Ilija Katić (; born 20 July 1945) is a former professional

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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

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

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

. In 1967, he moved to giants

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

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side Burgos CF and later returned to Switzerland and played in top league sides Neuchâtel Xamax and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. 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 *

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: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76 *

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: 1975–76 Individual * Swiss Super League Best Foreign Player (2): 1974–75, 1975–76 *

top scorer: 1974–75 (23 goals)

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