Ilija Martinović
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994
Place of birth Cetinje, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Bnei Sakhnin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Lovćen 74 (2)
2013–2014Cetinje (loan) 12 (0)
2017–2020 Aluminij 63 (0)
2020–2022 Maribor 27 (2)
2022 Chornomorets Odesa 0 (0)
2022Dečić (loan) 6 (0)
2022 Pakhtakor Tashkent 7 (0)
2023 Sarajevo 12 (2)
2023– Bnei Sakhnin 0 (0)
International career
2015 Montenegro U21 1 (0)
2021 Montenegro 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2023

Ilija Martinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Мартиновић; born 31 January 1994) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a defender for Bnei Sakhnin.[1]

Club career

In June 2020, Martinović signed a three-year contract with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Maribor.[2] He left the club in January 2022 after his contract was mutually terminated.[3] In the same month, he signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League team Chornomorets Odesa.[4] However, he left Ukraine just a month later when the war in Ukraine broke out,[5] and joined his homeland team Dečić on loan.[6] In January 2023, Martinović signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Premier League of BH side Sarajevo.[7]

International career

Martinović made one appearance for the Montenegro under-21 team in March 2015.[8] He made his debut for the senior team on 27 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar.[9]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[10]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Montenegro 202130
Total30

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ilija Martinović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. Plestenjak, Rok (19 June 2020). "Maribor ujel veliko okrepitev, za katero ni odštel niti evra" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. "V Mariboru so potrdili tudi nov odhod: Odhaja branilec, ki je samovoljno zapustil klub in s tem porabil vse kredite" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. Janičić, Svetozar (14 January 2022). "Ilija Martinović se preselio iz Maribora u Odesu". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. Janičić, Svetozar (27 February 2022). "Ilija Martinović stigao iz Odese u Crnu Goru". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  6. "Ilija Martinović potpisao za Dečić". cdm.me. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  7. "Ilija Martinović postao prvo pojačanje FK Sarajevo u zimskom prijelaznom roku" (in Bosnian). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. "Ilija Martinović – Fudbalski savez Crne Gore". fscg.me. Football Association of Montenegro. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  9. "Ilija Martinović » WC Qualifiers Europe 2021/2022". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  10. "Ilija Martinović, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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