Ilija Sivonjić (; born 13 January 1987) is a

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Club career

Sivonjić started his senior career in

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, debuting for Kamen Ingrad on 21 May 2005. He spent three seasons playing as midfielder and scored 9 goals in 49 appearances. Following Kamen's relegation at the end of the 2006–07 season, he was bought by Inter Zaprešić and made his first appearance for the club on 14 September 2007 against Međimurje, netting a brace in his debut. He ended the 2007–08 season with 4 goals in 21 appearances. In the 2008–09 season Sivonjić was Inter's top goalscorer before he was transferred to Croatian champions

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on 18 December 2008. In his debut season for Dinamo Sivonjič made 14 league and 3 more in the Croatian Cup, scoring 4 goals. Sivonjić started 2009–10 season with a goal at Dinamo's opening league match against Istra 1961 and also came in as a late substitute in Champions League match against Pyunik. Between 2014 and 2018 Sivonjić played for a string of lower-tier German clubs followed by a season at the Belgian 6th tier team KAV Dendermonde.

National team

Sivonjić was capped four times in Croatia's under–19 team, all in 2006 in their under–19 European Championship qualifying campaign. He is also eligible to play for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Honours

** Prva HNL: 2008–09 ** Croatian Cup: 2009 **

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: ''2010''

Career statistics

Career statistics at Dinamo Zagreb's official website
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sivonjic, Ilija 1987 births Living people Footballers from Central Bosnia Canton Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK Kamen Ingrad players NK Inter Zaprešić players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players HNK Rijeka players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium