Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | October 14, 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sigma FC | ||
Youth career | |||
Mississauga Falcons | |||
Erin Mills SC | |||
Sigma FC | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | West Virginia Mountaineers | 42 | (17) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Forge FC | 3 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Sigma FC (loan) | 23 | (5) |
2023– | Sigma FC | 12 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2, 2023 |
Marcus Caldeira (born October 14, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Sigma FC in League1 Ontario.
Caldeira played youth soccer with Mississauga Falcons and Erin Mills SC, [1] later joining Sigma FC. [2]
In 2022, he committed to attend West Virginia University to play for the men's soccer team. [1] [3] He scored his first goals on October 7, 2022, against the Old Dominion Monarchs. [4] In his freshman season, he tied for the team lead in goals with five, also adding four assists. [5]
He began his sophomore season by scoring eight goals in the first seven games of the season. [6] [7] In September 2023, he was named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week. [8] On October 18, 2023, he scored a hat trick in a 5-2 victory over the Marshall Thundering Herd. [9] [10] [11] The performance earned him NCAA Player of the Week honours. [12] At the end of the season he was named to the All-Sun Belt First Team, [13] All-Southeast Region First Team, [14] a Second-Team All-American, [15] College Soccer News First-Team All-American, [16] [17] CSC First-Team Academic All-American, [18] and CSC Academic All-District. [3]
At the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, he became the first player in school history to be selected in the first round. [19] However, rather than to turn professional, he opted to return to West Virginia for the 2024 season. [20]
On July 30, 2021, he signed a developmental contract with Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League. [21] In April 2022, he signed a second developmental contract with Forge. [22] [23] He spent most of 2021 and 2022 playing with Forge's affiliate club Sigma FC in League1 Ontario. [24] [25] He continued with Sigma in 2023. [26] In 2023, he was named the L1O Young Player of the Year and was a Second Team All-Star. [27] [28]
At the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, he was selected in the first round (20th overall) by Minnesota United FC. [29]
Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Forge FC | 2021 | Canadian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Sigma FC (loan) | 2021 [24] | League1 Ontario | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
2022 [25] | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | |||||
Sigma FC | 2023 [26] | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | ||||
Total | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | ||
Career total | 38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 |
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