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2017 Men's Soccer Roster

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9 Elvir Ibisevic

9 Elvir Ibisevic

  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Position:
    F
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    175
  • Hometown:
    Johnston, Iowa
  • High School:
    Johnston

Summary

Biography

Honors and Awards
TDS National Team of the Week (Aug. 29, 2017)
NCAA National Player of the Week (Aug. 29, 2017)
Summit League Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 28, 2017; Sept. 5, 2017)
Summit League Male Athlete of the Month (Oct. 6, 2017)
First Team All-Summit League (2017)
United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-West Region (2017)

Professional Career
NK Celje - Slovenia (2018-current)

2017 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 18 games for Omaha, posting a spot in the starting lineup in 16 of those matches...played a total of 1,295 minutes, including a season best 105 minute effort put in at Michigan on Oct. 14…scored a team-high 19 points this season, finding the back of the net nine times, while also dishing out an assist….that assist came in the Aug. 27 game against Virginia Tech, where he also scored a hat trick on only three shots on goal...scored the first hat trick in the history of the program and the second fastest in NCAA Division I history...also set single-game program marks in goals (3) and points (7)....earned his first national team cap for Bosnia on Jan. 28, 2018...signed professionally in July 2018 with NK Celje in Slovenia.

2016 (Freshman)
Appeared in 18 games with 17 starts…tallied 11 points from four goals and three assists in 1393 minutes…had a goal and an assist in his collegiate debut against San Francisco on Aug. 26…dished out an assist vs. Drake on Sept. 2…had the game winning assist vs. Air Force on Sept. 23…notched the game winning goal at Western Illinois on Oct. 22…scored back-to-back goals against Oral Roberts (Nov. 5) and Eastern Illinois (Nov. 10)…led the team in shots (47) and game-winning goals (3)…led all freshmen in goals, assists and points.

Johnston High School
Hailing from Urbandale, Ibisevic graduated a semester early from Johnston High School, skipping his senior season to enroll at UNO in the 2016 spring semester…became the first player from the state of Iowa invited to the elite U.S. National Residency program in Bradenton, Fla. and the first Omaha recruit to come from the program…made two appearances for the United States U-17 National team in February 2015… Before leaving for the residency program, Ibisevic scored 41 goals in two seasons for Johnston (IA) High School…as a sophomore, he scored 20 goals and led the Dragons to a runner-up finish at state soccer tournament and earned Iowa All-State 3A First Honors… as a freshman scored 21 goals for Johnston and earned Honorable Mention All-State Honors…Prior to joining the residency program, played for the Sporting Kansas City and Sporting Iowa Academy teams…was a member of the Iowa Olympic Development program and the U.S. Soccer Region II team.

Personal
Born Feb. 10…the son of Vahid and Sanela....his cousin Vedad is a member of the Bosnian National Team and participated in the 2014 World Cup…majoring in business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2015Freshman

    Forward
    6'2" 175 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2016Freshman

    Forward
    6'2" 175 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2017Sophomore

    Forward
    6'2" 175 lbs
    9