Ilija Martinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Мартиновић; born 31 January 1994) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a defender for Pakhtakor Tashkent.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Cetinje, FR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Lovćen | 74 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | → Cetinje (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Aluminij | 63 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Maribor | 27 | (2) |
| 2022 | Chornomorets Odesa | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Dečić (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Montenegro U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Montenegro | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2021 | |||
Club careerEdit
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]
International careerEdit
Martinović made one appearance for the Montenegro under-21 team in March 2015.[7] He made his debut for the senior team on 27 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar.[8]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b c "Ilija Martinović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Plestenjak, Rok (19 June 2020). "Maribor ujel veliko okrepitev, za katero ni odštel niti evra" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Janičić, Svetozar (14 January 2022). "Ilija Martinović se preselio iz Maribora u Odesu". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Janičić, Svetozar (27 February 2022). "Ilija Martinović stigao iz Odese u Crnu Goru". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Ilija Martinović potpisao za Dečić". cdm.me. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Ilija Martinović – Fudbalski savez Crne Gore". fscg.me. Football Association of Montenegro. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Ilija Martinović » WC Qualifiers Europe 2021/2022". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
External linksEdit
- Ilija Martinović at Soccerway
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