Zoran Ilić
Zoran Ilic | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Senta, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | 2 January 2002||
Nationality | Serbian / Hungarian | ||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | HSV Hamburg | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2016–2017 | NEKA | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2017–2019 | NEKA | ||
2019–2023 | Telekom Veszprém | ||
2020 | → Wisła Płock (loan) | ||
2020–2021 | → BFKA-Veszprém (loan) | ||
2023– | HSV Hamburg | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Hungary | 25 | (24) |
Medal record |
Zoran Ilic (Serbian: Зоран Илић, romanized: Zoran Ilić; Hungarian: Ilics Zorán; born 2 Januar 2002) is a Serbian-Hungarian handball player for HSV Hamburg and for the Hungary national team.
Career[edit]
Club[edit]
Zoran started his career at NEKA. He made his debut in the first team in NEKA in 2018, and in that season he scored 4 goals in 9 matches in the then still Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B team. In 2019, the Hungarian record champion moved to Telekom Veszprém, where he initially played in the second team, but he was also able to play in 5 matches in the first team, in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, in which he scored 2 goals. He could also make his debut in the EHF Champions League. In the fall of 2020, Telekom Veszprém loaned him to the Polish team Wisła Płock,[1] but after 3 months he decided to return to Hungary and finish his studies.[2] Zoran scored 21 goals in six matches in the Polish Superliga, 11 goals in 3 matches in the EHF Champions League for Wisła Płock. In the 2021/2022 season, he participated in the BL Final 4 in Cologne, where he also scored a goal in the bronze medal match.[3] At the end of the 2022/2023 season, he became champion and cup winner with Telekom Veszprém, after which he left for the German HSV Hamburg team.[4] He scored 80 goals in 44 first-class matches for Telekom Veszprém, and 17 goals in 27 matches in the EHF Champions League.[citation needed]
National team[edit]
He made his debut in the Hungary men's national handball team on November 4, 2020, in the Eurocup match against the Spain men's national handball team: Hungary-Spain 32–29.[5] (Zoran did not score in the match.) He was included in the large squad of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship,[6] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2022 Junior European Men's Handball Championship where the Hungarian team became the 5th.[7] He was included in the large squad of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship,[8] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.[9] He also participated in the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Hungary men's national handball team. (8th place, 9 games / 10 goals). He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal[10] and was voted the best right back.[11] He also participated in the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Hungary men's national handball team. (5th place, 8 games / 7 goals).
Honours[edit]
National team[edit]
- Junior World Championship:
- Silver: 2023
Club[edit]
- BFKA-Veszprém
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
- Silver: 2021
- Telekom Veszprém
Individual[edit]
- All-Star Right Back of the Junior World Championship: 2023[12]
- Hungarian Youth Handball Player of the Year: 2022,[13] 2023[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "Veszprem's kid Zoran Ilic to join Orlen Wisla Plock on loan". Handball Planet. October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Hazatér Lengyelországból a magyar kézis, hogy befejezze a tanulmányait". January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Hétméteresekkel kapott ki, BL-negyedik a Telekom Veszprém". Infostart.hu. June 19, 2022.
- ^ "HSVH verpflichtet ungarischen WM-Teilnehmer Zoran Ilic". February 10, 2023.
- ^ GYÖRGY, RUSZNÁK (November 4, 2020). "Férfi kézi Eurokupa: Magyarország–Spanyolország - NSO". NSO.hu.
- ^ MTI, H. D. (December 11, 2020). "Férfi kézilabda: Gulyás István bő keretet hirdetett a vb-re - NSO". NSO.hu.
- ^ https://www.utanpotlassport.hu/2022/07/18/kezi-ujra-az-elitben-minden-idok-harmadik-legjobb-szereplesevel-eb-otodik-lett-a-ferfi-u20-as-valogatott
- ^ Szabolcs KOZICZ (2021-12-07). "Men's EHF EURO 2022 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "Végleges a magyar férfi kézilabda-válogatott Eb-kerete". January 8, 2022.
- ^ "U21-es férfi kézi-vb: Németország–Magyarország döntő - NSO". NSO.hu. July 2, 2023.
- ^ "Egy magyar játékos is bekerült a junior kézi-vb álomcsapatába". July 3, 2023.
- ^ "IHF | News". www.ihf.info.
- ^ https://mksz.hu/cikk/3926
- ^ https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/kezilabda-bode-biro-blankat-es-rosta-miklost-valasztottak-az-ev-jatekosanak-2994759
External links[edit]
- Zoran Ilic at EHF (in English)
- Zoran Ilic at MKSZ (in Hungarian)