Ivica Iliev

Ivica Iliev represents the kind of footballer I have a soft spot for: a Belgrade-born Serbian forward who did the lonely, unglamorous work of leading the line at 182 cm. Strikers live and die at the sharp end, expected to deliver in the box regardless of form, and longevity in that role is itself a quiet credential. Balkan football has long produced players with distinctive technique and competitive steel, and I suspect he carried both. He won league titles with Partizan, and players who simply show up and do the job tend to be the ones teammates trust most. I find that unshowy professionalism genuinely admirable.

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Name (English)

Ivica Iliev

Name (Japanese)

イヴィツァ・イリエフ

Reading

いゔぃつぁ・いりえふ

Born

October 27, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Belgrade, Serbia

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivica%20Iliev
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%84%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172188

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.