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Marcus Caldeira (born October 14, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 14, 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| 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 | |||
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]
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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]
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- As of match played July 26, 2023[30]
| 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[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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