Ilija Ilić

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)
2023 One Knoxville 21 (4)
Managerial career
2023– One Knoxville (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 18, 2023

Ilija Ilić (born 26 April 1991) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently an assistant coach for USL League One club One Knoxville SC.

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]

On December 12, 2022, Ilić signed with USL League One club One Knoxville SC.[8] He was the newly promoted club's first major signing announcement, and will also serve as assistant coach.

Career statistics

As of match played April 23, 2022[9]
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][10] 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. 22 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Signed: Ilija Ilić". oneknox.com. 12 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Serbia - I. Ilic - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  10. ^ "City Takes Comfortable 4-1 Win over Ocala Stampede". ism3.infinityprosports.com. May 14, 2014. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  11. ^ Murray, Nicholas (November 14, 2017). "Louisville's Late Winner Claims USL Cup Victory". www.uslsoccer.com. USL. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  12. ^ 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.