Mario Ilich
New Zealand football player
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Mario Jozef Ilich (born 23 June 1995)[2] is a semi-professional association football player from New Zealand who plays as a midfielder and captains Auckland City.[3][4]
Full name
Mario Jozef Ilich[1]
Date of birth
23 June 1995
Height
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position
Midfielder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario Jozef Ilich[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1995 | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Auckland City | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Central United | |||
| –2012 | Auckland City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Auckland City | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Wanderers SC | 12 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | WaiBOP United | 14 | (3) |
| 2016 | Eastern Suburbs | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | Auckland City | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | Central United | ||
| 2017–2019 | Team Wellington | 36 | (2) |
| 2019 | Bentleigh Greens | ||
| 2019– | Auckland City | 121 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Early career
Growing up in Auckland, Ilich played his youth football for Central United and Auckland City.[5][6]
Ilich spent time at a number of New Zealand Football Championship clubs, before spending a short spell at Bentleigh Greens in the NPL Victoria.[7]
Auckland City
After leaving Bentleigh Greens, Ilich joined Auckland City, for the third time on 23 September 2019.[8] He has since played in three international FIFA tournaments, the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup, 2023 FIFA Club World Cup, 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.[9][10]
Personal life
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Auckland City | 2011–12 | Premiership | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wanderers SC | 2014–15 | Premiership | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| WaiBOP United | 2015–16 | Premiership | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 2016–17 | Premiership | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Auckland City | 2016–17 | Premiership | 2 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Team Wellington | 2017–18 | Premiership | 18 | 0 | — | 8[a] | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 2 | — | 5[a] | 1 | 3[c] | 0 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Total | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 4 | ||
| Auckland City | 2019–20 | Premiership | 14 | 1 | — | 3[a] | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | National League | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5[a] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2025 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[f] | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
| Total | 129 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 154 | 14 | ||
| Career total | ||||||||||||
- Appearance in OFC Champions League
- Appearances in New Zealand Football Championship play-offs
- Two appearances; one goal in New Zealand Football Championship play-offs; one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
- Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
- Appearance in FIFA Intercontinental Cup
- Three appearances in FIFA Club World Cup; one appearance in FIFA Intercontinental Cup
