Ilija Stolica is a Serbian football manager and former player.
13 Facts About Ilija Stolica
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Ilija Stolica is currently the head coach of Nike liga club AS Trencin.
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Ilija Stolica played one season in Spain's second division, but failed to score in 18 games and eventually returned to his parent club.
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Ilija Stolica managed to play only 20 league games over the next two years, before returning to his homeland and joining OFK Beograd.
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Between 2005 and 2008, Ilija Stolica spent three seasons in Belgium.
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Ilija Stolica played for Sint-Truidense and Mons, scoring 20 goals combined.
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Ilija Stolica subsequently had two unassuming spells in Greece and Montenegro.
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On 30 July 2010, Ilija Stolica signed with Major League Soccer club New England Revolution.
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Ilija Stolica scored three times in the remainder of the season.
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At international level, Ilija Stolica was capped for FR Yugoslavia U21, making three appearances during the qualifications for the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
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In November 2016, Ilija Stolica was appointed as manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Vozdovac.
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Ilija Stolica resigned from his position in December 2017, only to take over as manager of Vojvodina later that month.
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In October 2019, Ilija Stolica was named as manager of the Serbia under-21s, taking over the team from Nenad Milovanovic after poor start to the qualifications for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.