Zoran Ilić
| Zoran Ilic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
2 January 2002 Senta, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Nationality | Serbian / Hungarian | ||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | HSV Hamburg | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2016–2017 | NEKA | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2017–2019 |
 NEKA | ||
2019–2023 |
Telekom Veszprém | ||
2020 |
→  Wisła Płock (loan) | ||
2020–2021 |
→ BFKA-Veszprém (loan) | ||
2023– |
 HSV Hamburg | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Hungary | 16 | (20) |
Medal record | |||
Zoran Ilic (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Илић, Template:Lang-hu; born 2 Januar 2002) is a Serbian-Hungarian handball player for HSV Hamburg and for the Hungarian national team.
Career
Club
Zoran started his career at NEKA. He made his debut in the first team in NEKA in 2018, and in that season he scored 4 goals in 9 matches in the then still Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B team. In 2019, the Hungarian record champion moved to Telekom Veszprém, where he initially played in the second team, but he was also able to play in 5 matches in the first team, in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, in which he scored 2 goals. He could also make his debut in the EHF Champions League. In the fall of 2020, Telekom Veszprém loaned him to the Polish team Wisła Płock,[1] but after 3 months he decided to return to Hungary and finish his studies.[2] Zoran scored 21 goals in six matches in the Polish Superliga, 11 goals in 3 matches in the EHF Champions League for Wisła Płock. In the 2021/2022 season, he participated in the BL Final 4 in Cologne, where he also scored a goal in the bronze medal match.[3] At the end of the 2022/2023 season, he became champion and cup winner with Telekom Veszprém, after which he left for the German HSV Hamburg team.[4] He scored 80 goals in 44 first-class matches for Telekom Veszprém, and 17 goals in 27 matches in the EHF Champions League.[citation needed]
National team
He made his debut in the Hungary men's national handball team on November 4, 2020, in the Eurocup match against the Spain men's national handball team: Hungary-Spain 32–29.[5] (Zoran did not score in the match.) He was included in the large squad of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship,[6] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was included in the large squad of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship,[7] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.[8] He also participated in the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Hungary men's national handball team. (8th place, 9 games / 10 goals). He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal[9] and was voted the best right back.[10]
Honours
National team
- Junior World Championship:
Silver: 2023
Club
- BFKA-Veszprém
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
- Silver: 2021
- Telekom Veszprém
Individual
- All-Star Right Back of the Junior World Championship: 2023[11]
- Hungarian Youth Handball Player of the Year: 2022[12], 2023[13]
References
- ^ "Veszprem's kid Zoran Ilic to join Orlen Wisla Plock on loan". Handball Planet. October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Hazatér Lengyelországból a magyar kézis, hogy befejezze a tanulmányait". January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Hétméteresekkel kapott ki, BL-negyedik a Telekom Veszprém". Infostart.hu. June 19, 2022.
- ^ "HSVH verpflichtet ungarischen WM-Teilnehmer Zoran Ilic". February 10, 2023.
- ^ GYÖRGY, RUSZNÁK (November 4, 2020). "Férfi kézi Eurokupa: Magyarország–Spanyolország - NSO". NSO.hu.
- ^ MTI, H. D. (December 11, 2020). "Férfi kézilabda: Gulyás István bő keretet hirdetett a vb-re - NSO". NSO.hu.
- ^ Szabolcs KOZICZ (2021-12-07). "Men's EHF EURO 2022 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "Végleges a magyar férfi kézilabda-válogatott Eb-kerete". January 8, 2022.
- ^ "U21-es férfi kézi-vb: Németország–Magyarország döntő - NSO". NSO.hu. July 2, 2023.
- ^ "Egy magyar játékos is bekerült a junior kézi-vb álomcsapatába". July 3, 2023.
- ^ "IHF | News". www.ihf.info.
- ^ https://mksz.hu/cikk/3926
- ^ https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/kezilabda-bode-biro-blankat-es-rosta-miklost-valasztottak-az-ev-jatekosanak-2994759
External links
- Zoran Ilic at EHF (in English)
- Zoran Ilic at MKSZ (in Hungarian)
- Zoran Ilić on Facebook
- Zoran Ilić on Instagram