| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 14, 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mississauga Falcons | |||
| Erin Mills SC | |||
| Sigma FC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 84 | (42) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Forge FC | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Sigma FC (loan) | 23 | (5) |
| 2023 | Sigma FC | 12 | (6) |
| 2026– | Minnesota United FC | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 2, 2023 | |||
Marcus Caldeira (born October 14, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Minnesota United FC in Major League Soccer.
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] Ahead of the 2024 season, he was named the Sun Belt Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. [21] In October 2024, he was named the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week. [22] At the end of the season, he was named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team, All-Southeast Region Second Team, a Sun Belt Elite Award Winner, and an Academic All-American of the Year, Academic All-District, and All-America Team Second Team. [3]
Ahead of the 2025 season, he was again named the Sun Belt Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. [23] In September 2025, he again earned Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week honours. [24] On November 20, 2025, he scored a hat trick in a 4-3 victory over the St. John's Red Storm to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament. [25] At the end of the season, he was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year, Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year, named to the All-Sun Belt First Team, and named Academic All-District. [26] [3]
On July 30, 2021, he signed a developmental contract with Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League. [27] In April 2022, he signed a second developmental contract with Forge. [28] [29] He spent most of 2021 and 2022 playing with Forge's affiliate club Sigma FC in League1 Ontario. [30] [31] He continued with Sigma in 2023. [32] In 2023, he was named the L1O Young Player of the Year and was a Second Team All-Star. [33] [34]
At the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, he was selected in the first round (20th overall) by Minnesota United FC. [35] He returned to college for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. [36] In January 2026, he signed a one-year contract with three option years through the 2028-29 season. [37]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 [30] | League1 Ontario | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2022 [31] | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | |||||
| Sigma FC | 2023 [32] | 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 | ||