Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1972)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Saša Ilić | ||
Date of birth | 18 July 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Bonnyrigg White Eagles | |||
Borac Banja Luka | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 | Borac Banja Luka | 27 | (0) |
1993–1996 | Radnički Niš | 61 | (0) |
1996 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 0 | (0) |
1997–2002 | Charlton Athletic | 51 | (0) |
2000 | → West Ham United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2001 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2002–2003 | ZTE | 4 | (0) |
2003 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
2003-2004 | Barnsley | 25 | (0) |
2004-2005 | Blackpool | 3 | (0) |
2005 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
2005 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
Total | 179 | (0) | |
International career‡ | |||
1998-2001 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2007 |
Saša Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Илић, pronounced [sâʃa ǐːliːt͡ɕ] or [îːliːt͡ɕ]; born 18 July 1972 in Melbourne) is a retired Serbian-Australian football goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Melbourne, Ilić started his career with Sydney-based Bonnyrigg White Eagles before transferring to Borac Banja Luka in Bosnia.
Ilić later joined Charlton Athletic, where he became most well-known. He was a regular in goal in the latter half of the 1997–98 season and kept a record 10 clean sheets in a row, including both play-off semi-finals against Ipswich Town. The run was ended as Charlton gained promotion after a classic 4–4 play-off final, in which he saved the deciding penalty from Michael Gray in a 7-6 win over Sunderland on penalties in the First Division play-off final. After Charlton's relegation in 1998–99, Ilić lost his place in the team to new signing Dean Kiely.[1]
In February 2000 he went on loan to West Ham United but made just one appearance - a 4-0 defeat at home to Everton in the Premier League.[2] In September 2001 he went on loan to Portsmouth and made seven appearances.
Ilić left Charlton in 2002 and joined Hungarian side ZTE where he played against Manchester United in a UEFA Champions League qualifier. ZTE won the first leg 1-0 but lost the second leg 5-0, a game in which Ilić was also sent off for a foul on Ruud van Nistelrooy.[3]
References
External links
- Saša Ilić career statistics at Soccerbase
- Saša Ilić at National-Football-Teams.com
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- Living people
- Soccer players from Melbourne
- Australian people of Serbian descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- Australian soccer players
- Serbian footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro international footballers
- FK Borac Banja Luka players
- FK Radnički Niš players
- St. Leonards F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players
- Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom