Marcus Caldeira
Canadian soccer player
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Marcus Caldeira (born October 14, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Minnesota United FC in Major League Soccer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 14, 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Minnesota United FC | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| 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 | |||
Early life
College career
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]
Club career
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]
Career statistics
- As of match played July 26, 2023[38]
| 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 | ||