José María Buljubasich

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José María Buljubasich

Full name	José María Buljubasich
Date of birth	12 May 1971 (1971-05-12) (age 37)
Place of birth	Firmat (Santa Fe Province), Argentina
Height	1.90 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Universidad Catolica
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1994 1994-1996 1996 1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004 2005-Present	Rosario Central Tenerife UE Lleida Rosario Central Real Oviedo Rosario Central Los Andes Monarcas Morelia River Plate Unión Española Universidad Catolica	2 (0) 8 (0) 7 (0) 15 (0) 4 (0) 76 (0) 19 (0) 36 (0) 17 (0) 17 (0) - (-)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

José María Buljubasich (born 12 May 1971 in Firmat, Argentina) is an international Argentinian football player who currently plays for Universidad Catolica of Chile and has also played in Spain and Mexico and other teams in Chile, he reached the top of his career in his current club. He has also won 2 titles, one in Argentina and the other in Chile.

[edit] Biography

He was born in Firmat in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He was the main goalkeeper for River Plate in 2003, a year in which the team won the [de Clausura] having as coach the international coach of Villarreal CF, Manuel Pellegrini.

In 2005, Buljubasich maintained a clean record of 1352 minutes without allowing a goal, this record put him in fourth place in the world according to the IFFHS. That year, Buljubasich won the Torneo de Clausura keeping a penalty off in the penalty kick-out; he was one of the best players of the Copa Sudamericana of that year.

In 2006, in the second semester the doctors of Universidad Catolica found a tumour on "Tati"'s brain; he missed the rest of the 2006 season; but anyhow the operation was successfully done and he was allowed to play on the 2007 - 2008 season

[edit] External links

IFFHS Top 350 goalkeeping shutouts

La Catolica player profile (Spanish)

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Club Deportivo Universidad Católica – current squad

1 Buljubasich • 2 B. González • 3 Ormeño • 5 Pérez • 6 Silva • 7 Valenzuela • 9 Jara • 10 Núñez • 11 Toloza • 12 Toselli • 13 Imboden • 15 Acevedo • 16 Martínez • 17 Medel • 18 Bottinelli • 19 Gutiérrez • 21 Vásquez • 24 Marcos González • 25 Arias • 27 Marco González • 28 Parot • 29 Barrientos • 31 A. Gutiérrez • 32 Brizuela • 33 Rubio • 34 Rosende • Coach: Carvallo