Dejan Iliev
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Iliev | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Strumica, North Macedonia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sereď (on loan from Arsenal) | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012 | Belasica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2019– | → Sereď | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | North Macedonia U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | North Macedonia U21 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 July 2019 | |||
Dejan Iliev (Macedonian: Дејан Илиев; born 25 February 1995) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Slovak Fortuna Liga club ŠKF Sereď on loan from Premier League club Arsenal.[1]
Club Career
In 2012, Iliev was signed from his hometown club Belasica to Arsenal, where he joined their academy teams.[2] He signed a three-year contract extension in March 2015 that took him until June 2018.[3] In June 2018, he then signed another extension.[4] Iliev has appeared three times in the Arsenal squad as an unused substitute: against Norwich in the Carabao Cup in October 2017; and twice in the UEFA Europa League: against Qarabağ and against Chelsea in the final as the third goalkeeper.[5][6][7] In July 2019 he moved to ŠKF Sereď for a one-year loan, and on the 22nd of the same month he made his debut for his new club in the 2–0 loss to Spartak Trnava.[8][9][10]
International Career
Iliev has appeared for North Macedonia's under-19 and under-21 teams a total of 10 times. He has been called up to the senior squad and made the bench 10 times, but is yet to receive a senior cap.
References
- ^ Irishmirror.ie (13 July 2019). "Arsenal looking to pip Real Madrid to transfer of Spain goalkeeper". irishmirror. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "'I'm in a place everyone wants to be'". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Deyan Iliev signs new contract". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Deyan Iliev signs contract extension". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Arsenal 2-1 Norwich City". 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Europa League: Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny returns in easy 1-0 win over Qarabag". 13 December 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 to win Europa League final". 29 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "V 1. kole Fortuna ligy prehra v Trnave". skficlinicsered.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Деби со пораз за Војнески и Илиев во словачки Серед". gol.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Macedonian internationals performances (19-22.07.2019)". www.macedonianfootball.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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