Caleb Clarke (soccer)

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Caleb Clarke
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Personal information
Full name Caleb Robert Clarke
Date of birth (1993-06-23) June 23, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2003–2008 Richmond Selects
2008–2009 Coastal WFC
2009–2010 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 UBC Thunderbirds 14 (8)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 37 (13)
2012–2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 (0)
2013–2014 → FC Augsburg II (loan) 26 (8)
2015 → Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) 25 (7)
2016 SpVgg Unterhaching 6 (0)
2016–2017 FC Amberg 9 (1)
2016–2017 FC Amberg II 7 (3)
2019 Victoria Highlanders 2 (1)
2022 Varsity FC
International career‡
2012–2013 Canada U20 7 (6)
2015 Canada U23 8 (2)
2013–2015 Canada 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 26, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 13, 2015

Caleb Robert Clarke (born June 23, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player.

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Early career

Clarke began playing youth soccer with the Richmond Selects. He later played with Coastal WFC, with whom he won a USL Super Y-League North American championship title, [1] before joining the Whitecaps FC Academy in 2009. [2] In 2008 and 2009, he trained with Italian club Udinese. [3]

Playing career

Vancouver Whitecaps

From 2010 to 2012, he played with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 in the Premier Development League. [2] After impressing with the PDL side, he began appearing with the Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve side in the MLS Reserve League in 2011, while also training with the first team. [4]

In April 2012, he signed a Major League Soccer contract with Vancouver Whitecaps FC as a homegrown player, [5] [6] becoming the first Vancouver-area player to graduate from the academy to the first team. [7] In June 2012, he went on trial with German 3. Liga club FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, with the possibility of securing a one-year loan. [8] He made his MLS debut on August 15, 2012 as a substitute against FC Dallas. [9] In his first season, he made two substitute appearances with the Whitecaps for a total of 15 minutes of action. [10]

In May 2013, he went on trial with Dutch club Feyenoord. [11] In July 2013, he went on loan with German side FC Augsburg II in the fourth tier Regionalliga Bayern, while also training with the first team. [12] In 26 appearances, he scored 8 goals, before returning to Canada in May to undergo surgery to repair a ruptured quadriceps muscle at the end of May the following year. [13] [14]

In December 2014, he re-signed with the Whitecaps. [15] He spent the majority of the 2015 season playing for the new second team Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL. He scored the first goal in the second team's history on April 1, 2015. [16] [17] After the 2015 season he departed the Whitecaps. [14]

Germany

On February 1, 2016, he returned to Germany, joining fourth tier side SpVgg Unterhaching. [18]

Later in 2016, he joined another German side FC Amberg in the fifth tier Bayernliga Nord, [14] also playing for their second team. [19] Following Amberg's relegation, he was released by the club. [14]

University career

In 2018, he began attending the University of British Columbia, playing for the men's soccer team. [20] [21] He scored his first goal in his debut on August 31 against the UFV Cascades. [22] On September 16, he scored a hat trick against the Calgary Dinos, [23] which earned him U Sports Athlete of the Week honours. [24] He was named a Canada West Second Team All-Star. [25]

Amateur and semi-pro

After returning from Germany, he also played at the amateur level in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League with amateur clubs such as CCB United between 2018 and 2022. [26] [27]

In July 2019, he signed with the Victoria Highlanders FC in USL League Two. [28] [29]

In May 2022, he joined Varsity FC in the new League1 British Columbia. [30]

International career

In 2011, he received his first call up to the Canada national team program, attending a camp for the Canada U18 team. [31] He was a part of the Canada U20 team for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, where he scored two goals in a 5-1 victory over Nicaragua U20 on February 22. [32]

On November 12, 2013 earned his first call-up for the Canada national men's soccer team as a replacement for Iain Hume ahead of friendlies against Czech Republic and Slovenia. [33] [34] Clarke made his senior debut on November 15 against in a 2-0 away defeat to Czech Republic as a second half sub for Dwayne De Rosario. [35]

In July 2015, he was named to the Canada U23 team for the 2015 Pan Am Games. [36] In May 2016, Clarke was called to U23 national team for a pair of friendlies against Guyana and Grenada. [37] He scored in both matches. [38] [39]

