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Ilijah Paul

Ventura County FC
183 cm
Height
63
Shirt
22 years
Jul 26, 2002
United States
Country
€160K
Market value
Position
Primary
Striker
ST

Player traits

Stats compared to other forwards
Touches77%Shot attempts83%Goals56%
Chances created76%Aerial duels won38%Defensive actions83%

MLS NEXT Pro Playoff 2024

0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Started
1
Matches
90
Minutes played
5.88
Rating
1
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Oct 21

Tacoma Defiance
4-0
90
0
0
1
0
5.9

Sep 30

St. Louis City 2
2-3
89
0
0
0
1
5.3

Sep 18

Portland Timbers 2
2-1
90
0
1
0
0
7.5

Sep 12

North Texas SC
1-3
90
0
0
0
0
6.5

Sep 9

Houston Dynamo 2
5-6
90
0
0
0
0
6.3

Aug 26

Real Monarchs SLC
3-1
89
1
0
0
0
8.4

Aug 19

Tacoma Defiance
6-5
0
1
0
0
0
7.5

Aug 12

Los Angeles FC II
1-2
31
0
0
0
0
6.2

Aug 5

Los Angeles FC II
2-1
90
0
0
0
0
6.8

Jul 29

Vancouver Whitecaps 2
10-9
0
1
0
0
0
7.3
Ventura County FC

Oct 21

MLS NEXT Pro Playoff
Tacoma Defiance
4-0
90’
5.9

Sep 30

MLS NEXT Pro
St. Louis City 2
2-3
89’
5.3

Sep 18

MLS NEXT Pro
Portland Timbers 2
2-1
90’
7.5

Sep 12

MLS NEXT Pro
North Texas SC
1-3
90’
6.5

Sep 9

MLS NEXT Pro
Houston Dynamo 2
5-6
90’
6.3
2024

Season performance
Minutes played: 1,354

Shooting

Goals
3
Shots
51
Shots on target
21

Passing

Assists
1
Successful passes
245
Pass accuracy
82.8%
Accurate long balls
8
Long ball accuracy
100.0%
Chances created
18
Successful crosses
4
Cross accuracy
36.4%

Possession

Successful dribbles
16
Dribble success
48.5%
Touches
587
Touches in opposition box
104
Dispossessed
37
Fouls won
36

Defending

Tackles won
4
Tackles won %
66.7%
Duels won
85
Duels won %
41.1%
Aerial duels won
27
Aerial duels won %
43.5%
Interceptions
5
Blocked
7
Fouls committed
32
Recoveries
37
Possession won final 3rd
9
Dribbled past
6

Discipline

Yellow cards
6
Red cards
1

Player traits

Stats compared to other forwards
Touches77%Shot attempts83%Goals56%
Chances created76%Aerial duels won38%Defensive actions83%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

Ventura County FC (on loan)Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
8
2
Real Monarchs SLCMar 2024 - Aug 2024
17
3
Real Salt Lake (back from loan)Jan 2024 - Aug 2024
Larne (on loan)Sep 2023 - Jan 2024
4
0
Real Salt LakeJan 2023 - Sep 2023
9
0
Real Monarchs SLCJan 2023 - Sep 2023
15
5
FC Tucson (on loan)Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
3
0
Phoenix Rising FC (on loan)Mar 2019 - Apr 2019

Youth career

Barca Academy Under 18/19 (Free transfer)Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
4
5
Real Salt Lake Under 16/17Sep 2018 - Feb 2019
1
0
  • Matches
  • Goals
Trophies

Real Salt Lake

United States
2
Mobile Mini Sun Cup(2023 · 2023)