Vanja Ilić (handballer)

Vanja Ilić
Personal information
Full name Vanja Ilić
Born (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31)
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club C' Chartres MHB
Number 3
Youth career
Team
 RK Partizan
 Sinđelić Beograd
Senior clubs
Years Team
 PKB
2011–2015
 RK Partizan
2015–2016
 HC Rabotnichki
2016
 RK Partizan
2016–2018
 RK Metalurg Skopje
2018–2019
 BM Logroño La Rioja
2019–
 C' Chartres MHB
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–
 Serbia 83 (210)
Medal record
Summer Universiade
2015 Gwangju Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 December 2023

Vanja Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Илић; born 25 February 1993) is a Serbian handball player for C' Chartres MHB and the Serbia national team. He is the younger brother of fellow handball player Nemanja Ilić.

Career

After playing for PKB, Ilić signed with Partizan in June 2011. He spent four seasons at the club, before moving abroad to Macedonian side Rabotnički. A year later, Ilić rejoined Partizan, but quickly returned to Macedonia to play for Metalurg Skopje.

At international level, Ilić won a silver medal with the Serbian team at the 2015 Summer Universiade and participated in two European Championships (2018, 2020) and one World Championship (2019).

Honours

Partizan

References

  1. ^ "Partizanova braća sanjaju Rio" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Vanja Ilić u Partizanu" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Ilić: Vratiću se jednog dana" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Ilić iz Partizana otišao u Metalurg" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Universiade Gwangju 2015 - (Handball) Biography Overview : ILIC Vanja". gwangju2015.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.