Dragomir Ilic | |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1925 |
Death Place: | Bremen, Germany |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Youthclubs1: | BSK |
Years1: | 1948 |
Clubs1: | Werder Bremen |
Years2: | 1949 |
Clubs2: | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
Years3: | 1949–1961 |
Clubs3: | Werder Bremen |
Years4: | 1963–1964 |
Clubs4: | Werder Bremen |
Caps4: | 4 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Dragomir Ilic (16 August 1925 – 18 June 2004) was a Yugoslav professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Werder Bremen in the Oberliga Nord.
In his youth, Ilic played as a forward for BSK before his goalkeeping skills were found by Yugoslavian international Rajko Mitić.[1]
He was discovered in a camp for displaced persons in Ostholstein.[2] He played for a team called Serbische Weiße Adler in 1948 in Bremen.[1] In January 1949 he made his first appearance for Werder Bremen in a match against Bremerhaven 93.[1] He made his 500th appearance for the club in April 1959.[1] He first retired in 1961 at the age of 36, having made over 300 appearances for Werder Bremen in the Oberliga Nord.[2] He briefly came out of retirement in the 1963–64 season after six goalkeepers had sustained injuries and made four appearances in the Bundesliga,[2] becoming the first non-German player for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.[3] He was one of the oldest players to make their debuts in the newly formed Bundesliga, when he played against 1. FC Köln on 5 October 1963, aged 38 years and 50 days.[4] [5]