[5][6] After a positive spell,[7] the Andalusian side completed the transfer for €1.5 million in the summer of 2007, but Ilić eventually fell out of rotation in 2008–09 after the signing of S.L.

On 5 June 2013, after one season in the Cypriot First Division with Anorthosis Famagusta FC, he and teammate Jürgen Colin signed two-year contracts with Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.

[18] Ilić represented Slovenia at youth level, making his competitive debut for the under-19 team in October 2001 against Greece.

He was included in the squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,[20] but did not leave the substitutes bench in an eventual group-stage exit.

Overall, Ilić played 63 games for his country,[18] scoring one goal against San Marino in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers (6–0 home victory).