José María Buljubasich

Football player infobox| playername= José María Buljubasich
fullname = José María Buljubasich
nickname = Tati


dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1971|5|12|df=y
cityofbirth = Firmat (Santa Fe Province)
countryofbirth = Argentina
height = 1.90 m
currentclub = Universidad Catolica
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992-1994
1994-1996
1996
1997
1997-1998
1998-2000
2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2004
2005-Present
clubs = Rosario Central
Tenerife
UE Lleida
Rosario Central
Real Oviedo
Rosario Central
Los Andes
Monarcas Morelia
River Plate
Unión Española
Universidad Catolica
caps(goals) = 2 (0)
8 (0)
7 (0)
15 (0)
4 (0)
76 (0)
19 (0)
36 (0)
17 (0)
17 (0)
- (-)
pcupdate = 19 April 2008

José María Buljubasich (born 12 May, 1971 in Firmat, Argentina) is an international Argentinian football player who currently plays for Universidad Catolica of Chile and has also played in Spain and Mexico and other teams in Chile, he reached the top of his career in his current club. He has also won 2 titles, one in Argentina and the other in Chile.

Biography

He was born in Firmat in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He was the main goalkeeper for River Plate in 2003, a year in which the team won the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002-03_in_Argentine_football#Torneo_Clausura_.28.22Closing.22_Tournament.29|Torneo de Clausura] having as coach the international coach of Villarreal CF, Manuel Pellegrini.

In 2005, Buljubasich maintained a clean record of 1352 minutes without allowing a goal, this record put him in fourth place in the world according to the IFFHS. That year, Buljubasich won the keeping a penalty off in the penalty kick-out; he was one of the best players of the Copa Sudamericana of that year.

In 2006, in the second semester the doctors of Universidad Catolica found a tumour on "Tati"'s brain; he missed the rest of the 2006 season; but anyhow the operation was successfully done and he was allowed to play on the 2007 - 2008 season

External links

* [http://www.iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda14b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aed19 IFFHS Top 350 goalkeeping shutouts]

* [http://www2.lacatolica.cl/futbol/ficha/index.asp?id=02 La Catolica player profile] es icon