Mihajlo Ilić

Mihajlo Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Илић; born 4 July 2003) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serbian club FK Partizan.

Mihajlo Ilić
Personal information
Full name Mihajlo Ilić
Date of birth (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003
Place of birth Jagodina, Serbia and Montenegro
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 3
Youth career
Junior Jagodina
2010–2016 Jagodina
2016–2022 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Partizan 20 (0)
International career‡
2022 Serbia U19 7 (1)
2022– Serbia U21 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023

Club career

Ilić started training in Junior Jagodina, later moving to Jagodina.[1] He became a member of Belgrade side FK Partizan in 2016, where he later passed the junior competition selections.[2][3][4] At the end of October 2020, he signed a professional contract with the club.[5] He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on November 21, 2021, against Vojvodina, replacing Danilo Pantić on the field in the 80th minute of the match.[6] He extended his contract with the club in July 2022 until 2027.[7] He was in the starting lineup of a Serbian SuperLiga match for the first time in the 18th round of the 2022–23 season against TSC.[8] He made his debut in the Europa Conference League against Sheriff Tiraspol, in a match played in Chisinau on February 16, 2023, replacing Kristijan Belić in the second half after the exclusion of Igor Vujačić.[9] He started the following season as a standard bonus footballer in Igor Duljaj's lineup.

International career

Serbia national under-19 team head coach Aleksandar Jović invited Ilić for a friendly match against Croatia in March 2022.[10] He made his debut in that game as Serbia won by a score of 3–0.[11] Ilić was also invited to the final stage of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification rounds, played at the beginning of June 2022.[12] He scored his first goal for the youth team of Serbia in a draw with Ukraine.[13] By winning first place in the Group 6 table, Ilić and the team qualified for the European Championship.[14] He played in all three games in the group stage, after which the Serbian team ended its participation.[15] Goran Stevanović, head coach of the Serbia national under-21 team, sent Ilić an invitation for a friendly match with Bulgaria in September 2022.[16] At that match, only the first half was played, as there was an interruption due to bad weather.[17] He was then invited for friendly matches in Cyprus in November 2022, where he led Serbia as captain against the home team and against North Macedonia.[18][19][20] At the start of European Championship qualifiers under Dušan Đorđević, Ilić scored both goals in a win over Azerbaijan in September 2023. The coach of the Serbian national team, Dragan Stojković, invited Ilić to a wider list of players for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches with Hungary and Montenegro next month.

References
  1. "💥 Mihajlo Ilic 2003, bivši član našeg kluba potpisao je profesionalni ugovor za FK Partizan". FK Junior Jagodina. FB. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. Marković, Nebojša (22 November 2021). "Partizanov biser debitovao, a dan ranije igrao utakmicu: Upoznajte novog talenta crno-belih - Kad me je šef pozvao..." mondo.rs. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. "Партизан на припреме води тројицу јуниора, Илића, Влаховића и Петковића". Sportski žurnal. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. Džodić, Ivan (23 January 2022). "Crno-beli dijamanti na mediteranskom brušenju: Petković spreman da zablista, nazire se i novi stub defanzive". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. "Партизан освојио новог штопера: Омладинац Михајло Илић потписао професионални уговор". Večernje novosti. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. "Poseban dan za mane! Mihajlo Ilić će dugo pamtiti debi za Partizan". Kurir. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. "Михајло Илић продужио уговор са Партизаном". Танјуг. Radio Television of Serbia. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  8. "ТСЦ – Партизан 2:3 (1:1)". ФК Партизан, званична презентација. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  9. Petrović, Aleksandar (16 February 2023). "Rikardo je šerif, Partizan slavio u Kišinjevu". Sport klub. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  10. "U19 | Александар Јовић позвао омладинце за проверу против Хрватске". Fudbalski savez Srbije. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  11. "U19 | Убедљива победа омладинаца у провери са Хрватском (видео)". Fudbalski savez Srbije. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  12. "Srbija i Holandija za EP: Omladinci sutra startuju u elit rundi kvalifikacija". Arena Sport. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  13. "U19 | Велики бод против Украјине, омладинци корак ближе великом успеху и пласману на Првенство Европе". Fudbalski savez Srbije. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  14. "Nestvarno! Srbija zahvaljući žutim kartonima ide na Evropsko prvenstvo". mozzartsport.com. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  15. "Omladinci Srbije ispali sa PE". pancevoinfo.rs. 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  16. "U21 | Млада репрезентација има проверу у Бугарској, селектор Горан Стевановић позвао 23 играча". Fudbalski savez Srbije. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  17. "U21 | Невреме прекинуло меч у Софији, полувреме без победника". Fudbalski savez Srbije. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  18. "Orlići sa sedam Zvezdinih i dvojicom Partizanovih igrača napadaju Kipar". mozzartsport.com. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  19. "U-21 | Реми "Орлића" у провери са Кипром". Fudbalski savez Srbije. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  20. "U-21 | Реми "Орлића" и С. Македоније у другој провери на Кипру". Fudbalski savez Srbije. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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