References

  1. ↑ "Whitecaps FC add Richmond native Caleb Clarke to MLS roster". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . April 24, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Caleb Clarke Vancouver Whitecaps profile". Vancouver Whitecaps FC .
  3. ↑ Webed, Marc (June 25, 2013). "Whitecaps closing in on European loan for Caleb Clarke". The Province .
  4. ↑ Booth, Mark (September 9, 2011). "Clarke working his way up". Richmond News.
  5. ↑ "Whitecaps add Canadian Clarke to roster". Sportsnet . April 24, 2012.
  6. ↑ Massey, Benjamin (April 24, 2012). "Residency Forward Caleb Clarke Signs with Whitecaps". Eighty Six Forever.
  7. ↑ Constantineau, Bruce (April 24, 2012). "Caleb Clarke 'graduates' to Whitecaps". Vancouver Sun .
  8. ↑ "Richmond forward on trial with German team". Richmond News. June 29, 2012.
  9. ↑ Vose, Christopher (February 2, 2013). "Caleb Clarke: A matter of minutes". Vancouver Herald.
  10. ↑ MacMahon, Martin (November 14, 2013). "Whitecaps FC youngster Caleb Clarke has eye on first cap with Canada in upcoming friendlies". Vancouver Whitecaps FC .
  11. ↑ Weber, Marc (July 10, 2013). "Whitecaps loan forward Caleb Clarke to FC Augsburg". National Post .
  12. ↑ "Whitecaps FC loan Caleb Clarke to FC Augsburg". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . July 9, 2013.
  13. ↑ McColl, Michael (February 2, 2015). "Caleb Clarke back refreshed, hungry and looking to be a goalscoring threat for the Whitecaps". Away from the Numbers.
  14. 1 2 3 4 McColl, Michael (September 7, 2018). "Former Whitecap Caleb Clarke back home and back scoring as he chases national championship with UBC Thunderbirds". Away from the Numbers.
  15. ↑ "Whitecaps FC re-sign Canadian striker Caleb Clarke". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . December 8, 2014.
  16. ↑ Dailey, Mark (April 2, 2015). "USL Match Report: Aztex 0 - 3 WFC2". Eighty Six Forever.
  17. ↑ "Whitecaps FC 2 defeat Austin Aztex 3-0 on the road for first win in team history". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . April 2, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Haching holt zwei Stürmer" [Haching gets two strikers]. SpVgg Unterhaching (in German). February 1, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Amberger U23 lässt sich auch in Katzdorf nicht stoppen" [Amberger U23 can't be stopped in Katzdorf either]. FC Amberg (in German). Facebook. April 8, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Caleb Clarke UBC profile". UBC Thunderbirds .
  21. ↑ Smith, Brendan (November 7, 2018). "Waves of talent: How the Vancouver Whitecaps helped turn UBC's men's soccer team into a national powerhouse". The Ubyssey.
  22. ↑ Kinvig, Dan (August 31, 2018). "No. 7-ranked Thunderbirds and host Cascades battle to draw". UBC Thunderbirds .
  23. ↑ Sandhu, Kiran (September 16, 2018). "Caleb Clarke hat trick propels UBC to fifth win in a row". UBC Thunderbirds .
  24. ↑ "Athletes of the Week: UBC's Clarke, Calgary's Houghton honoured". U Sports . September 19, 2018.
  25. ↑ "'Birds dominate Canada West All Star teams". UBC Thunderbirds . October 31, 2018.
  26. ↑ McColl, Michael (January 25, 2018). "VMSL Round-up: Leaders Rovers Tigers United lose but Pegasus can't take advantage, as relegation battle heats up". Away from the Numbers.
  27. ↑ McColl, Michael (January 28, 2022). "Caleb Clarke hat-trick helps BB5 increase lead at top of VMSL as closest challengers drop points". Away from the Numbers.
  28. ↑ "Highlanders add Caleb Clarke as Victory Shumbusho departs". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . July 5, 2019.
  29. ↑ "Caleb Clarke 2019 USL2 Stats". USL League Two .
  30. ↑ Steiner, Ben [@BenSteiner00] (May 16, 2022). "League 1 BC's Varsity FC will add former #CanMNT striker Caleb Clarke for the first season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  31. ↑ Caleb Clarke at the Canadian Soccer Association
  32. ↑ "Whitecaps FC striker Caleb Clarke earns first call-up to Canadian senior men's national team". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . November 12, 2013.
  33. ↑ Weber, Marc (November 12, 2013). "Richmond's Caleb Clarke cracks Canada roster for first time". The Province .
  34. ↑ Kingston, Gary (November 15, 2013). "National team looks to Caleb Clarke for scoring help". Vancouver Sun .
  35. ↑ "Clarke and Teibert both appear for Canadian men's national team in 2-0 loss to Czech Republic". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . November 15, 2013.
  36. ↑ "Clarke named to Canadian roster for Pan Am Games". Richmond News. July 6, 2015.
  37. ↑ "Le Canada dévoile sa sélection pour sa tournée caribéenne" [Canada announces roster for Caribbean tour]. Canadian Soccer Association (in French). May 9, 2016. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016.
  38. ↑ "L'équipe U-23 gagne face à Guyana" [Canada m23 defeat Guyana as part of Jubilee celebration]. Canadian Soccer Association (in French). May 16, 2016. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016.
  39. ↑ "Une autre victoire pour l'équipe U-23 dans le cadre de sa tournée caribéenne" [Canada m23 wins again on Caribbean tour]. Canadian Soccer Association (in French). Archived from the original on August 3, 2016.
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