Ilija Katić
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Full name | Ilija Katić | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 July 1945 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Donji Hasić, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
–1962 | Mladost Hasići | |||||||||||||||
1962–1964 | Borac Bos. Šamac | |||||||||||||||
1964–1967 | Slavonija Osijek | |||||||||||||||
1968–1973 | Partizan Belgrade | 133 | (29) | |||||||||||||
1973–1976 | FC Zürich | 75 | (50) | |||||||||||||
1976–1977 | Burgos | 31 | (4) | |||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||||
1979–1980 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Yugoslavia | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
1978–1980 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ilija Katić (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Катић, born 20 July 1945) is a former professional footballer and coach.
Career[]
He began playing with his home-town club FK Mladost Hasići. In 1962 he joined FK Borac Šamac where he stayed two seasons. He joined NK Osijek in 1964, named NK Slavonija back then, and played in the Yugoslav Second League. In 1967, he moved to giants FK Partizan where stayed until 1973 and became a national team player.[1]
In 1973, he moved abroad and joined Swiss side FC Zürich where he played the next three seasons. In 1976, he played one season in Spain with La Liga side Burgos CF[2] and later returned to Switzerland and played in top league sides Neuchâtel Xamax and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. He finished his career in Liechtenstein and became a coach.[1]
National team[]
He played four matches for the Yugoslav national team in 1968 and 1969.[1][3]
Honours[]
Club[]
FC Zürich
- Swiss Super League (3): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76
- Swiss Cup: 1975–76
Individual[]
- Swiss Super League Best Foreign Player (2): 1974–75, 1975–76
- Swiss Super League top scorer: 1974–75 (23 goals)
References[]
- ^ a b c Ilija Katić at Reprezentacija.rs
- ^ Ilija Katić at BDFutbol
- ^ Ilija Katić at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Association football forwards
- NK Osijek players
- FK Partizan players
- FC Zürich players
- Burgos CF (1936) footballers
- FC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Swiss Super League players
- La Liga players
- Serbian footballers
- Serbian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Serbian football managers
- Yugoslav football managers
- FC La Chaux-de-Fonds managers
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football