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.[1]
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.[2]. 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).[3] 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.
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