Ivica Iliev
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ivica Iliev | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger, Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1995 | Rad | ||
| 1995–1998 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2004 | Partizan | 150 | (41) |
| 2004–2007 | Messina | 58 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Genoa (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | PAOK | 17 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Energie Cottbus | 27 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 17 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Partizan | 27 | (13) |
| 2011–2013 | Wisla Krakow | 48 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1996 | FR Yugoslavia U16 | ||
| 1997 | FR Yugoslavia U18 | ||
| 1998–2001 | FR Yugoslavia U21 | ||
| 2003 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2013. | |||
Ivica Iliev (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивица Илиев; born 27 October 1979) is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a winger.
Club career
Iliev began his professional career with Partizan during the 1997–98 season. He won the Prva Liga championship three times with Partizan.
In July 2004, Iliev moved to Serie A club Messina.[1] In January 2006, he joined Genoa of Serie C1 in join-ownership bid and helped them to promotion to the Serie B, scoring a goal in a promotion playoff final first leg match against Monza. Then he returned to Messina for the 2006–07 season.
In summer 2007, Iliev transferred to PAOK with one-year contract. He scored his only goal for PAOK in a 2–0 away win over Apollon Kalamarias in 2008.
He spent the 2008–09 season with Energie Cottbus, making 27 league appearances and scoring three goals in the Bundesliga, but left the club after a loss in a relegation play-off to 1. FC Nürnberg.
At the end of the 2009 summer transfer window, Iliev joined Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv on a one-year deal. He immediately established himself as one of the leading players in the team.[2] However, he picked up an injury in January 2010, which ruled him out of play until the end of the season.[3]
On 21 July 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Partizan. He re-debuted for the club on 28 July in a match against Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, scoring in the process. In 2010–11 season he won Serbian SuperLiga title and Serbian Cup with Partizan and was the SuperLiga Top Goalscorer. Iliev was also selected to the SuperLiga Team of the Season.
On 10 June 2011, Iliev joined Polish Ekstraklasa champions Wisła Kraków on a free transfer from Partizan. He signed a two-year deal.[4]
International career
Iliev represented Yugoslavia at youth level, playing in the UEFA under-16, under-18 and under-21 competition matches.[5]
He debuted for the Serbia and Montenegro national team against Germany in a friendly match on 30 April 2003. He scored in his second match against Poland, a friendly game played the same year on 16 November.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 November 2003 | National Stadium, Warsaw |  Poland | 4–3 | 4–3 | Friendly |
Statistics
- (correct as of 3 June 2013)
| Club | Season | League | Domestic League | Domestic Cups | European Cups | Play-offs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Partizan | 1997–1998 | Prva Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1998–1999 | Prva Liga | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 17 | 5 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | Prva Liga | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 37 | 8 | ||
| 2000–2001 | Prva Liga | 33 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | 42 | 16 | ||
| 2001–2002 | Prva Liga | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 27 | 6 | ||
| 2002–2003 | Prva Liga | 27 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | – | 37 | 15 | ||
| 2003–2004 | Prva Liga | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | 31 | 4 | ||
| Messina | 2004–2005 | Serie A | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2005–2006 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Genoa | 2005–2006 | Serie C1 | 17 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 21 | 4 | ||
| Messina | 2006–2007 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 1 | ||
| PAOK | 2007–2008 | Super League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||
| Energie Cottbus | 2008–2009 | Bundesliga | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2009–2010 | Ligat ha'Al | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 20 | 5 | ||
| Partizan | 2010–2011 | Superliga | 27 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | – | 39 | 15 | |
| Wisła Kraków | 2011–2012 | Ekstraklasa | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | – | 45 | 3 | |
| 2012–2013 | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 4 | |||
| Total | Partizan | 177 | 54 | 16 | 9 | 41 | 6 | – | 234 | 69 | ||
| Total | Messina | 58 | 1 | 9 | 1 | – | – | 67 | 2 | |||
| Total | Wisła Kraków | 48 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | – | 69 | 7 | ||
Honours
Club
- Partizan
- Prva Liga: 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03
- Superliga: 2010–11
- Yugoslav Cup: 1997–98, 2000–01
- Serbian Cup: 2010–11
Individual
- Superliga Top Goalscorer: 2010–11
- Superliga Team of the Season: 2010–11
References
- ↑ "Iliev makes Messina move". UEFA.com. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ↑ שמעון אבוחצירא מתרחק, אילייב וראלדס יישארו (in Hebrew). one.co.il. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ↑ מכה למכבי ת"א: איביצה אילייב גמר את העונה (in Hebrew). one.co.il. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ↑ "Wisła potwierdza: Ivica Iliev podpisał kontrakt" (in Polish). interia.pl. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ↑ "Ivica Iliev". uefa.com. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
External links
- Ivica Iliev profile at 90minut
- Ivica Iliev at Reprezentacija.rs (Serbian)
- Ivica Iliev Stats at utakmica.rs (Serbian)
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