# Danilo Pilica

Danilo Pilica (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Пилица; born 1 September 1992) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Austrian club ATSV Salzburg. Pilica mainly plays centre and right-back, but he can also play as a defensive midfielder in some occasions.

## Club career

Born in Priboj, Pilica passed FK Partizan youth categories, and made his first senior appearances playing with satellite club Teleoptik in the Serbian First League between 2010 and 2011. In summer 2011, Pilica joined Slavija Sarajevo, but after he made just one appearance in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he left the club at the beginning of next year. In 2013, Pilica moved back to Serbian side joining FK Kolubara. He preliminary signed with OFK Beograd at the beginning of 2014, but already stayed with Kolubara, scoring 4 goals on 22 matches in the Serbian League Belgrade for the 2013–14 season. In summer 2015, Pilica permanently moved to Zlatibor Čajetina, along with teammate Miloš Nenadović, scoring a goal on a debut match for new club, against Zadrugar Lajkovac. Beside games in the Drina Zone League, Pilica also played an OFS Užice cup match against FK Čajetina. In the winter break off-season, Pilica returned to Kolubara, making 8 appearances with 1 goal for the rest of season in the Serbian First League. In the last fixture match of the 2015–16 Serbian First League season, against Radnički Kragujevac, Pilica was substituted out from the field during the first-half. Due to anterior cruciate ligament injury he earned on that match, he missed the greatest part of the next season. He returned in the first-team squad for the 23 fixture match of the 2015–16 Serbian First League season, played on 23 April 2017 against Proleter Novi Sad, when he was also substituted out during the first-half.

## International career

In December 2009, Pilica was called-up into the [[Serbia national under-18 football team]|Serbia u18 team]] under coach Aleksandar Stanojević for the tournament at Tel Aviv, where he made his debut for the team in a match against Germany u18. He was called in amateur selection under Football Association of Belgrade in 2014.

## Career statistics

    As of 21 May 2017
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Teleoptik | 2009–10 | Serbian First League | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 |
| Teleoptik | 2010–11 | Serbian First League | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 0 |
| Teleoptik | Total | Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 0 |
| Slavija Sarajevo | 2011–12 | Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Kolubara | 2013–14 | Serbian League Belgrade | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 4 |
| Kolubara | 2014–15 | Serbian First League | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 |
| Zlatibor Čajetina | 2015–16 | Drina Zone League | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Kolubara | 2015–16 | Serbian First League | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1 |
| Kolubara | 2016–17 | Serbian First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Kolubara | Total | Total | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 49 | 5 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 89 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 92 | 6 |
* ↑ Appearance in OFS Užice Cup