Andrej Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Илић; born 3 April 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Bundesliga club Union Berlin, on loan from Ligue 1 club Lille.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Union Berlin (on loan from Lille) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Partizan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Napredak Kruševac | 29 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Javor Ivanjica | 27 | (9) |
| 2021–2023 | RFS | 65 | (33) |
| 2023–2024 | Vålerenga | 15 | (9) |
| 2024– | Lille | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Union Berlin (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Serbia U21 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022 | |||
Club career
editOn 3 September 2021, he signed a three-year contract with RFS in Latvia.[1] On 22 September he played his first league game for the club, getting 62 minutes of playing time against Liepaja. He scored his first league goal for the Latvian club against city rival Spartaks on 16 October He went on to become the club's top scorer across all competitions in his first full season.
On 16 August 2023, Ilić signed a four-year contract with Norwegian Eliteserien club Vålerenga.[2] The transfer fee was reported to be just under €900.000.[3] He made his league debut three days later in a 0–0 draw against Molde, replacing Mohamed Ofkir after 62 minutes. His first two league goals came against Aalesund on 17 September.[4]
On 1 February 2024, Ilić signed with French side Lille.[5] The transfer fee is believed to have been around €4-5 million, potentially reaching €7 million depending on different clauses.[6] He made his debut for the club on 4 February coming on as a substitute in the last seven minutes in a 4–0 win against Clermont.
On 30 August 2024, Ilić moved to Union Berlin in Germany on loan with an option to buy.[7]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 20 August 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Napredak Kruševac | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |||
| Javor Ivanjica | 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 9 | ||
| RFS | 2021 | Virsliga | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | Virsliga | 32 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12[a] | 4 | — | 47 | 21 | ||
| 2023 | Virsliga | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 2 | — | 29 | 16 | ||
| Total | 65 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | — | 86 | 41 | |||
| Vålerenga | 2023 | Eliteserien | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 16 | 11 | ||
| Lille | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 138 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 64 | ||
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
Honours
edit- RFS
References
edit- ^ "RFS VIENOJAS AR SERBIJAS U-21 IZLASES UZBRUCĒJU" (in Latvian). RFS. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Andrej Ilić er klar!" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ AS, TV 2 (16 August 2023). "TV 2 erfarer: VIFs storkjøp på vei etter overgangsdrama". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Andrej Ilic - Statistikk". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Mercato : Andrej Ilic à Lille, c'est fait" [Mercato : Andrej Ilic to Lille, it's done] (in French). L'Équipe. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Stenersen, Steffen; Arntzen, Mats (29 January 2024). "Opplysninger til VG: Lille inn i kampen om Ilic". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Andrej Ilic to Sharpen Union's Attack". Union Berlin. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Andrej Ilić at Soccerway
External links
edit- Andrej Ilić at Soccerway
- Andrej Ilić at WorldFootball.net
- SuperLiga profile
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