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 FK Borac Šamac (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Борац Шaмaц) is a football (soccer), football club from the town of Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Šamac, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the Second League of the Republika ...

where he stayed two seasons. He joined

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav ...

in 1964, named NK Slavonija back then, and played in the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...

. In 1967, he moved to giants

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

where stayed until 1973 and became a national team player.Ilija Katić
at Reprezentacija.rs In 1973, he moved abroad and joined Swiss side

FC Zürich Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss football club based in Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League 13 times and the Swiss Cup 10 times. The most recent titles a ...

where he played the next three seasons. In 1976, he played one season in Spain with

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

side

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1985, it started to play in 1994. It currently plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ''Esta ...

and later returned to Switzerland and played in top league sides

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (F ...

and

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds FC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss football club based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was founded in 1894 and used to play at the Stade Charrière. History F.C. La Chaux-de-Fonds was founded on July 4, 1894, and won the Swiss first division in the ...

. He finished his career in Liechtenstein and became a coach.

International career

Katić played four matches for the Yugoslavia national team in 1968 and 1969.Ilija Katić
at National-Football-Teams.com

Honours

FC Zürich * Swiss Super League: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76 * Swiss Cup: 1975–76 Individual * Swiss Super League Best Foreign Player (2): 1974–75, 1975–76 * Swiss Super League top scorer: 1974–75 (23 goals)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Katic, Ilija 1945 births Living people People from Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportspeople from Doboj Region Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards NK Osijek players FK Partizan players FC Zürich players Burgos CF (1936) footballers FC La Chaux-de-Fonds players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Yugoslav First League players Swiss Super League players La Liga players Serbian men's footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Serbian football managers Yugoslav football managers FC La Chaux-de-Fonds managers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in football