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2009 Men's Soccer Roster

Jovan Bubonja #1 Goalkeeper

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Belgrade, Serbia
  • Highschool:
    VI Belgrade

Summary

Biography

Career Statistics 

  Season                GP  Minutes    GA  GaAvg Saves Save%   W   L   T  Sho
  2006................  21  1930:15     8   0.37    76  .905  12   3   5   10
  2007................  24  2258:21    14   0.56    55  .797  12   5   6   12
  2008................  21  1993:12    14   0.63    57  .803  12   3   6   10
  2009................  18  1740:42    21   1.09    55  .724   6   6   6    7
  TOTAL...............  84  7922:30    57   0.65   243  .810  42  17  23   39

Career
  • Most decorated player in UIC history
  • First two-time All-American in team history (2007, 2008)
  • Three-time NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region First Team (2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Three-time All-Horizon League First Team selection (2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Finished career with goals-against average of 0.35 in NCAA postseason, allowing just three goals in eight career NCAA tournament matches
  • Set school record for career wins by a goalkeeper with 42 victories
  • Holds the best career goals-against average in school history at 0.65
  • Ranks third in school history for career saves (243)
  • Set UIC career shutout record with 39 clean sheets
  • Only goalkeeper in UIC history with three seasons of double-digit shutouts, including school record 12 in 2007
  • Owns the top three single-season goals-against averages in school history, including UIC-best 0.37 in 2006

    2009

  • adidas Major League Soccer Combine participant
  • Named to College Soccer News Team of the Decade Third Team
  • One of just two goalkeepers named to Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List
  • College Soccer News Preseason First Team All-American

    2008

  • NSCAA/adidas First Team All-American
  • College Soccer NewsFirst Team All-American
  • Joined teammate Baggio Husidic as first First Team All-Americans in team history
  • First unanimous First Team All-American in team history
  • Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy semifinalist
  • NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region First Team
  • First UIC player ever named to Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List
  • Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year
  • All-Horizon League First Team
  • Ranked 18th in the country in goals-against average (0.65)
  • Recorded shutouts in NCAA tournament starts against Dayton on Nov. 21 and No. 4 Michigan State on Nov. 25, making key penalty kick stops in both contests to help Flames advance
  • College Soccer News Preseason First Team All-American
  • Soccer America Preseason Second Team All-American

    2007

  • College Soccer News Second Team All-American
  • Soccer America Second Team MVP
  • UMBRO/Chicagoland Soccer News Player of the Year
  • NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region First Team
  • Horizon League All-Tournament Team after surrendering just one goal on a penalty kick in three tournament matches
  • All-Horizon League First Team
  • Ranked ninth nationally and first in the Horizon League with a 0.56 goals-against average
  • Blanked Northwestern and Creighton in the NCAA tournament to help UIC advance to the first quarterfinal appearance in school history
  • College Soccer News Preseason Third Team All-American
  • MajorLeagueSoccer Magazine Preseason All-American

    2006

  • NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region First Team
  • Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year
  • All-Horizon League First Team
  • College Soccer News All-Freshman Second Team
  • Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team
  • TopDrawerSoccer.com Men[apos]s College Fourth Team
  • Horizon League All-Newcomer Team
  • Ranked fourth in the nation with a 0.373 goals-against average
  • Helped UIC rank as the nation[apos]s top defense by posting the fourth-best team goals-against average in NCAA history (0.36)
  • Ranked third nationally in save percentage (.905)
  • Also helped the Flames earn NCAA team statistical title in save percentage with a .908, an NCAA all-time best

    2005

  • Sat out season as medical redshirt to recover from surgery to repair a torn ACL

    Personal

  • Attended VI Belgradian High School
  • Played for BPI Pekar club for coach Boban Zivkovic
  • Appeared in 40 matches (17 official and 23 friendly) with the U-16 and U-17 Serbia and Montenegro National teams
  • Born September 29, 1986
  • Son of Branko and Branka Bubonja
  • Earned Bachelor[apos]s Degree from UIC with double-major in criminal justice and sociology

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    Historical Player Information

    • 1

      2006Freshman

      GK
      6'1" 181 lbs
      1
    • 1

      2007Sophomore

      Goalkeeper
      6'2" 200 lbs
      1
    • 1

      2008Junior

      Goalkeeper
      6'2" 200 lbs
      1
    • 1

      2009Senior

      Goalkeeper
      6'2" 200 lbs
      1