2025 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Philip Naef
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Career Statistics
2025 Big Ten Tournament Title
2024 Fall Academic All-Big Ten
2023 Pac-12 Regular Season Title
2025
Appeared in a career-high 19 matches, starting in 11 of those contests … Finished with 11 assists for 11 points on the year, tied for third most on the team … Became the first Bruin to record four or more assists in a single game twice in his career after tallying four assists in UCLA’s 5-2 win over Rutgers … Led the team with 11 total assists during his 1,159 minutes on the field … Recorded back-to-back seasons with double-digit assists, (had a career-high 11 assists in 2025, had 10 in 2024) … Tallied seven assists in a three-game stretch (four vs. Rutgers, one at Omaha, two at Washington) … Selected to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team for his work on the field and in the classroom … Earned All-Big Ten Academic Honors … Helped the Bruins earn their first Big Ten Tournament title with an assist in the 5-0 win over Michigan.
2024
Appeared in 16 games as a sophomore while making three starts … Totaled 737 minutes of action with one goal and 10 assists (12 points) … Led the team with 10 assists on the season, becoming the first Bruin since Jackson Yueill in 2016 to record double-digit assists in a single season … His 12 points on the season were the third most on the squad … Recorded six points (1G, 4A) in UCLA’s 6-0 win over Maryland in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament … His four assists against Maryland match a single-game UCLA school record … Tallied six assists in a seven-game span from Sept. 16 to Oct. 21 (at No. 8 Wisconsin, vs. No. 16 Michigan, vs. Westmont, No. 2 Ohio State, at Rutgers, at No. 6 Maryland) … Became the first Bruin to record double-digit assists during the Ryan Jorden era … Scored his lone goal of the campaign in UCLA’s 6-0 win over Maryland in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten Tournament … Finished the season as a member of the Big Ten Fall All-Academic team.
2023
Appeared in 10 games as a freshman before an injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season … Played a season-high 44 minutes off the bench in a 4-1 win over Virginia Tech on August 24... Played at least 20 minutes on four different occasions, vs. Virginia Tech, at Oregon State, LMU, and San Diego State.
High School/Club
Member of the Swiss U-19 National Team … Competed with a pair of prestigious European Clubs in BSC Young Boys and F.C. Copenhagen … Won a U-17 Championship with F.C. Copenhagen, and a Swiss National Championship with Young Boys.
Personal
Full Name: Philip Egelund Naef ... Born in Copenhagen, Denmark ... Aspires to play soccer professionally ... Parents are Sandro and Camilla ... Has two sisters, Jacqueline and Chloe, and a brother, Alexander.
