Ilija Katić
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Full name | Ilja Mikić Katić | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 July 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
–1962 | Mladost Hasići | ||||||||||||||||
1962–1964 | Borac Bos. Šamac | ||||||||||||||||
1964–1967 | Slavonija Osijek | ||||||||||||||||
1968–1973 | Partizan Belgrade | 133 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
1973–1976 | FC Zürich | 75 | (50) | ||||||||||||||
1976–1977 | Burgos | 31 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Yugoslavia | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1978-1980 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ilija Katić (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Катић, born 20 July 1945) is a former Serbian football player and coach.
Career
Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, he began playing with FK Mladost Hasići. In 1962 he joined FK Borac Šamac where he stayed 2 seasons. He joined NK Osijek in 1964, named NK Slavonija back then, and played in the Yugoslav Second League. In 1967 he moved to giants FK Partizan where stayed until 1973 and became a national team player.[1]
In 1973 he moved abroad and joined Swiss side FC Zürich where he played the next 3 seasons. In 1976 he played one season in Spain with La Liga side Burgos CF[2] and later returned to Switzerland and played in top league sides Neuchâtel Xamax and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. He finished his career in Liechtenstein and became a coach.[1]
National team
He played 4 matches for the Yugoslav national team in 1968 and 1969.[1][3]
Honours
Club
- Swiss Super League (3): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76
- Swiss Cup (1) 1975–76
Individual
- Swiss Super League Best Foreign Player (2): 1974–75, 1975–76
- Swiss Super League top scorer (1): 1974–75 (23 goals)
References
- ^ a b c Ilija Katić at Reprezentacija.rs
- ^ Ilija Katić at BDFutbol
- ^ Ilija Katić at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1945 births
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- Living people
- Serbian footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Association football forwards
- NK Osijek players
- FK Partizan players
- FC Zürich players
- Burgos CF (I) footballers
- FC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
- Neuchâtel Xamax players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Swiss Super League players
- La Liga players
- Serbian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Serbian football managers
- Yugoslav football managers
- FC La Chaux-de-Fonds managers
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists
- Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games