Ilija (

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...

: Илија, ) is a South Slavic male

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, cognate of

Ilya Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah. ...

Elijah Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...

. It may refer to: * Ilija (kefalija), Serbian nobleman of the 14th century *

Ilija Aračić Ilija Aračić (born 15 November 1970) is a Croatian football coach and a former player who played as a striker. Club career Aračić was born in Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. Coming from a sporting family, he started his footb ...

, Croatian football player *

Ilija Arnautović Ilija Arnautović (7 July 192423 January 2009) was a Serbian and Yugoslav architect, known for many projects from the 1960s to 1980s in Serbia and Slovenia. He was born in Niš, Kingdom of Yugoslavia and died in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Arnautovi ...

, Slovene architect of Serbian origin *

Ilija Babalj Eli Babalj (born 21 February 1992) is an Australian footballer who plays as a striker. Alongside Robert Cornthwaite and Sasa Ognenovski, Babalj, at 1.95 m is the joint third tallest player to have represented the Australia national associatio ...

, Bosnian Australian football player *

Ilija Bašičević Ilija Bašičević, later Ilija "Bosilj" Bašičević ( sr-cyr, Илија Башичевић Босиљ; Šid, July 18, 1895 - May 14, 1972) was a painter; a classic of Serbian outsider art. Biography Bašičević was born in Šid, which was ...

, Serbian painter *

Ilija Batljan Ilija Batljan (born 1967) is a former Montenegrin-Swedish Social Democratic politician. Since 2010 Ilija Batljan has been working with real estate in Sweden and in the spring of 2016 he founded the company Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget (SBB), which h ...

, Montenegrin Swedish politician *

Ilija Birčanin Ilija Birčanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Бирчанин; 12 August 1764 – 4 January 1804) was a Serbian '' knez'' (Prince) who was killed during the '' Slaughter of the Dukes'', the incident that sparked the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian R ...

, Serbian nobleman *

Ilija Bozoljac Ilija Bozoljac ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Бозољац, ; born 2 August 1985) is a former Serbian professional tennis player and coach. On 29 January 2007, Bozoljac reached his best singles ranking of world No. 101. On 22 February 2016, he peaked at ...

, Serbian tennis player * Ilija Crijević, Dubrovnik poet *

Ilija Čarapić Ilija Čarapić (, ), was the first Mayor of Belgrade, Serbia. He was born in 1792 in Beli Potok, near Avala, and died in 1844. He was son of the Voyvode Vasa Čarapić and the brother-in-law of Karađorđe, appointed as Voyvode or Duke of Grock ...

, Serbian politician *

Ilija Dimovski Ilija Dimovski ( mk, Илија Димовски) (born August 10, 1980) is a former member of the Assembly of North Macedonia representing the city Veles from 2006 to 2020. Ilija Dimovski is a former spokesman of VMRO-DPMNE Internal Macedo ...

, Macedonian politician *

Ilija Đukić Ilija Đukić (January 4, 1930 in Novi Rujac – October 22, 2002 in Belgrade) was a Serbian diplomat who held the post of Foreign Minister for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Career Đukić attended the Institute for Political Scienc ...

, Serbian diplomat *

Ilija Garašanin Ilija Garašanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Гарашанин; 28 January 1812 – 22 June 1874) was a Serbian statesman who served as the prime minister of Serbia between 1852 and 1853 and again from 1861 to 1867. Ilija Garašanin was conservati ...

, Serbian politician * Ilija Gregorić, Croatian soldier * Ilija Grgic, Croatian Australian football player *

Ilija Ivezić Ilija Ivezić (20 July 1926 – 14 April 2016) was a Croatian film actor. He was born in Ričice, Gračac and died shortly before his 90th birthday. In a career that spanned more than five decades, Ivezić worked with directors such as Fadil ...

, Croatian actor *

Ilija Ivić Ilija Ivić (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Ивић; born 17 February 1971) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A skillful attacker who showed great technical ability, Ivić could often be found in a supporting ...

, Serbian football player *

Ilija Janković Ilija may refer to: * Ilija, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Ilija, Slovakia, a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region * Ilija (given name), South Slavic given name *ilija (puki) ka ...

, Serbian soldier *

Ilija Katić Ilija Katić (, born 20 July 1945) is a former professional football player and coach. Club career Katić began playing with his home-town club FK Mladost Hasići. In 1962 he joined FK Borac Šamac where he stayed two seasons. He joined NK Osije ...

, Serbian football player *

Ilija Lupulesku Ilija Lupulesku ( sr-cyr, Илија Лупулеску; born October 30, 1967) is a former Serbian and later American table tennis player who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988, 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992, 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996, 2000 ...

