Full name Josip Ilicic Name Josip Ilicic Parents Ana Ilicic Salary 1.2 million EUR (2013) | Number 72 Height 1.90 m Role Footballer Siblings Igor Ilicic | |
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Date of birth (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 (age 27) Current teams Slovenia national football team (Midfielder, Forward), ACF Fiorentina (#72 / Midfielder) Similar People Borja Valero, Nikola Kalinic, Milan Badelj, Khouma Babacar, Paulo Sousa | ||
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Josip Ilicic Is Lowkey One Of The Best Players ● Most Underrated (HD)
Josip Iličić (born 29 January 1988 in Prijedor) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Italian club Fiorentina and the Slovenia national team as an attacking midfielder.
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- Josip Ilicic Is Lowkey One Of The Best Players Most Underrated HD
- Josip ili i best skills goals hd 720p
- Early career
- Palermo
- Fiorentina
- International career
- Club
- International goals
- Personal life
- References
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Early career
Iličić started his career playing in the youth teams of Triglav Kranj and later Britof from Kranj. At the age of 19, he moved to SC Bonifika, where he played for a season in Slovenian second division, 2. SNL. It was there when his talent was spotted by Interblock, where he stayed for two seasons playing in Slovenian top league, 1.SNL. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Interblock was relegated into 2.SNL after two qualifications matches against Triglav. Despite being one of the best players of his club and one of the top prospects of Slovenian football Iličić finished the season as a reserve.
Aged 21, Iličić contemplated an idea of finishing his playing career altogether, however, few weeks later he received a phone call from Zlatko Zahovič, Director of Football at Maribor, who proposed he should sign for the most successful club in the country. In a life changing decision Iličić took the offer immediately and moved to Slovenia's second largest city where he made a big impact from the start as he scored twice in the UEFA Europa League match against Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in July 2010. He then scored again, in the return leg of the UEFA Europa League playoff round against Sicilian Palermo, which ended in a 3–2 win for the Slovenian side. On the very next day, it was confirmed that Palermo had acquired Iličić and teammate Armin Bačinović from Maribor for a permanent move. The transfer fee paid by Palermo was undisclosed, but it is believed to be around €2.3 million.
Palermo
He then picked up where he left off as he nearly scored a late equaliser at his debut for his new team in Serie A. In the next round, he was already a starter and scored his first goal for Palermo at home against reigning champions Inter. Only four days later, on 23 September 2010, he scored his second goal of the season, this time against another Italian giant Juventus. His terrific performances against top Italian teams continued when he scored a goal against Fiorentina on 3 October 2010, and against Roma on 28 November 2010.
On 20 June 2011, Josip signed a new five-year contract. He changed his shirt number to 27 on 16 August 2011. However, in the 2011–12 season Iličić struggled to make an impact mostly due to Javier Pastore - Iličić's attacking midfield partner - being sold in a record bid to Paris Saint-Germain F.C., and the Slovene providing only two goals as a result. Despite that, he was confirmed for the 2012–13 season as well, being paired with new signing Franco Brienza in a 3–4–2–1 formation by new head coach Gian Piero Gasperini. Iličić's top moment of the season came on 24 November 2012, as he scored a winning brace in a 3–1 home win for a struggling Palermo side against Catania in the Sicilian derby.
On 17 March 2013, Iličić reached 100 caps on rosanero: 91 in the league, 2 in European Cups and 7 in the Coppa Italia.
Fiorentina
On 23 July 2013, Palermo officially confirmed the sale of Josip Iličić to Serie A rivals Fiorentina on their website. It is understood that the player favoured a move to Florence over playing in the Bundesliga (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). Later the deal was officially announced by Fiorentina on their website. Vincenzo Montella's side have confirmed the signing of Slovenian midfielder Josip Iličić from Palermo for an undisclosed fee which is believed to be in the sum of €9 million (£7.7m) plus add-ons. He scored 6 goals in his first season at Fiorentina. The 2014-15 season was more successful for him, finishing as the club's top scorer with 10 goals in all competitions, along with Mario Gómez.
International career
Iličić missed out on the 2010 FIFA World Cup but made his debut for the national side in a friendly match against Australia on 11 August 2010. He scored his first international goal on 10 September 2013 against Cyprus.
Club
As of 17 April 2016International goals
Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.Personal life
Josip Iličić was born in Prijedor, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina and moved to Slovenia after the death of his father when he was only one year old, together with his mother Ana and brother Igor. As a top prospect without national team experience he was once asked in an interview if he would be interested in playing for Croatia national football team, due to his Croatian ancestry, but Iličić replied that he would have never accepted the offer because he has lived in Slovenia his whole life. Later, he made a similar comment regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country where he was born.
