Andrej Ilić

Andrej Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Илић; born 3 April 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Ligue 1 club Lille.

Andrej Ilić
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-04-03) 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
 Lille
Number 24
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)
International career‡
2021–2022 Serbia U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022

Club career

On 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.

Career statistics
As of match played 12 May 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Napredak Kruševac 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 13210——142
2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 16110——171
Total 29320—00313
Javor Ivanjica 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 27920——299
RFS 2021 Virsliga 8321——104
2022 Virsliga 32163112[lower-alpha 1]4—4721
2023 Virsliga 2514004[lower-alpha 2]2—2916
Total 653351166—8641
Vålerenga 2023 Eliteserien 15912——1611
Lille 2023–24 Ligue 1 201000—30
Career total 138541131660016564
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours
RFS

References
  1. "RFS VIENOJAS AR SERBIJAS U-21 IZLASES UZBRUCĒJU" (in Latvian). RFS. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. "Andrej Ilić er klar!" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. AS, TV 2 (2023-08-16). "TV 2 erfarer: VIFs storkjøp på vei etter overgangsdrama". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Fotballforbund, Norges. "Andrej Ilic - Statistikk". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  5. "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.
  6. Stenersen, Steffen; Arntzen, Mats (2024-01-29). "Opplysninger til VG: Lille inn i kampen om Ilic". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  7. Andrej Ilić at Soccerway


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