Zoran Ilic

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Zoran Ilić
Personal information
Full name Zoran Ilić
Date of birth (1969-09-01) 1 September 1969 (age 55)
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Pagewood Botany FC
Sydney City
St George
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1991 St George 95 (12)
1991–1992 Adelaide City 21 (0)
1993 Canterbury-Marrickville 5 (1)
1993–1995 Jagodina
1995–1997 Canterbury-Marrickville
1998 Leichhardt Tigers 3 (0)
1999–2000 Canterbury-Marrickville 29 (8)
2000 Stanmore Hawks
2004 Hurstville City Minotaurs 7 (0)
2006 Shoalhaven Suns
International career
1989 Australia U20 28 (18)
1992 Australia U23 11 (4)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Canterbury Marrickville U19
2002–2003 St George U19
2004–2005 St George U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoran Ilic (born 1 September 1969) is a former soccer manager and National Soccer League player. Ilic played as a forward in Australia and Serbia making his professional National Soccer League debut at 17 years of age and representing Australia at youth and senior level. Born in Serbia, he represented Australia at youth level.

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Club career

In Australia Ilic played as an attacking forward with St George where he won the 1987 National Soccer League Grand Final and was awarded the 1987 National Soccer League Player of the year. In the 1987 National Soccer League Youth League Ilic finished with 27 goals from 20 games and was awarded the National Soccer League Youth League Golden Boot and St George Youth League Player of the year. As a member of the 1991-92 Adelaide City National Soccer League team Ilic won the domestic double winning the 1991-92 National Soccer League title and National Soccer League Cup. Between 1993 and 1995 Ilic had a spell with FK Jagodina in FR Yugoslavia. Ilic continued his playing career for close to a decade in the National Premier Leagues NSW predominantly with Canterbury-Marrickville until his retirement in 2006. [1]

International career

Ilic represented Australia at Australia national under-20 soccer team level and won the Golden Boot award at the 1988 OFC U-20 Championship in Fiji, Ilic also played for the Australia national under-20 soccer team at the qualifiers for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. Ilic represented Australia Australia national under-23 soccer team|U-23 in the qualifiers for the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] Ilic also represented the Socceroos in a B International versus Czechoslovakia in 1991 scoring 2 goals for the Green and Gold at Lambert Park.

Personal life

Since 1994 Ilic has been married to Lidija Ilic, a former Serbian Youth basketball player with ŽKK Jagodina 2001. They have two sons Stevan and David Ilic.

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References

  1. 1 2 Zoran Ilic at ozfootball.net