, John (November 8, 2018). "Spencer's Strike Leads Louisville to Second Straight USL Cup". www.uslsoccer.com. Louisville, KY: USL. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

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