, Serbian American table tennis player *

Ilija Lončarević Ilija Lončarević (born 8 October 1944) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Croatian Second Football League club Kustošija. Managerial career Lončarević led Inker Zaprešić to t ...

, Croatian football coach *

Ilija Lukić Ilija Lukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Лукић; 21 January 1942 – 13 June 2018) was a Serbian footballer who played as a forward. Playing career Lukić started playing in the youth teams of Belgrade's FK Železnik. In 1961, at age 19, ...

, Serbian football player *

Ilija Milošević Elia Filippo Francesco Giuseppe Maria Millosevich (5 September 1848 in Venice – 5 December 1919 in Rome) was an Italian astronomer.br>boka - 0.indd/ref> He specialized in calculating the orbits of comets and asteroids, in particular 433 Ero ...

, Italian astronomer *

Ilija Mitić Ilija Mitic (born July 19, 1940, in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian American professional soccer player. He was a star of the North American Soccer League, its 7th all-time leading scorer with 239 points in 166 games, inclu ...

, Serbian American football player *

Ilija Monte Radlovic Ilija (Elijah) Monte Radlovic (5 July 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a British Army officer, an author, and businessman. Personal background Radlovic was born in the country of Montenegro. After studying at Cambridge University in England, he ...

, Montenegrin British soldier and writer *

Ilija Najdoski Ilija Najdoski ( mk, Илија Најдоски; born 26 March 1964) is a retired Macedonian footballer who played for Red Star Belgrade and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991. Club career He also played in Spain for Real Vallado ...

, Macedonian football player *

Ilija Nestorovski Ilija Nestorovski ( mk, Илија Несторовски; born 12 March 1990) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Udinese and the North Macedonia national team. Club career Born in Prilep, SR Macedon ...

, Macedonian football player *

Ilija Ničić Ilija Ničić (21 July 1922 – 27 April 2014) was a Serbs, Serbian Shooting sport, sport shooter who competed in the Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol, 50 metre pistol event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Referen ...

, Serbian sport shooter * Ilija Okrugić, Croatian writer * Ilija Panajotović, Serbian film producer and tennis player *

Ilija Pantelić Ilija Pantelić (; 2 August 1942 – 17 November 2014) was a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, primarily for Serbian side Vojvodina and French sides Bastia and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as the Yugoslavia national team. Club care ...

, Serbian football player *

Ilija Pejovski Ilija Pejovski (Macedonian: Илија Пејовски) (born 1947) is a Macedonian composer, arranger and pianist. One of the Macedonian composers who began to treat jazz professionally and evolve the genre of Macedonian Jazz,Ilija Perajica Ilija Peraica ( it, Elia Peraizza, sr-cyr, Илија Пераица; d. 1685), was a Venetian Dalmatian '' harambaša'' (bandit leader), with the title of ''serdar'', one of the commanders of the Morlach troops that participated in the Great Tu ...

, outlaw from Dalmatia *

Ilija Petković Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in t ...

, Serbian football player * Ilija Prodanović, Bosnian football player * Ilija Radović, Montenegrin football player * Ilija Ristanić, Bosnian football player *

Ilija Sivonjić Ilija Sivonjić (; born 13 January 1987) is a Croatian professional footballer. Club career Sivonjić started his senior career in top flight, debuting for Kamen Ingrad on 21 May 2005. He spent three seasons playing as midfielder and scored 9 ...

, Croatian football player *

Ilija Spasojević Ilija Spasojević (born 11 September 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga 1 club Bali United and the Indonesia national team. Spasojević is known for his goalscoring ability. A prolific goalscorer, Spasojević h ...

, Montenegrin Indonesian footballer * Ilija Stanić, Bosnian secret agent * Ilija Stolica, Serbian football player * Ilija Temelkovski, Macedonian handball coach *

Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Трифуновић-Бирчанин; 1877 – 3 February 1943) was a Serbian Chetnik military commander (''vojvoda'', војвода). He took part in the Balkan Wars and World War I and af ...

, Serbian soldier *

Ilija Trojanow Ilija Trojanow (Bulgarian: Илия Троянов, also transliterated as Ilya Troyanov; born 23 August 1965 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian–German writer, translator and publisher. Life and literary career Trojanow was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1 ...

, Bulgarian writer *

Ilija Zavišić Ilija Zavišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Завишић; born 10 January 1952) is a former Yugoslav professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring from the game, Zavišić worked in Partizan's youth setup. His younger s ...

, Serbian football player {{given name

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