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Dejan Iliev
Personal information
Full name Dejan Iliev
Дејан Илиев
Date of birth (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Strumica, Macedonia
(now North Macedonia)
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper [3]
Team information
Current team
 Sarajevo
Number 1
Youth career
2012 Belasica
2012–2019 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2017–2022 Arsenal 0 (0)
2019 → Sereď (loan) 18 (0)
2020 → Jagiellonia Białystok (loan) 4 (0)
2020–2021 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 3 (0)
2021 → Orion Tip Sereď (loan) 9 (0)
2022 AS Trenčín 3 (0)
2023 HJK Helsinki 8 (0)
2024– Sarajevo 9 (0)
International career‡
2012 Macedonia U19 5 (0)
2013–2015 Macedonia U21 5 (0)
2022– North Macedonia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022

Dejan Iliev ( Macedonian: Дејан Илиев; born 25 February 1995) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo.

Career

Early life

Iliev was born in Strumica, Macedonia [3] and first played youth club football for his hometown club of FK Belasica. He was spotted by Arsenal scouts and signed to join their academy in London in 2012. [4]

Arsenal

Iliev joined the Arsenal Academy immediately upon signing the youth contract. [4] He signed a three-year contract extension from March 2015 until June 2018, [5] when he signed another extension. [6] Iliev appeared three times in the Arsenal squad as an unused substitute: against Norwich in the Carabao Cup in October 2017; and twice in the UEFA Europa League: against Qarabağ and against Chelsea in the final as the third goalkeeper. [7] [8] [9]

Iliev's contract with the club was terminated in January 2022 by mutual consent. [10] [11]

Loan to Sereď

In July 2019, he moved to ŠKF Sereď for a one-year loan, and on the 22nd of the same month he made his debut for his new club in the 2–0 loss to Spartak Trnava. [12] [13] [14]

Loan to Jagiellonia Białystok

After an early end to his loan with ŠKF Sereď, Iliev opted to join Polish Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok for the remainder of the 2019–20 season. [15] He made four appearances after suffering an injury.

Loan to Shrewsbury Town

On 8 October 2020, Iliev joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a short-term loan deal. [16] On 28 January 2021, he returned to Arsenal. [17]

Second loan to Sereď

On 26 July 2021, Arsenal announced that Iliev had returned to ŠKF Sereď on a season-long loan deal. [18]

AS Trenčín

On 7 February 2022, Iliev signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Fortuna Liga club AS Trenčín. [19] He made his debut in goal on 30 April in a 5–2 victory against Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. [20]

HJK Helsinki

On 8 February 2023, Iliev signed with HJK in Finland for the 2023 season, with an option for 2024. [21] On 1 August 2023, it was announced that Iliev will be ruled out for the rest of the season following an elbow injury suffered in a match against SJK. [22] In the end of the season, HJK did not exercise their option and Iliev was released.

Sarajevo

In December 2023, Iliev signed with Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. [23] [24]

International career

Iliev has appeared for Macedonia's under-19 and under-21 teams a total of ten times. He has been called up to the senior squad and made the bench ten times.[ citation needed]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 April 2024 [25] [26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup [a] League cup [b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal 2017–18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arsenal U21 2018–19 — — — — — 4 [c] 0 4 0
Sereď (loan) 2019–20 Fortuna Liga 18 0 0 0 — — — 18 0
Jagiellonia Białystok (loan) 2019–20 Ekstraklasa 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2020–21 League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Orion Tip Sereď (loan) 2021–22 Fortuna Liga 9 0 1 0 — — — 10 0
AS Trenčín 2021–22 Fortuna Liga 3 0 0 0 — — 2 [d] 0 5 0
2022–23 Fortuna Liga 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 — — 2 0 5 0
HJK Helsinki 2023 Veikkausliiga 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 [e] 0 — 11 0
Sarajevo 2023–24 Bosnian Premier League 9 0 2 0 — — — 11 0
Career total 54 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 66 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Slovak Cup, Polish Cup, Finnish Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup, Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ Aappearances in Fortuna Liga Conf. League Playoff
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Arsenal

