Ilija Abutović

Ilija Abutović

Player information
birthday	2nd August 1988
place of birth	Vrbas , Yugoslavia
citizenship	Serbian
height	2.02 m
Playing position	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Rhine-Neckar lion
Jersey number	20th
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2007-2010	RK Partizan Belgrade
2010-2011	RD Slovan Ljubljana
2011-2018	RK Vardar Skopje
2018–	Rhine-Neckar lion
National team
	Games (goals)
Serbia	21 (24)

Ilija Abutović ( Serbian - Cyrillic Илија Абутовиќ ; born August 2, 1988 in Vrbas ) is a Serbian handball player . He is under contract with the German first division club Rhein-Neckar Löwen .

Career

Ilija Abutović played from 2007 to 2010 for RK Partizan Belgrade and then in the 2010/11 season for the Slovenian club RD Slovan Ljubljana . In 2011 he joined the Macedonian club RK Vardar Skopje , with which he was five times champion and six times cup winner until 2018. He also won the EHF Champions League 2016/17 with Vardar . For the 2018/19 season, the 2.02 meter tall back player moved to German Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen , with whom he signed a three-year contract.

Abutović is a member of the Serbian national team , with which he participated in the 2016 European Handball Championship in Poland .

successes

• EHF Champions League winner 2017
• Macedonian champion 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
• Macedonian Cup Winner 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
• DHB Supercup 2018

Web links

• Ilija Abutović in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Ilija Abutović on the website of the Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 12th Men's European Handball Championship EHF Euro 2016. (PDF; 98 kB) Serbia. In: handball.sportresult.com. January 19, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Serbian national player comes from Vardar Skopje to the German champions. In: handball-world.news. January 30, 2018, accessed August 19, 2018 .