Club career Ilija Spasojević

1 club career

1.1 career
1.2 dinamo tbilisi
1.3 borac Čačak
1.4 liepājas metalurgs
1.5 trikala
1.6 bali devata
1.7 psm makassar
1.8 mitra kukar
1.9 putra samarinda
1.10 persib bandung
1.11 melaka united
1.12 bhayangkara

club career
early career

born in bar, spasojević started senior career in 2004 @ age of 17 playing vojvodina in serbian superliga, alongside former juventus winger miloš krasić. in july 2005 moved montenegrin club sutjeska nikšić, scored 7 goals in 17 matches. in july 2006 spasojević decided return serbian football, time Čsk pivara, scored 9 goals in 18 matches.

dinamo tbilisi

in january 2007, spasojević signed former uefa cup winners cup winner dinamo tbilisi georgia. while playing dinamo tbilisi scored 30 goals in 61 matches in georgian league , georgian cup. became first foreign topscorer in history of dinamo tbilisi. during stay in dinamo tbilisi, spasojević won georgian league, georgian cup , georgian super cup, , made debut in uefa champions league on 30 july 2008 against panathinaikos fc.

borac Čačak

in july 2009, spasojević close sign contract bundesliga club arminia bielefeld, transfer failed due financial disagreement. red star belgrade showed interest in signing him, on 31 august 2009 joined borac Čačak in serbian superliga.

liepājas metalurgs

on 30 march 2010, latvian champions liepājas metalurgs signed spasojević. in latvia scored 6 goals in 11 matches played in latvian league , latvian football cup.

trikala

on 10 september 2010, 2 days before beginning of greek football league, spasojević joined trikala. arrived late in trikala, used substitute in first games, , collected 203 minutes on field in first 13 matches. @ same time, spasojević received offer indonesian club bali devata. spasojević accepted offer , moved indonesia.

bali devata

on 1 january 2011, spasojević arrived in indonesia , signed contract bali devata, became key player scoring 8 goals in first half-season of 2011 liga primer indonesia. scored 2 goals in friendly match played on 23 august 2011 in surabaya against indonesia u-23, although bali devata defeated 2:4 in match.

psm makassar

spasojević playing psm makassar

on 1 october 2011, spasojević signed contract psm makassar in indonesian premier league. on 23 january 2012, reported italian serie b club brescia calcio wanted sign him, psm makassar refused offer few days later. first 2011–12 season psm makassar finished club topscorer scoring 14 goals, 10 goals in indonesian premier league , 4 goals in indonesian cup. selected goal.com in best team of 2011–12 season in indonesia. reward great season, spasojević invited indonesian football association play alongside barcelona football star cesc fàbregas in exhibition game between indonesian national team , fabregas , friends . game took place in jakarta on 5 july 2012 , ended in draw (1:1). spasojević scored goal fabregas , friends after assist cesc fàbregas. during time in psm makassar, spasojević scored 19 goals in 29 matches.

mitra kukar

on 15 may 2013, spasojević joined indonesian super league club mitra kukar shortly after club failed sign andriy shevchenko. goal.com reported, mitra kukar offered $100,000 per match ukrainian superstar refused offer. next choice spasojević, signed contract until end of 2013 season. spasojević scored 10 goals in 16 matches, becoming 1 of prolific strikers in indonesian super league scoring goal every 119 minutes on average. important goals in finish of 2013 season led mitra kukar achieve biggest success in club s history, third place in indonesian super league.

putra samarinda

in january 2014, spasojević signed putra samarinda in indonesian super league. in 20 matches putra samarinda in 2014 season scored 10 goals, becoming club s top scorer , third top scorer of indonesia super league. scored 2 goals in 3 matches in 2014 inter island cup.

persib bandung

spasojević playing persib bandung

after performance in 2014 season, spasojević 1 of wanted players during transfer window 2015 season. city rivals bandung showed interest in signing him, both persipasi bandung raya (pbr) coach dejan antonić , persib bandung coach djadjang nurdjaman admitted media spasojević main target foreign striker spot. after long negotiations both teams, spasojević joined pbr on december 1, 2014, becoming expensive player in 2015 indonesia super league. before played official match new club, spasojević left pbr due club s internal problems , joined indonesian champions persib bandung on march 23, 2015. named man of match in league debut against semen padang on 4 april 2015, header assisting in 1:0 victory. spasojević played 2 league matches persib bandung in 2015 2015 indonesia super league officially discontinued football association of indonesia on may 2, 2015 due ban ministry of youth , sports affairs. in august 2015, indonesian government appointed president of inter milan , owner of mahaka group erick thohir organize highest level soccer competition in country, named president cup, started on 30 august in bali , ended on 18 october 2015 in jakarta, final held.

during president cup, spasojević showed top performance , played key role in persib bandung winning trophy. during 6 matches played, managed score 4 goals , add 1 assist, collecting 462 minutes on pitch. named man of match twice during president cup, on 3 september in 4:0 win on persiba balikpapan when scored 2 goals, , on 10 october in 3:1 win on mitra kukar in semifinal secong leg, when scored crucial third goal secured persib bandung place in final. spasojević named best striker in president cup labbola, leading indonesian company football statistics data & analysis.

melaka united

in december 2015 spasojević signed 2-year contract melaka united. appointed team captain due experience , leadership abilities. showed decision led melaka united win malaysia premier league 2016 scoring 24 goals total 48 goals scored melaka united in malaysia premier league 2016. club s first league trophy after 33 years without silverware. spasojević won malaysia golden boot 2016 , named twice pfa malaysia player of month. due superb performance in melaka united jersey, became first foreigner in club s history receive bintang cemerlang melaka award melaka governor mohd khalil yaakob. after scoring 30 goals in 35 matches played in malaysia, spasojević , melaka united took sides in june 2017.

bhayangkara

in august 2017, spasojević signed bhayangkara in indonesian liga 1. short time in club spasojević proved goalscoring ability. scored 12 goals in 16 league matches, becoming club s top scorer of season 2017. in decisive match league title on 8 november, spasojević scored hattrick bhayangkara beat madura united 3:1 away , became inaugural champion of indonesian liga 1.