HJK

References

  1. ^ "Deyan Iliev: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Dejan Iliev: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Dejan Iliev: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "'I'm in a place everyone wants to be'". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Deyan Iliev signs new contract". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Deyan Iliev signs contract extension". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Arsenal 2-1 Norwich City". 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Europa League: Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny returns in easy 1-0 win over Qarabag". 13 December 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 to win Europa League final". 29 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. ^ Malley, Tom (8 January 2022). "Premier League done deals in January window so far". mirror. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Deyan Iliev leaves club". Arsenal.com. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  12. ^ "V 1. kole Fortuna ligy prehra v Trnave". skficlinicsered.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Деби со пораз за Војнески и Илиев во словачки Серед". gol.mk (in Macedonian). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Macedonian internationals performances (19-22.07.2019)". www.macedonianfootball.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Iliev agrees to join Jagiellonia Bialystok on loan". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Dejan Iliev: Shrewsbury sign Arsenal goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Deyan Iliev departs Town". Shrewsbury Town FC. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Deyan Iliev joins SKF Sered on loan for 2021-22". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  19. ^ "A-tím | Iliev prichádza zvýšiť konkurenciu medzi brankármi". AS Trenčín (in Slovak). 7 February 2022. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  20. ^ "VIDEO: Trenčín si doma zgustol na Lipt. Mikuláši. Hetrikom sa blysol srbský mladík | TVNOVINY.sk". TVNoviny (in Czech). 30 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Dejan Iliev HJK:n maalille" [Dejan Iliev for HJK's goal] (in Finnish). HJK. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  22. ^ HJK:n maalivahti Dejan Iliev joutuu leikkaukseen – sivussa loppukauden, Yle, Juuso Koskinen, 1 August 2023
  23. ^ Dejan Iliev novi golman FK Sarajevo, faktor.ba, 12 December 2023
  24. ^ Macedonian national goalkeeper Iliev is linked with a transfer to FC Sarajevo?!, slobodenpecat.mk, 9 December 2023
  25. ^ Dejan Iliev at Soccerway
  26. ^ Deyan Iliev at Soccerbase
  27. ^ "2018/19, Final: Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dejan_Iliev&oldid=1221374106"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dejan Iliev
Personal information
Full name Dejan Iliev
Дејан Илиев
Date of birth (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Strumica, Macedonia
(now North Macedonia)
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper [3]
Team information
Current team
 Sarajevo
Number 1
Youth career
2012 Belasica
2012–2019 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2017–2022 Arsenal 0 (0)
2019 → Sereď (loan) 18 (0)
2020 → Jagiellonia Białystok (loan) 4 (0)
2020–2021 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 3 (0)
2021 → Orion Tip Sereď (loan) 9 (0)
2022 AS Trenčín 3 (0)
2023 HJK Helsinki 8 (0)
2024– Sarajevo 9 (0)
International career‡
2012 Macedonia U19 5 (0)
2013–2015 Macedonia U21 5 (0)
2022– North Macedonia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022

Dejan Iliev ( Macedonian: Дејан Илиев; born 25 February 1995) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo.

Career

Early life

Iliev was born in Strumica, Macedonia [3] and first played youth club football for his hometown club of FK Belasica. He was spotted by Arsenal scouts and signed to join their academy in London in 2012. [4]

Arsenal

Iliev joined the Arsenal Academy immediately upon signing the youth contract. [4] He signed a three-year contract extension from March 2015 until June 2018, [5] when he signed another extension. [6] Iliev appeared three times in the Arsenal squad as an unused substitute: against Norwich in the Carabao Cup in October 2017; and twice in the UEFA Europa League: against Qarabağ and against Chelsea in the final as the third goalkeeper. [7] [8] [9]

Iliev's contract with the club was terminated in January 2022 by mutual consent. [10] [11]

Loan to Sereď

In July 2019, he moved to ŠKF Sereď for a one-year loan, and on the 22nd of the same month he made his debut for his new club in the 2–0 loss to Spartak Trnava. [12] [13] [14]

Loan to Jagiellonia Białystok

After an early end to his loan with ŠKF Sereď, Iliev opted to join Polish Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok for the remainder of the 2019–20 season. [15] He made four appearances after suffering an injury.

