 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1970-11-15)15 November 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Slavonski Brod,SR Croatia,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1985 | Ukrina Novo Selo | ||
| 1985–1991 | Polet Bosanksi Brod | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1993 | Slavonski Brod | ||
| 1993–1994 | Rijeka | 19 | (2) |
| 1994–1997 | Chemnitzer FC | 78 | (22) |
| 1997–1998 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 49 | (24) |
| 1999–2000 | Hertha BSC | 25 | (6) |
| 2000–2002 | Arminia Bielefeld | 36 | (3) |
| Total | 188 | (55) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Augsburg (youth team coach) | ||
| 2012–2015 | VfB Stuttgart (youth team coach) | ||
| 2016–2018 | FV Illertissen | ||
| 2018 | VfB Stuttgart (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | CSKA Moscow (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Hertha BSC (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ilija Aračić (born 15 November 1970) is a Croatianfootball coach and a former player who played as astriker.[1]
Aračić was born inSlavonski Brod,SR Croatia,SFR Yugoslavia. Coming from a sporting family, he started his footballing career as a 9-year-old at Croatian team NK Ukrina Novo Selo, before moving aged 14 to the team his father Anto played for professionally at the time, NK Polet Bosanski Brod.[1] He later played for his local team where he was spotted by scouts ofPrva HNL sideNK Rijeka.[1] Aračić, adrafter by trade,[1] left Croatia as a result of theWar of Independence,[1] signed forChemnitzer FC in Germany before transferring toTennis Borussia Berlin in the summer of 1997. During the 1998–99 season, after impressingHertha BSC with his two goals against them in theDFB-Pokal,[2] quickly signed for TeBe's fellow West Berlin rivals where he played for one and a half years before moving toArminia Bielefeld and seeing out the twilight of his playing career.
In 2004 Aračić took over as coach ofFC Augsburg's youth team.[3] On 1 January 2012, he became head coach of the under-19 team ofVfB Stuttgart.[4] Aračić moved toFV Illertissen in 2016. In January 2018 he returned to VfB Stuttgart and became assistant coach ofTayfun Korkut.[5]
  | This biographical article related to a football forward from Croatia is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |