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Also known as Josip Ilicic

Slovenian association football player

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Josip Iličić is a male association football player from Slovenia. Born in Prijedor on January 29, 1988, he holds Slovenian citizenship and speaks Slovene. Standing 190 centimeters tall and weighing 79 kilograms, he plays as a midfielder and forward. His professional career began in 2007.

Iličić has been a member of several sports teams, including SC Bonifika, NK Maribor, ACF Fiorentina, and Palermo F.C. He also represents the Slovenia men's national football team. He is identified by the sport number 72.

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Key facts

2010
Maribor
2025
Koper
Full name
Josip Iličić
Date of birth
( 1988-01-29 ) 29 January 1988 (age 38)
Place of birth
Prijedor , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Positions
Attacking midfielder winger
Current team
Koper
1995 2006
Triglav Kranj
2006 2007
Britof
Years
Team
2007 2008
Bonifika
2008 2010
Interblock
2010 2013
Palermo
2013 2017
Fiorentina
2017 2022
Atalanta
2022 2025
Maribor
2009 2010
Slovenia U21

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
NK Maribor
Position
Forward
Nationality
Slovenia

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Encyclopedic overview

Josip Iličić ( Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip ǐlitʃitɕ]; born 29 January 1988) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Koper. Primarily an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger or forward.

Iličić began his professional career with Slovenian club Bonifika, later also playing for Interblock and Maribor in his home country, before moving to Italy in 2010 to join Palermo. In 2013, he signed for Fiorentina, and subsequently for Atalanta in 2017. After spending twelve years in Italy, Iličić returned to Maribor in 2022.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Josip Iličić” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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