Illinois Central College 2019-2020 Men’s Soccer

Baer, Case

D — Sophomore

Hometown Morton, IL

High School Morton

Bregu, Giulio

F — Sophomore

Hometown Borgo San Lorenzo, Italy

Casale, Gianluca

M/D — Sophomore

Hometown Venezia, Italy

High School IIS Bruno-Franchetti

Casas, Eneko

D — Freshman

Hometown Vitoria, Spain

Cupi, Logan

CM — Sophomore

Hometown Pekin, IL

High School Peoria Christian

Dallmann, Jelldrik

F — Sophomore

Hometown kuhstedt, Germany

Fairclough, Tajani

F — Sophomore

Hometown Toronto, Canada

High School Downsview Secondary

Jones, Tevan

F/M — Freshman

Hometown Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Kellman, Rashawn

CB — Sophomore

Hometown St. George, Barbados

High School The Alleyne School

Lavagna, Edoardo

F — Sophomore

Hometown Narni Scalo, Italy

High School Liceo R. Donatelli

Marshall, Sean

GK — Sophomore

Hometown Arima, Trinidad & Tobago

Moyo, Onwell

CM — Sophomore

Hometown Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

High School Mzingwane

Oliva, Jaime

M — Freshman

Hometown Toledo, Spain

Rodriguez, Christian

M — Freshman

Hometown Cold Spring, Minnesota

Rodriguez, Froylan (Uriel)

M — Freshman

Hometown Cold Spring, Minnesota

Sagura, Daniel

D — Freshman

Hometown Madrid, Spain

Schuster, Felix

GK — Sophomore

Hometown Vienna, Austria

High School Kenyong Asse

Stokes, Anfernee

CB — Sophomore

Hometown Morvant, Trinidad & Tobago

High School Queen's Royal College

Tocco, Nicolo

M — Freshman

Hometown Venice, Italy

Yildirim, Furkan

CM — Sophomore

Hometown Berlin, Germany

High School Thomas Mann Gymnasium

Oz Bakirdan

Head Coach, Oz Bakirdan, is in his 19^th season at Illinois Central College. Since starting as the Head Coach for the ICC men’s soccer program, Coach Bakirdan has built the ICC program into a regional and national powerhouse.

ICC men’s soccer has been consistently ranked in the top ten over the last seven years reaching as high as third in the nation in 2006, 2007, and 2009, and 2019. The ICC men’s team has been the dominant team in Region 24 compiling an impressive record. Illinois Central College won the Central District Championship to advance to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2019. Coach Bakirdan, his staff, and players develop young soccer talent in Central Illinois by helping with both the East Peoria United Soccer Club and the Morton Blaze Soccer Club.

Ron Smith

Associate Coach, Ron Smith, studied at Illinois State University in 1868-69 as a math major with a physical education minor. Smith played on the ISU intramural soccer team (ISU only had intramural soccer at the time). His 40 Years of Coaching experience includes:  1979-99 Peoria Parochial League coordinator/coach (approx. 1400 players); 1992-93 Illinois Central College Intramural Coach; 1993-96 Peoria Soccer and Peoria Sports Varian Club Coach; 1996-99 Illinois Central College (ICC) Intramural Assistant Coach; 1999-2019 ICC Associate Coach.  Head Coach Oz Bakirdan and Smith have been coaching together since 1993 with many success stories.  ICC has been the toughest experience and the most gratifying.

Zoran Nincevic

Matej Radonic