Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1970)

This article is about the Macedonian goalkeeper. For other people with this name, see Saša Ilić (disambiguation).

Saša Ilić

Personal information
Full name	Saša Ilić Саша Илиќ
Date of birth	(1970-09-05) 5 September 1970
Place of birth	Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Vardar (GK Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1993	Vardar	25	(0)
1993–1995	Partizan	6	(0)
1995–1997	Daewoo Royals	49	(0)
1997–2000	Hamburger SV	0	(0)
2000–2002	Vardar	17	(0)
2002–2003	Dynamo St. Petersburg	15	(0)
2003–2004	Persepolis	24	(0)
2004–2005	Esteghlal Ahvaz	32	(0)
2005–2007	Pegah Gilan	32	(0)
2013	Euromilk Gorno Lisiče	2	(0)
International career
1997–2005	Macedonia	5	(0)
Managerial career
	Steel Azin (assistant)
2012–2014	Gorno Lisiče (GK Coach)
2014–	Vardar (GK Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saša Ilić (Macedonian Cyrillic: Саша Илиќ, born 5 September 1970) is a Macedonian retired goalkeeper.

Club career

He had three seasons with German side Hamburger SV, but never managed to play a league game for them. Ilić played for Pirouzi, now Persepolis during the 2003–04 season and Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. during the 2004–05 season, both of whom play in Iran's Premier Football League. He has an impressive record at Pegah Gilan in the 2006–07 season, conceding only 2 goals in 19 appearances. He would often wear his Macedonia national team jersey during league matches.

After retiring as a player, Ilić was an assistant coach in Steel Azin F.C..

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a June 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iceland and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. Ilić's fifth and final cap came in a 0-1 defeat against Paraguay on 13 November 2005.

Personal life

Ilić can speak basic Persian.

External links

• Saša Ilić at National-Football-Teams.com
• Saša Ilić – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)