Saša Ilić (midfielder)

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This article is about the Serbian midfielder. For the Serbian-Australian goalkeeper, see Saša Ilić (goalkeeper).

Personal information
Saša Ilić
[[1]]
Full name	Saša Ilić
Date of birth	30 December 1977
Place of birth	Požarevac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	178cm
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Galatasaray
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-03 2003-04 2005-present	Partizan Belgrade Celta Vigo Galatasaray	200 (98) 13 (1) 44 (20)
National team²
2000-present	Serbia	35 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Saša Ilić (pronounced Sasha Ilich, Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Илић) is a Serbian football midfielder who currently plays for Galatasaray of Istanbul, Turkey.

Born December 30, 1977 in Požarevac, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Ilić played for Partizan Belgrade for almost ten years, except for a brief spell at Celta Vigo of Spain in 2003-2004. He has played 35 matches for the Serbian National Team.

He is known as a skilled midfield playmaker as well as a prolific goal scorer. Ilić has excellent goal scoring instintcs and his goal per game ratio is outstanding for a midfielder. Saša Ilić joined Galatasaray in the summer of 2005, and scored twice in his first Turkish league match that August. On joining Galatasaray, Ilić was offered the prestigious #10 shirt, but declined and chose to wear his old Partizan number 22. With 12 goals scored, he was the third highest goal scorer for Galatasaray in the 2005/06 season. Saša has made an excellent start in the 2006/07 season by scoring 5 goals in 4 Turkish Premier Super League matches.

[edit] World Cup 2006

He was selected for the 23-man Serbia and Montenegro national football team squad to play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Despite coming on as a substitute in the last group game of the tournament, he managed to score a goal against the Ivory Coast in a thrilling 3-2 match, eventually won by the opposition.

[edit] External links

Saša Ilić profile at JadranSport

Galatasaray S.K. - Current Squad
1 Mondragón \| 2 Tomas \| 4 Song \| 5 Ak \| 7 Buruk \| 9 Şükür \| 10 Ateş \| 11 Şaş \| 12 Erçetin \| 14 Topal \| 16 Carrusca \| 17 Elmas \| 18 Akman \| 19 Haspolatlı \| 21 Aşık \| 22 Ilić \| 23 Inamoto \| 24 Güven \| 25 Öztorun \| 26 Yılmaz \| 27 Özcan \| 28 Seyhan \| 30 Yarkın \| 35 Sabankay \| 38 Karaer \| 55 Sarıoğlu \| 58 Kabze \| 66 Turan \| 67 Penbe \| 99 Karan \| Manager: Gerets

	Serbia and Montenegro squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Jevrić \| 2 Ergić \| 3 Dragutinović \| 4 Duljaj \| 5 Vidić \| 6 Gavrančić \| 7 Koroman \| 8 Kežman \| 9 Milošević \| 10 Stanković \| 11 P. Đorđević \| 12 Kovačević \| 13 Basta \| 14 N. Đorđević \| 15 Dudić \| 16 D. Petković \| 17 Nađ \| 18 Vukić \| 19 Žigić \| 20 Krstajić \| 21 Ljuboja \| 22 Ilić \| 23 Stojković \| Coach: I. Petković