Ilija Pantelić (; 2 August 1942 – 17 November 2014) was a Serbian

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who played as a

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, primarily for Serbian side

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and French sides

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and

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, as well as the Yugoslavia national team.

Club career

After playing for BAK Bela Crkva and Radnički Sombor, Pantelić spent eight seasons at

between 1961 and 1969. He collected 176 appearances and netted six goals in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

, helping them win the title in the 1965–66 season. During his time at the club, Pantelić managed to score a

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in a league game against

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, as well as a goal against Atlético Madrid in the first leg of the

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second round. In 1969, Pantelić moved to France and joined Paris-Neuilly, before switching to

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. He also played for

(1971–1974) and

(1974–1977), amassing over 200 appearances in the top flight of French football.

International career

At international level, Pantelić was capped 18 times for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

from 1964 to 1968. He represented the country at

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, as Yugoslavia lost to

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in the

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Post-playing career

After retiring from the game, Pantelić served as the director of

's youth academy for many years.

Honours

Vojvodina *

: 1965–66 Marseille *

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: 1970–71 Yugoslavia *

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: runner-up

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pantelic, Ilija 1942 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Banja Luka Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Yugoslavia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1968 players Yugoslav First League players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players FK Vojvodina players Olympique de Marseille players SC Bastia players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers