Sinià ¡a Ubiparipovià(; born 25 August 1983) is a Bosnian-American former professional soccer player.
UbiparipoviÃÂ was born in the town of Zenica, at the time part of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, to an ethnic Serb family. Prior to the outbreak of the Bosnian War in 1992, the UbiparipoviÃÂ family moved to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, to escape the conflict, eventually coming to the United States in 1999.
His first contact with organized soccer was in the youth ranks of ÃÂelik Zenica as a small child.
UbiparipoviÃÂ began his college soccer 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. During his college years UbiparipoviÃÂ 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.
Ubiparipoviàwas drafted in the third round (33rd overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. During his initial campaign with New York he appeared in 12 regular season matches and both of the club's playoff matches. He was also loaned out for one match during the 2007 season to Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division, tallying one goal in a 4âÂÂ2 loss to Rochester Rhinos.
During the 2008 season Ubiparipoviàappeared in 16 regular season matches and scored his first league goal. On 10 August 2008, Ubiparipoviàscored the fourth goal in New York's 4âÂÂ1 victory over league rival D.C. United. During the 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, he started all of the team's 4 playoff games helping lead the club to the 2008 MLS Cup final. In the 2009 season Sinià ¡a made a career-high 23 appearances for Red Bulls. On 20 March 2010, Ubiparipoviàstarted at left wing for Red Bulls in a 3âÂÂ1 victory against Santos FC, which was the first match played at the new Red Bull Arena. On 12 May 2010 Ubiparipoviàscored his second goal for New York Red Bulls in a 3âÂÂ0 victory over New England Revolution in a 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification match.
His contract expired with New York Red Bulls after the 2010 season and he became a free agent. On 2 August 2011 UbiparipoviÃÂ signed with Montreal Impact of the North American Soccer League. In 10 games with Montreal, UbiparipoviÃÂ registered three goals and four assists, and was recognized as the club's newcomer of the year. On 1 November 2011, it was announced that UbiparipoviÃÂ re-signed to continue with the Impact in 2012, the team's first year in Major League Soccer.
On 6 February 2014, UbiparipoviÃÂ signed with Ottawa Fury FC of the NASL. He was a key player in helping Ottawa to the 2015 NASL fall season title as he scored 5 goals and recorded 8 assists in 26 matches. He later signed with Indy Eleven on 15 December 2015.
On 20 September 2017, UbiparipoviÃÂ announced that he would retire from football at the end of the 2017 season.
Sinià ¡a's brother Slavià ¡a Ubiparipoviàplayed for Cleveland Internationals in the USL Premier Development League in 2008 and currently plays for the San Diego Sockers in the MASL.