Saša Ilić (footballer born 1977)

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Saša Ilić
Personal information
Full name Saša Ilić
Date of birth December 30, 1977 (1977-12-30) (age 30)
Place of birth    Požarevac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 178 cm
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Red Bull Salzburg
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996-04
2004
2004-05
2005-2007
2007-		 Partizan Belgrade
Celta de Vigo
Partizan Belgrade
Galatasaray
Red Bull Salzburg		 202 (101)
13 (1)
22 (16)
71 (27)
31 (9)   
National team2
2000-present Serbia 39 (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 (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Илић; born December 30, 1977 in Požarevac, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Bundesliga.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Partizan

Ilić played for Partizan Belgrade for almost ten years, except for a brief 6-month spell at Celta Vigo of Spain in the latter part of the 2003/04 season.

[edit] Galatasaray

He is known as a skilled midfield playmaker as well as a prolific goal scorer. Ilić has excellent goal scoring instincts 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 made an excellent start in the 2006/07 season by scoring 5 goals in 4 Turkish Premier Super League matches.

[edit] Red Bull Salzburg

On the date 08/08/2007, he was transferred to Austrian football club Red Bull Salzburg with a €900,000 fee paid to Galatasaray.

[edit] International career

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.

He has played 35 matches for the Serbian National Team.

[edit] Personal

In May 2006, Ilić married his fiancée Tijana.

[edit] External links

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1 Ochs • 2 Bodnár • 3 Dudić • 6 Kovač • 7 Zickler • 8 Pamić • 9 Nelisse • 10 Vonlanthen • 11 Ježek • 16 Piták • 17 Miyamoto • 18 Meyer • 19 Rakić • 21 Janko • 22 Ilić • 23 Sekagya • 24 Leitgeb • 27 Janočko • 28 Aufhauser • 29 Ngwat-Mahop • 30 Özcan • 32 Prenn • 33 Arzberger •  Traoui •  Boussaidi •  Öbster •  Gercaliu •  Traoui •  Tchoyi • Coach: Co Adriaanse
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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
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