Siniša Ubiparipović

Football player infobox| playername=Siniša Ubiparipović
fullname = Siniša Ubiparipović
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|8|25
cityofbirth = Zenica
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
height = height|ft=5|in=9
currentclub = Red Bull New York
clubnumber = 8
position = Forward / Midfielder
youthyears = 2002
2004-2006
youthclubs = Illinois-Chicago
Akron
years = 2005
2006
2007
2007–
clubs = Cleveland Internationals
Chicago Fire Premier
Minnesota Thunder (loan)
Red Bull New York
caps(goals) =02 0(0)
12 0(3)
01 0(1)
27 0(1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 20 July 2008
ntupdate =

Siniša Ubiparipović (Cyrillic: Синиша Убипариповић; born August 25, 1983 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football forward/midfielder playing for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer.

A native of Zenica, his family fled to Belgrade, Serbia to escape the Bosnian War, and then eventually to the United States in 1999. [cite news
url=http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070108&content_id=81416&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp
title=Soccer a comfort in the face of war
date=January 8, 2007
publisher=MLSnet.com
accessdate=2007-03-31]

Ubiparipović began his collegiate career at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002, before transferring to The University of Akron, where he played from 2004 to 2006. At Akron, he was named an NSCAA All-American his last two years, and was the 2006 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year. [cite web
url=http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=47179&SPID=4334&DB_OEM_ID=10800&ATCLID=324672&Q_SEASON=2006
title=Sinisa Ubiparipović bio
publisher=Akron University
accessdate=2007-03-31] . During his college years Ubiparipović also played in the USL Premier Development League for both Cleveland Internationals and Chicago Fire Premier. While with the Chicago Fire Premier he was named to the Premier Development League's All-Central Conference team.

Red Bull selected Ubiparipović in the third round of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft (33rd overall). [cite press release
url=http://redbull.newyork.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070326&content_id=86548&vkey=pr_rbn&fext=.jsp&team=t107
title=New York Red Bulls sign five players
date=March 26, 2007
publisher=Red Bull New York
accessdate=2007-03-31] During his initial campaign with Red Bull New York Siniša appeared in 12 regular season matches and both of the clubs playoff matches, all as a second half subsitute. He was also loaned out for one match during the 2007 season to the Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division tallying one goal in that match.

Siniša's brother, Slaviša Ubiparipović, currently plays for Cleveland Internationals in the USL Premier Development League.

ee also

* List of current MLS players

References

External links

* [http://redbull.newyork.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t107&player=ubiparipovic_s&playerId=ubi504282&statType=current Red Bull New York player bio]