Ivica Iliev

Ivica Iliev

Personal information
Full name	Ivica Iliev
Date of birth	(1979-10-27) 27 October 1979
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Winger, Forward
Youth career
1990–1995	Rad
1995–1998	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2004	Partizan	150	(41)
2004–2007	Messina	58	(1)
2006	→ Genoa (loan)	17	(3)
2007–2008	PAOK	17	(1)
2008–2009	Energie Cottbus	27	(3)
2009–2010	Maccabi Tel Aviv	17	(3)
2010–2011	Partizan	27	(13)
2011–2013	Wisla Krakow	48	(4)
International career
1996	FR Yugoslavia U16
1997	FR Yugoslavia U18
1998–2001	FR Yugoslavia U21
2003	Serbia and Montenegro	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2013

Ivica Iliev (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивица Илиев; born 27 October 1979) is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Iliev began his professional career with Partizan during the 1997–98 season. He won the Prva Liga championship three times with Partizan.

In July 2004, Iliev moved to Serie A club Messina. In January 2006, he joined Genoa of Serie C1 in join-ownership bid and helped them to promotion to the Serie B, scoring a goal in a promotion playoff final first leg match against Monza. Then he returned to Messina for the 2006–07 season.

In summer 2007, Iliev transferred to PAOK with one-year contract. He scored his only goal for PAOK in a 2–0 away win over Apollon Kalamarias in 2008.

He spent the 2008–09 season with Energie Cottbus, making 27 league appearances and scoring three goals in the Bundesliga, but left the club after a loss in a relegation play-off to 1. FC Nürnberg.

At the end of the 2009 summer transfer window, Iliev joined Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv on a one-year deal. He immediately established himself as one of the leading players in the team. However, he picked up an injury in January 2010, which ruled him out of play until the end of the season.

On 21 July 2010, he signed a one-year contract with Partizan. He re-debuted for the club on 28 July in a match against Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, scoring in the process. In 2010–11 season he won Serbian SuperLiga title and Serbian Cup with Partizan and was the SuperLiga Top Goalscorer. Iliev was also selected to the SuperLiga Team of the Season.

On 10 June 2011, Iliev joined Polish Ekstraklasa champions Wisła Kraków on a free transfer from Partizan. He signed a two-year deal.

International career

Iliev represented Yugoslavia at youth level, playing in the UEFA under-16, under-18 and under-21 competition matches.

He debuted for the Serbia and Montenegro national team against Germany in a friendly match on 30 April 2003. He scored in his second match against Poland, a friendly game played the same year on 16 November.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 November 2003	National Stadium, Warsaw	Poland	4–3	4–3	Friendly

Statistics

(correct as of 3 June 2013)

Club	Season	League	Domestic League		Domestic Cups		European Cups		Play-offs		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Partizan	1997–1998	Prva Liga	4	0			0	0	–		4	0
	1998–1999	Prva Liga	15	4			2	1	–		17	5
	1999–2000	Prva Liga	29	8	2	0	6	0	–		37	8
	2000–2001	Prva Liga	33	10	5	6	4	0	–		42	16
	2001–2002	Prva Liga	22	3	2	2	3	1	–		27	6
	2002–2003	Prva Liga	27	13	2	0	8	2	–		37	15
	2003–2004	Prva Liga	20	3	1	0	10	1	–		31	4
Messina	2004–2005	Serie A	29	1	4	0	–		–		33	1
	2005–2006	Serie A	8	0	–		–		–		8	0
Genoa	2005–2006	Serie C1	17	3	–		–		4	1	21	4
Messina	2006–2007	Serie A	21	0	5	1	–		–		26	1
PAOK	2007–2008	Super League	17	1	1	0	–		–		18	1
Energie Cottbus	2008–2009	Bundesliga	27	3	2	0	–		1	0	30	3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2009–2010	Ligat ha'Al	17	3	3	2	–		–		20	5
Partizan	2010–2011	Superliga	27	13	4	1	8	1	–		39	15
Wisła Kraków	2011–2012	Ekstraklasa	28	1	5	1	12	1	–		45	3
	2012–2013	Ekstraklasa	20	3	4	1	–		–		24	4
Total	Partizan		177	54	16	9	41	6	–		234	69
Total	Messina		58	1	9	1	–		–		67	2
Total	Wisła Kraków		48	4	9	2	12	1	–		69	7

Honours

Club

Partizan

• Prva Liga: 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03
• Superliga: 2010–11
• Yugoslav Cup: 1997–98, 2000–01
• Serbian Cup: 2010–11

Individual

• Superliga Top Goalscorer: 2010–11
• Superliga Team of the Season: 2010–11

External links

• Ivica Iliev profile at 90minut
• Ivica Iliev at Reprezentacija.rs (Serbian)
• Ivica Iliev Stats at utakmica.rs (Serbian)