Ilija Stolica

Ilija Stolica

Personal information
Full name	Ilija Stolica
Date of birth	(1978-07-07) July 7, 1978
Place of birth	Zemun, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Zemun	24	(6)
1998–2000	UE Lleida	28	(2)
2000–2001	Partizan	4	(0)
2001–2003	Zemun	58	(40)
2003–2005	Metalurh Donetsk	20	(10)
2005	OFK Beograd	12	(8)
2005–2007	Sint-Truidense	44	(11)
2007–2009	RAEC Mons	42	(12)
2009	OFI Crete	10	(1)
2010	Budućnost Podgorica	10	(7)
2010–2011	New England Revolution	16	(4)
2011	F.C. New York	1	(0)
International career‡
1997–1999	FR Yugoslavia U21	25	(14)
2000–2001	FR Yugoslavia U23	11	(2)
2002	FR Yugoslavia B	2	(0)
Managerial career
2014	Serbia U16 (assistant)
2015	Partizan (assistant)
2016	Serbia U16
2016	Serbia U17
2016–	Voždovac
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 19, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 30, 2015

Ilija Stolica (Serbian Cyrillic: Илиja Cтoлицa; born July 7, 1978) is a Serbian coach.

Career

Club

Stolica began his career with Serbian club FK Zemun. In his first year with the club he appeared in 24 matches and scored 6 goals. His play with Zemun attracted the interest of Spanish Second Division side UE Lleida who signed him in 1998. He remained in Spain for two years appearing in 28 matches for Lleida and scoring two goals. In 2000, he joined top Serbian club Partizan Belgrade and scored 7 goals in 25 league matches. After a short stay with Partizan, Stolica rejoined FK Zemun and was a top scorer in the 2001-02 Yugoslav First League scoring 25 goals in 35 matches and earning a full international call-up as a result. He remained at Zemun thru 2003 appearing in 58 matches and scoring 40 goals.

As a result of his play with Zemun he began to draw interest from various European clubs including Portuguese side SC Farense and Spain's Rayo Vallecano. In January 2003 he was sold to Ukrainian top club FC Metalurh Donetsk. While with Donetsk, Stolica made 20 league appearances and scored 5 goals. During the 2005 season he returned to the Serbia being loaned to OFK Beograd where he made 12 appearances and scored 8 goals.

In 2005 Stolica embarked on a career in Belgium joining Sint-Truidense. He remained with Sint-Truidense for two seasons scoring 11 goals in 44 matches. In 2007, he joined RAEC Mons and remained at the club for two seasons scoring 12 goals in 42 matches. In 2009, he joined OFI Crete in Greece, remaining there briefly before returning to the Balkans with Budućnost Podgorica.

On July 30, 2010, Stolica was signed to a contract by the New England Revolution. Stolica made his first appearance on August 8, 2010 against D.C. United and scored in his first start for the club, a 1-0 victory over Houston Dynamo on August 14, 2010.

Stolica, along with team mate Tim Murray was loaned to USL Pro club F.C. New York on April 29, 2011.

Stolica was released by New England on July 1, 2011.

International

Stolica played for the old FR Yugoslavia U-21 national team, and played for the FR Yugoslavia Olympic team in qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, before making his debut for the new Serbia and Montenegro national team which was formed following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. He has two caps for his country, but has not played internationally since 2002.

Manager

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Serbia U-17	January 2016	Present	19	9	3	7	047.37
Serbia U-21	November 2016	Present	41	19	9	13	046.34
Total			60	28	12	20	046.67

External links

• Ilija Stolica at Major League Soccer
• Personal Site
• Ilija Stolica at WorldFootball.net
• Profile at revolutionsoccer.net