Jovan Ilić (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jovan Ilić

| image =

| fullname = Jovan Ilić

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|01|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

| height = 1.76 m{{cite news|url=https://www.fkradnicki.com/igrac/ilic-jovan/|title=ИЛИЋ Јован|website=fkradnicki.com|accessdate=24 March 2025}}

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub = Radnički 1923

| clubnumber = 21

| youthyears1 = 2012–2018

| youthclubs1 = Red Star Belgrade

| youthyears2 = 2018

| youthclubs2 = Grafičar Beograd

| youthyears3 = 2018–2019

| youthclubs3 = Brodarac

| years1 = 2019–2020

| clubs1 = Brodarac

| caps1 = 14

| goals1 = 11

| years2 = 2020–2022

| clubs2 = Proleter Novi Sad

| caps2 = 56

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2020

| clubs3 = → Brodarac (loan)

| caps3 = 5

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2022–2023

| clubs4 = RFK Novi Sad

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2022–2023

| clubs5 = Tobol

| caps5 = 24

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2024

| clubs6 = RFK Novi Sad

| caps6 = 12

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2024

| clubs7 = Shakhter Karagandy

| caps7 = 10

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2025–

| clubs8 = Radnički 1923

| caps8 = 6

| goals8 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2021–2022

| nationalteam1 = Bosnia and Herzegovina U21

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 14 March 2025

| nationalteam-update = 29 March 2022

}}

Jovan Ilić ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Јован Илић}}; born 30 January 2000) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serbian SuperLiga club Radnički 1923.{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jovan-ili/651642/|title=Jovan Ilić|website=int.soccerway.com|accessdate=24 March 2025}}

Club career

Born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jovan is a product of the Serbian football club Red Star Belgrade.

On January 1, 2019, he signed a contract with the Serbian football club Brodarac.

On February 6, 2020, he moved to Proleter Novi Sad. On August 1, 2020, in a match against the club Rad, he made his debut in the Serbian SuperLiga, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute instead of Danilo Bacanović. On October 21, 2020, in a match against the club Radnički Pirot, In Pirot made his debut in the Serbian Cup.

On July 1, 2022, he became a player of the Serbian club RFK Novi Sad.

On February 14, 2023, he signed a contract with the Kazakhstan club Tobol{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://www.sports.kz/news/tobol-predstavil-novichka-izevropeyskogo-chempionata|title=«Тобол» представил новичка из европейского чемпионата - Футбол|website=Sports.kz|access-date=2023-02-14}}{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://sportdc.net/n/147895/jovan-ilic-u-tobolu/f|title=Jovan Ilić u Tobolu|website=sportdc.net|access-date=2023-02-14}} who, under the command of Serbian coach Milić Ćurčić, created a real sensation by eliminating the Swiss team Basel in the UEFA Conference League qualifiers last season.{{Cite web|url=https://dailysports.net/news/basel-flew-out-of-the-league-of-conferences-from-the-club-from-kazakhstan/|title="Basel" flew out of the League of Conferences from the club from Kazakhstan|website=dailysports.net|access-date=2025-03-24}}

On July 1, 2024, for the second time, he became a player of the Serbian club RFK Novi Sad.

On July 5, 2024, he became a new player of the Kazakhstan club Shakhter Karagandy.{{cite news|url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/sport/fudbal/ino-fudbal/nekadasnji-mladi-reprezentativac-bosne-i-hercegovine-potpisao-za-kazahstanski-klub-967132/|title=Dvadesečetverogodišnji veznjak će ostati u Kazahstanu, ali će promijeniti klub i zaigrati za Shaktar Karagandy|website=oslobodjenje.ba|accessdate=24 March 2025}}

On January 11, 2025, Radnički 1923 announced that they had signed a two-year contract with Ilić.{{cite news|url=https://www.fkradnicki.com/32956-2/|title=Јован Илић друго зимско појачање „црвених“|website=fkradnicki.com|accessdate=24 March 2025}}

International career

On March 29, 2021, he made his debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 team in a match against the Montenegro U21 team (2:2), coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute for Stefan Santrač.