Saša Ilic (footballer born 1972)
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Saša Ilić is a retired Serbian
-Australian football goalkeeper.
from Sydney
in his youth stages and then transferred to Borac Banja Luka in Bosnia.
Ilić is best known for his spell with Charlton Athletic
. He was a regular between the sticks in the later 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. In the 1998-99 season Ilić was again a regular in goal but Charlton were relegated.
Ilić eventually lost his place in the team to new signing Dean Kiely
.
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
-Australian football goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Melbourne however Sasa's first club was Bonnyrigg White EaglesBonnyrigg White Eagles
Bonnyrigg White Eagles F.C. is a football club in Sydney currently playing in the New South Wales Premier League.- History :Established by Serbian migrants from the Cabramatta area of south-west Sydney, their primary supporter base has been the local Serbian community...
from Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in his youth stages and then transferred to Borac Banja Luka in Bosnia.
Ilić is best known for his spell with Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
. He was a regular between the sticks in the later 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
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
. 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
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
on penalties in the First Division play-off
Football League Play-Offs
The Football League play-offs are an annual series of football matches to determine some of the promotion places within the Football League. Essentially, each division of the league offers a certain number of automatic promotion places to the top two or three clubs. A further promotion place is...
final. In the 1998-99 season Ilić was again a regular in goal but Charlton were relegated.
Ilić eventually lost his place in the team to new signing Dean Kiely
Dean Kiely
Dean Laurence Kiely is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently goalkeeping coach at West Bromwich Albion. He has won 11 caps for the Republic of Ireland, but has more often than not been on the bench as their substitute goalkeeper...
.