Vlado Ilievski

Vlado Ilievski (Macedonian: Владо Илиевски; born 19 January 1980) is a former Macedonian professional basketball. Standing at 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in), he played at the point guard position.

Vlado Ilievski

Personal information
Born	(1980-01-19) 19 January 1980 (age 45) Strumica, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Macedonian
Listed height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2002: undrafted
Playing career	1998–2017
Position	Point guard
Career history
1997–1998	Nemetali Ogražden
1998–2000	Partizan Belgrade
2000–2001	Antbirlik Antalya
2001–2003	Union Olimpija
2003–2005	FC Barcelona Regal
2005–2006	Lottomatica Roma
2006–2007	VidiVici Bologna
2007–2008	Montepaschi Siena
2008–2009	Union Olimpija
2009	Tau Cerámica
2009–2011	Union Olimpija
2011	Anadolu Efes
2012	Lokomotiv Kuban
2012–2013	Cedevita Zagreb
2013–2014	ČEZ Nymburk
2014–2015	Cibona Zagreb
2015–2016	Orlandina Basket
2016–2017	Rabotnički
Career highlights
Adriatic League champion (2002) Slovenian League champion (2002) Spanish League champion (2004) Italian League champion (2008) Czech League champion (2014) 2× Yugoslav Cup winner (1999, 2000) 4× Slovenian Cup winner (2002, 2003, 2010, 2011) Spanish Supercup winner (2004) Italian Supercup winner (2007) Spanish Cup winner (2009) Czech Cup winner (2014)

Professional career

During his career, Ilievski played for Nemetali Ogražden,^[1] KK Partizan, Antbirlik Antalya, FC Barcelona Bàsquet, Lottomatica Roma, VidiVici Bologna, Montepaschi Siena, Tau Cerámica, KK Union Olimpija, Anadolu Efes and Lokomotiv Kuban.

On 28 September 2012 Ilievski signed a one-year contract with Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb.^[2][3] On 12 November 2013 Ilievski signed a contract with club ČEZ Nymburk from Czech Republic.^[4]

On 7 November 2014 he signed with Cibona Zagreb.^[5]

On 10 July 2015, he signed with Italian club Orlandina Basket.^[6]

On 7 September 2016, he signed with Rabotnički.^[7]

On 9 June 2017, Vlado Ilievski announces his retirement from basketball.^[8]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance index rating
Bold	Career high

Euroleague

*	Led the league

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2001–02	Olimpija	20	10	18.0	.500	.433	.762	1.5	1.5	1.3	.1	4.7	5.7
2002–03		20	16	30.6	.486	.381	.711	1.8	2.5	1.4	.2	11.5	11.2
2003–04	Barcelona	20	20	27.0	.426	.434	.765	1.5	2.4	1.3	—	9.9	8.2
2004–05		20	20	27.1	.374	.260	.819	1.6	2.2	1.1	.1	9.7	8.5
2006–07	Roma	6	6	30.2	.442	.429	.700	1.8	1.8	2.2	—	10.3	8.7
2007–08	Mens Sana	24	2	19.2	.408	.344	.800	1.5	1.7	1.3	.0	7.4	7.5
2008–09	Olimpija	6	6	34.5	.377	.317	.762	1.7	2.2	1.3	—	13.5	7.1
	Baskonia	11	0	14.3	.542	.385	1.000	.6	1.6	.2	.1	3.5	3.5
2009–10	Olimpija	1	0	5.1	1.000	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	6.0	5.0
2010–11		15	15	34.4*	.371	.319	.875	2.5	4.1	1.7	—	6.0	5.0
2011–12	Efes	10	0	17.1	.267	.143	.900	1.5	2.6	.8	—	2.7	3.2
2012–13	Cedevita	10	1	20.4	.434	.379	.909	1.2	1.2	.4	—	6.7	5.5
Career		163	96	24.4	.420	.355	.801	1.6	2.2	1.2	.1	8.2	6.5

Euroleague career highs

Stat	High	Opponent	Date
Points	22	Fenerbahçe	November 13, 2008
Total Rebounds	6	Maccabi	February 17, 2011
Assists	8	Charleroi	October 26, 2011
Steals	6	Cerámica	December 13, 2002

National team

Ilievski was also a member of the Macedonia national basketball team. He played a key role in the Eurobasket 2011, leading the competition in minutes per game and scoring the game winning shot in the quarter-finals against Lithuania.^[9]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
EuroBasket 1999	Macedonia	1	0	15.0	.600	1.000	.000	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	7.0
EuroBasket 2011	Macedonia	11	11	37.5	.313	.353	.690	2.1	3.2	1.6	0.0	10.0
2012 OQT	Macedonia	3	3	37.3	.364	.304	.600	1.3	3.3	0.6	0.0	12.3
EuroBasket 2013	Macedonia	5	5	32.0	.369	.346	.750	1.8	3.6	1.4	0.0	10.6

Personal

He is married to Anja Vilfan daughter of the former Slovenian basketball player Peter Vilfan.^[10] They have two sons Luka and Јakup.

He is a younger brother of Dimče Gaštarski who was also basketball player.^[11]