Ilija Martinović

Ilija Martinović
Personal information
Date of birth	31 January 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Cetinje, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Sutjeska Nikšić
Number	91
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2017	Lovćen
2013–2014	→ Cetinje (loan)
2017–2020	Aluminij
2020–2022	Maribor
2022	Chornomorets Odesa
2022	→ Dečić (loan)
2022	Pakhtakor Tashkent
2023	Sarajevo
2023	Bnei Sakhnin
2024	Spartak Subotica
2024–	Sutjeska Nikšić
International career
2015	Montenegro U21
2021	Montenegro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2024

Ilija Martinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Мартиновић; born 31 January 1994) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a defender for Sutjeska Nikšić.^[1]

Club career

In June 2020, Martinović signed a three-year contract with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Maribor.^[2] He left the club in January 2022 after his contract was mutually terminated.^[3] In the same month, he signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League team Chornomorets Odesa.^[4] However, he left Ukraine just a month later when the Russian invasion of Ukraine started,^[5] and joined his homeland team Dečić on loan.^[6] In January 2023, Martinović signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Bosnian Premier League side Sarajevo.^[7]

Martinović made one appearance for the Montenegro under-21 team in March 2015.^[8] He made his debut for the senior team on 27 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar.^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[10]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Montenegro	2021	3	0
Total		3	0

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ilija Martinović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ Plestenjak, Rok (19 June 2020). "Maribor ujel veliko okrepitev, za katero ni odštel niti evra" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "V Mariboru so potrdili tudi nov odhod: Odhaja branilec, ki je samovoljno zapustil klub in s tem porabil vse kredite" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ Janičić, Svetozar (14 January 2022). "Ilija Martinović se preselio iz Maribora u Odesu". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ Janičić, Svetozar (27 February 2022). "Ilija Martinović stigao iz Odese u Crnu Goru". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Ilija Martinović potpisao za Dečić". cdm.me. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Ilija Martinović postao prvo pojačanje FK Sarajevo u zimskom prijelaznom roku" (in Bosnian). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ "Ilija Martinović – Fudbalski savez Crne Gore". fscg.me. Football Association of Montenegro. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Ilija Martinović » WC Qualifiers Europe 2021/2022". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Ilija Martinović, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 August 2022.