Nemanja Ilić

{{short description|Serbian handball player (born 1990)}}

{{For|the football player|Nemanja Ilić (footballer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Nemanja Ilić

| image = 20171029 AUT SRB Nemanja Ilić 850 3318 DxO.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Ilić in 2017

| full_name = Nemanja Ilić

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|05|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia

| nationality = Serbian

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Left wing

| currentclub = Fenix Toulouse

| clubnumber = 19

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = RK Partizan

| years1 = 2008–2013

| clubs1 = RK Partizan

| years2 = 2008–2010

| clubs2 = → RK Radnički Kragujevac (loan)

| years3 = 2013–

| clubs3 = Fenix Toulouse

| years4 = 2019

| clubs4 = → FC Barcelona Lassa (loan)

| nationalyears1 = 2012–

| nationalteam1 = Serbia

| nationalcaps1 = 137

| nationalgoals1 = 374

| ntupdate = 12 December 2023

}}

Nemanja Ilić ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Немања Илић}}; born 11 May 1990) is a Serbian handball player for Fenix Toulouse and the Serbia national team.

Club career

After coming through the youth categories of Partizan, Ilić spent two seasons on loan with Radnički Kragujevac. He returned to his parent club in 2010{{Cite web | url=http://www.rkpartizan.rs/predstavljena-nova-lica-crno-belih/ | title=Predstavljena nova lica crno-belih | language=Serbian | publisher=rkpartizan.rs | date=10 August 2010 | access-date=19 October 2020}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.b92.net/sport/rukomet/vesti.php?yyyy=2010&mm=08&dd=11&nav_id=451235 | title=RK Partizan predstavio pojačanja | language=Serbian | publisher=b92.net | date=11 August 2010 | access-date=19 October 2020}} and helped the team win two consecutive national championships (2011 and 2012). In 2013, Ilić moved abroad and signed with French side Fenix Toulouse. He was loaned to Barcelona in early 2019, replacing the injured Casper Ulrich Mortensen until the end of the season.

International career

A Serbia international since 2012,{{Cite web | url=https://sport.blic.rs/ostali-sportovi/rukomet/vukovic-objavio-spisak-rukometasa-za-kvalifikacije-za-evropsko-prvenstvo/86rppr0 | title=Vuković objavio spisak rukometaša za kvalifikacije za Evropsko prvenstvo | language=Serbian | publisher=blic.rs | date=19 October 2012 | access-date=26 June 2020}} Ilić participated in three World Championships (2013, 2019 and 2023) and five European Championships (2014, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024).

Personal life

Ilić is the older brother of fellow handball player Vanja Ilić.{{Cite web | url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.297.html:431770-Partizanova-braca-sanjaju-Rio | title=Partizanova braća sanjaju Rio | language=Serbian | publisher=novosti.rs | date=29 April 2013 | access-date=26 June 2020}}

Honours

;Partizan

;Barcelona

References

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