Vlado Ilievski is a Macedonian

Republic of Macedonia

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. He is a 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) point guard

Point guard

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 who plays for Anadolu Efes.

During his successful career, Ilievski played for KK Partizan

KK Partizan

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, Antbirlik Antalya, FC Barcelona Bàsquet

FC Barcelona Bàsquet

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, Lottomatica Roma

Pallacanestro Virtus Roma

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, VidiVici Bologna, Montepaschi Siena

Mens Sana Basket

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, Tau Cerámica

Saski Baskonia

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, KK Union Olimpija

KK Union Olimpija

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 and Anadolu Efes.

Ilievski is also a member of the Macedonia national basketball team. He played a key role in the Eurobasket 2011

Eurobasket 2011

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, leading the competition in minutes per game and scoring the game winning shot in the quarter finals against Lithuania.

Honours

Yugoslavian Cup: 1999, 2000

Slovenian League: 2002

Slovenian Cup: 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011

Spanish ACB League: 2004

Italian League: 2008

Italian Cup: 2008

External links

• Vlado Ilievski at acb.com
• Vlado Ilievski at tblstat.net
• Vlado Ilievski at legabasket.it
• Vlado Ilievski at euroleague.net