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
Roster
Name | # | Year | Position | Hometown | High School |
Baer, Case | SO | D | Morton, IL | Morton | |
Bregu, Giulio | SO | F | Borgo San Lorenzo, Italy | ||
Casale, Gianluca | SO | M/D | Venezia, Italy | IIS Bruno-Franchetti | |
Casas, Eneko | FR | D | Vitoria, Spain | ||
Cupi, Logan | SO | CM | Pekin, IL | Peoria Christian | |
Dallmann, Jelldrik | SO | F | kuhstedt, Germany | ||
Fairclough, Tajani | SO | F | Toronto, Canada | Downsview Secondary | |
Jones, Tevan | FR | F/M | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | ||
Kellman, Rashawn | SO | CB | St. George, Barbados | The Alleyne School | |
Lavagna, Edoardo | SO | F | Narni Scalo, Italy | Liceo R. Donatelli | |
Marshall, Sean | SO | GK | Arima, Trinidad & Tobago | ||
Moyo, Onwell | SO | CM | Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe | Mzingwane | |
Oliva, Jaime | FR | M | Toledo, Spain | ||
Rodriguez, Christian | FR | M | Cold Spring, Minnesota | ||
Rodriguez, Froylan (Uriel) | FR | M | Cold Spring, Minnesota | ||
Sagura, Daniel | FR | D | Madrid, Spain | ||
Schuster, Felix | SO | GK | Vienna, Austria | Kenyong Asse | |
Stokes, Anfernee | SO | CB | Morvant, Trinidad & Tobago | Queen's Royal College | |
Tocco, Nicolo | FR | M | Venice, Italy | ||
Yildirim, Furkan | SO | CM | Berlin, Germany | Thomas Mann Gymnasium |

Oz Bakirdan
Head Coach, Oz Bakirdan, is in his 19th 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
Coaching Staff
Name | Year | Position | Phone | Alma Mater | |
Oz Bakirdan | Head Coach | [email protected] | |||
Ron Smith | Associate Coach | ||||
Zoran Nincevic | Assistant Coach | ||||
Matej Radonic | Assistant Coach | Illinois Central College, University of Wisconsin |