Zoran Ilic

Zoran Ilić

Personal information
Full name	Zoran Ilić
Date of birth	(1969-09-01) 1 September 1969
Place of birth	Despotovac, Serbia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Pagewood Botany FC
	Sydney City
	St George
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1991	St George	95	(12)
1990	FK Vojvodina - Loan - RFK Novi Sad	5	(1)
1991–1992	Adelaide City	21	(0)
1993	Canterbury Marrickville	5	(1)
1993–1995	Jagodina	58	(8)
1995–1997	Canterbury Marrickville	70	(18)
1998	Leichhardt Tigers	3	(0)
1998–2000	Canterbury Marrickville	48	(15)
2001	Stanmore Hawks	10	(4)
2004	Hurstville City Minotaurs	7	(0)
2006	Shoalhaven Suns	15	(1)
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.

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. In 1990 Ilic had a brief 6 month spell in Europe where he was transferred to FK Vojvodina in the Yugoslav First Division with a loan period at RFK Novi Sad and between 1993 and 1995 Ilic had a successful spell with FK Jagodina in FR Yugoslavia First Division. 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.

Representative 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. 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.