Loan to Shrewsbury Town

On 8 October 2020, Iliev joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a short-term loan deal. [16] On 28 January 2021, he returned to Arsenal. [17]

Second loan to Sereď

On 26 July 2021, Arsenal announced that Iliev had returned to ŠKF Sereď on a season-long loan deal. [18]

AS Trenčín

On 7 February 2022, Iliev signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Fortuna Liga club AS Trenčín. [19] He made his debut in goal on 30 April in a 5–2 victory against Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. [20]

HJK Helsinki

On 8 February 2023, Iliev signed with HJK in Finland for the 2023 season, with an option for 2024. [21] On 1 August 2023, it was announced that Iliev will be ruled out for the rest of the season following an elbow injury suffered in a match against SJK. [22] In the end of the season, HJK did not exercise their option and Iliev was released.

Sarajevo

In December 2023, Iliev signed with Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. [23] [24]

International career

Iliev has appeared for Macedonia's under-19 and under-21 teams a total of ten times. He has been called up to the senior squad and made the bench ten times.[ citation needed]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 April 2024 [25] [26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup [a] League cup [b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal 2017–18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arsenal U21 2018–19 — — — — — 4 [c] 0 4 0
Sereď (loan) 2019–20 Fortuna Liga 18 0 0 0 — — — 18 0
Jagiellonia Białystok (loan) 2019–20 Ekstraklasa 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2020–21 League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Orion Tip Sereď (loan) 2021–22 Fortuna Liga 9 0 1 0 — — — 10 0
AS Trenčín 2021–22 Fortuna Liga 3 0 0 0 — — 2 [d] 0 5 0
2022–23 Fortuna Liga 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 — — 2 0 5 0
HJK Helsinki 2023 Veikkausliiga 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 [e] 0 — 11 0
Sarajevo 2023–24 Bosnian Premier League 9 0 2 0 — — — 11 0
Career total 54 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 66 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Slovak Cup, Polish Cup, Finnish Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup, Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ Aappearances in Fortuna Liga Conf. League Playoff
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Arsenal

HJK

References

  1. ^ "Deyan Iliev: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Dejan Iliev: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Dejan Iliev: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "'I'm in a place everyone wants to be'". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Deyan Iliev signs new contract". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Deyan Iliev signs contract extension". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Arsenal 2-1 Norwich City". 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Europa League: Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny returns in easy 1-0 win over Qarabag". 13 December 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 to win Europa League final". 29 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. ^ Malley, Tom (8 January 2022). "Premier League done deals in January window so far". mirror. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Deyan Iliev leaves club". Arsenal.com. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  12. ^ "V 1. kole Fortuna ligy prehra v Trnave". skficlinicsered.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Деби со пораз за Војнески и Илиев во словачки Серед". gol.mk (in Macedonian). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Macedonian internationals performances (19-22.07.2019)". www.macedonianfootball.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Iliev agrees to join Jagiellonia Bialystok on loan". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Dejan Iliev: Shrewsbury sign Arsenal goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Deyan Iliev departs Town". Shrewsbury Town FC. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Deyan Iliev joins SKF Sered on loan for 2021-22". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  19. ^ "A-tím | Iliev prichádza zvýšiť konkurenciu medzi brankármi". AS Trenčín (in Slovak). 7 February 2022. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  20. ^ "VIDEO: Trenčín si doma zgustol na Lipt. Mikuláši. Hetrikom sa blysol srbský mladík | TVNOVINY.sk". TVNoviny (in Czech). 30 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Dejan Iliev HJK:n maalille" [Dejan Iliev for HJK's goal] (in Finnish). HJK. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  22. ^ HJK:n maalivahti Dejan Iliev joutuu leikkaukseen – sivussa loppukauden, Yle, Juuso Koskinen, 1 August 2023
  23. ^ Dejan Iliev novi golman FK Sarajevo, faktor.ba, 12 December 2023
  24. ^ Macedonian national goalkeeper Iliev is linked with a transfer to FC Sarajevo?!, slobodenpecat.mk, 9 December 2023
  25. ^ Dejan Iliev at Soccerway
  26. ^ Deyan Iliev at Soccerbase
  27. ^ "2018/19, Final: Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dejan_Iliev&oldid=1221374106"

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