Dejan Iliev

Dejan Iliev (Macedonian: Дејан Илиев; born 25 February 1995) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper for Polish Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia, on loan from English Premier League club Arsenal.[3]

Dejan Iliev
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995[1]
Place of birth Strumica,[2] Macedonia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper[2]
Club information
Current team
 Jagiellonia (on loan from Arsenal)
Number 1
Youth career
2012 Belasica
2012–2019 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Arsenal 0 (0)
2019 → iClinic Sereď (loan) 18 (0)
2020– → Jagiellonia Białystok (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2012 Macedonia U19 5 (0)
2013–2015 Macedonia U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 December 2019

Club career

In 2012, Iliev was signed from his hometown club Belasica to Arsenal, where he joined their academy teams.[4] He signed a three-year contract extension in March 2015 that took him until June 2018.[5] In June 2018, he then signed another extension.[6] Iliev has 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] In July 2019 he moved to iClinic 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.[10][11][12]

International career

Iliev has appeared for Macedonia's under-19 and under-21 teams a total of 10 times. He has been called up to the senior squad and made the bench 10 times.

Honours

Arsenal

References
  1. "Deyan Iliev: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. "Dejan Iliev: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. Irishmirror.ie (13 July 2019). "Arsenal looking to pip Real Madrid to transfer of Spain goalkeeper". irishmirror. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. "'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. "V 1. kole Fortuna ligy prehra v Trnave". skficlinicsered.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  11. "Деби со пораз за Војнески и Илиев во словачки Серед". gol.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  12. "Macedonian internationals performances (19-22.07.2019)". www.macedonianfootball.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  13. "2018/19, Final: Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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