Saša Ilić (footballer born 1972)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saša Ilić | ||
| Date of birth | 18 July 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bonnyrigg White Eagles | |||
| Borac Banja Luka | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Borac Banja Luka | 27 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Radnički Niš | 61 | (0) |
| 1996 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–2002 | Charlton Athletic | 51 | (0) |
| 2000 | → West Ham United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | ZTE | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Barnsley | 25 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Blackpool | 3 | (0) |
| 2005 | Aberdeen | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 179 | (0) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2001 | FR Yugoslavia | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2015 |
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Saša Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Илић, pronounced [sâʃa ǐːliːt͡ɕ] or [îːliːt͡ɕ]; born 18 July 1972) is a retired Serbian-Australian football goalkeeper.
Born in Melbourne, Ilić started his career with Sydney-based Bonnyrigg White Eagles before transferring to Borac Banja Luka in Bosnia.
Ilić later joined Charlton Athletic, where he became most well-known. He was a regular in goal in the latter half of the 1997–98 season and kept a record 10 clean sheets in a row, including both play-off semi-finals against Ipswich Town. The run was ended as Charlton gained promotion after a classic 4–4 play-off final, in which he saved the deciding penalty from Michael Gray in a 7-6 win over Sunderland on penalties in the First Division play-off final. After Charlton's relegation in 1998–99, Ilić lost his place in the team to new signing Dean Kiely.
In February 2000 he went on loan to West Ham United but made just one appearance - a 4-0 defeat at home to Everton in the Premier League. In September 2001 he went on loan to Portsmouth and made seven appearances.
Ilić left Charlton in 2002 and joined Hungarian side ZTE where he played against Manchester United in a UEFA Champions League qualifier. ZTE won the first leg 1-0 but lost the second leg 5-0, a game in which Ilić was also sent off for a foul on Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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