Ilijas Pašić (10 May 1934 – 2 February 2015) was a Yugoslav

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player and manager.

Playing career

Club

He started playing football at Romania, but at the age of 18 he made a move to

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. He played more than 250 games for the club as a left winger (174 of them were official games) and he scored almost 200 goals (104 in official matches). That makes him one of the best goalscorers in history of the club. He made a move to

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in 1959 for which he played 95 games, scoring 31 goals in period of three seasons. However, injury stopped his career to rise even more. He later played in

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and

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International

In 1954. he made a debut for Yugoslavia national team. That made him first player from FK Željezničar to do so. In total, he collected 8

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. He also scored one goal (it was on his debut). He was a part of

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Yugoslav squad. He was also a member of Under-21 national team and B national team (18 games, 12 goals). His final international was a December 1959

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against

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Managerial career

He worked as a coach in Switzerland. He was a head coach in NK Rijeka and BSK Slavonski Brod, before he returned to Switzerland once more.

Career statistics

As a player

Managerial statistics

Honours

;Željezničar Sarajevo *

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(Zone II): 1956–57 ;Dinamo Zagreb *

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: 1959–60, 1962–63 ;NK Rijeka *

: 1970-71

References

External links

*
Profile on Yugoslavia / Serbia national team web page
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