# Ilijas Pašić

Ilijas Pašić (10 May 1934 – 2 February 2015) was a Yugoslav football player and manager.

## Playing career
### Club

He started playing football at FK Romanija at Pale, a small club based on the outskirts of Sarajevo. At the age of 18 he made a move to the city's giants Željezničar. He played more than 250 games for the club as a left winger (including 174 across all competitions) and scored almost 200 goals (104 in competitive matches). That makes him one of the best goalscorers in history of the club.
He made a move to Dinamo Zagreb in 1959 for whom he played 95 games, scoring 31 goals over a period of three seasons, until 1962. However, his career was hampered by a serious injury. He later played in Austria and Switzerland.

### International

In 1954 he made his debut for the Yugoslavia national team, as the first ever Željezničar player earn a full international cap. He had a total of eight appearances for the national team, and scored one goal, on his debut. He was a part of the Yugoslavia squad at the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden.
He was also a member of Under-21 national team and B national team (18 games, 12 goals). His final international was a December 1959 friendly match against West Germany.

## Managerial career

He worked as a coach in Switzerland. He was a head coach in NK Rijeka and BSK Slavonski Brod, before he returned to Switzerland once more.

## Career statistics
### As a player

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | League | League | Yugoslav Cup | Yugoslav Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 1952 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Yugoslav Third League | 2 | 0 | - | - | – | – | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 1952-53 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Yugoslav Second League | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 11 | 4 |
| 1953-54 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Yugoslav Second League | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | – | – | - | - | 36 | 7 |
| 1954-55 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Yugoslav First League | 20 | 13 | - | - | – | – | - | - | 20 | 13 |
| 1955-56 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Yugoslav First League | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 34 | 7 |
| 1956-57 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Yugoslav Second League | 25 | 17 | - | - | – | – | - | - | 25 | 17 |
| 1957-58 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Yugoslav Second League | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 25 | 10 |
| 1958-59 | Željezničar Sarajevo | Yugoslav Second League | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | - | - | 21 | 7 |
| 1959-60 | Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav Second League | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 1960-61 | Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav Second League | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 1961-62 | Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav Second League | 0 | 0 | - | - | – | – | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 1962-63 | Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav Second League | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 6 | 3 | 27 | 7 |
| Total | Total | Total | 199 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 232 | 84 |

### Managerial statistics

| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | Win % |
| NK Rijeka | June, 1970 | July, 1971 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 068.75 |

## Honours
### Željezničar Sarajevo

* Yugoslav Second League (Zone II): 1956–57

### Dinamo Zagreb

* Yugoslav Cup: 1959–60, 1962–63

### NK Rijeka

* Yugoslav Second League: 1970-71