Zoran Ilic
Personal information
Born (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002
Senta, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian / Hungarian
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club HSV Hamburg
Youth career
Years Team
2016–2017
 NEKA
Senior clubs
Years Team
2017–2019
 NEKA
2019–2023
 Telekom Veszprém
2020
 → Wisła Płock (loan)
2020–2021
 → BFKA-Veszprém (loan)
2023–
 HSV Hamburg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–
 Hungary 16 (20)
Medal record
Junior World Championship
Silver medal – second place2023 Germany/Greece

Zoran Ilic (Serbian: Зоран Илић, romanized: Zoran Ilić; Hungarian: Ilics Zorán; born 2 Januar 2002) is a Serbian-Hungarian handball player for HSV Hamburg and for the Hungary national team.

Career

Club

Zoran started his career at NEKA. He made his debut in the first team in NEKA in 2018, and in that season he scored 4 goals in 9 matches in the then still Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B team. In 2019, the Hungarian record champion moved to Telekom Veszprém, where he initially played in the second team, but he was also able to play in 5 matches in the first team, in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, in which he scored 2 goals. He could also make his debut in the EHF Champions League. In the fall of 2020, Telekom Veszprém loaned him to the Polish team Wisła Płock,[1] but after 3 months he decided to return to Hungary and finish his studies.[2] Zoran scored 21 goals in six matches in the Polish Superliga, 11 goals in 3 matches in the EHF Champions League for Wisła Płock. In the 2021/2022 season, he participated in the BL Final 4 in Cologne, where he also scored a goal in the bronze medal match.[3] At the end of the 2022/2023 season, he became champion and cup winner with Telekom Veszprém, after which he left for the German HSV Hamburg team.[4] He scored 80 goals in 44 first-class matches for Telekom Veszprém, and 17 goals in 27 matches in the EHF Champions League.

National team

He made his debut in the Hungary men's national handball team on November 4, 2020, in the Eurocup match against the Spain men's national handball team: Hungary-Spain 32–29.[5] (Zoran did not score in the match.) He was included in the large squad of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship,[6] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was included in the large squad of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship,[7] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.[8] He also participated in the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Hungary men's national handball team. (8th place, 9 games / 10 goals). He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal[9] and was voted the best right back.[10]

Honours

National team

Club

BFKA-Veszprém
Telekom Veszprém

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Veszprem's kid Zoran Ilic to join Orlen Wisla Plock on loan". Handball Planet. October 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Hazatér Lengyelországból a magyar kézis, hogy befejezze a tanulmányait". January 5, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Hétméteresekkel kapott ki, BL-negyedik a Telekom Veszprém". Infostart.hu. June 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ "HSVH verpflichtet ungarischen WM-Teilnehmer Zoran Ilic". February 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ GYÖRGY, RUSZNÁK (November 4, 2020). "Férfi kézi Eurokupa: Magyarország–Spanyolország - NSO". NSO.hu.
  6. ↑ MTI, H. D. (December 11, 2020). "Férfi kézilabda: Gulyás István bő keretet hirdetett a vb-re - NSO". NSO.hu.
  7. ↑ Szabolcs KOZICZ (2021-12-07). "Men's EHF EURO 2022 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Végleges a magyar férfi kézilabda-válogatott Eb-kerete". January 8, 2022.
  9. ↑ "U21-es férfi kézi-vb: Németország–Magyarország döntő - NSO". NSO.hu. July 2, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Egy magyar játékos is bekerült a junior kézi-vb álomcsapatába". July 3, 2023.
  11. ↑ "IHF | News". www.ihf.info.
  12. ↑ https://mksz.hu/cikk/3926
  13. ↑ https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/kezilabda-bode-biro-blankat-es-rosta-miklost-valasztottak-az-ev-jatekosanak-2994759
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