Ilija Sladic will wear Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto’s red-and-white shirt

Ilija Sladic (Belgrade, 25/01/1984) is the Valencian side’s new player for next season in the Liga ASOBAL.

At 196 cm and 96 kg, Sladic is one of the league’s best left backs when it comes to shooting from distance. This season with his previous club, BM Villa Aranda, he has scored 110 goals, averaging 3.79 per match.

The Serbian has an extensive record with Spanish teams, having left

Red Star Belgrade to sign for FC Barcelona, Sladic’s first club in Spain in 2002. Sladic already knows what it is like to play in the Valencian Community, having spent seven seasons with clubs in Alicante. Six were with Alicante Costa Blanca, where he met and formed a close friendship with Ángel Fernández, with whom fate has now brought him together again. He also spent two years at Almoradi Mahersol, alongside former red-and-white player Fernando Latorre. After two seasons back in Belgrade, he returned to Spain, this time joining the emerging BM Huesca, with whom he played during the 2010–11 season. Finally, as mentioned above, last season he was part of BM Villa de Aranda.

Ilija Sladic is a Junior World Championship runner-up and currently plays for the Serbian University Team, with which he has already competed in two European Championships.

Sladic’s signing is undoubtedly a major reinforcement for the red-and-white first team. It is an area where Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto needed strengthening, following the club’s ultimate non-acceptance of the renewal offer made to one of last season’s first-team players, also left back Carlos Grau.

With Sladic’s signing, the red-and-whites have thirteen confirmed players for their 2014–2015 Liga ASOBAL squad.

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