Markus Cimermancic
Canadian soccer player
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Markus Joseph Cimermancic (Slovene: Cimermančič; born October 1, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
.jpg) Cimermancic with Toronto FC II in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Markus Joseph Cimermancic | ||
| Date of birth | October 1, 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Toronto FC | ||
| Number | 71 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kitchener SC | |||
| 2015–2022 | Toronto FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Toronto FC III | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Toronto FC II | 57 | (6) |
| 2023–2024 | → Toronto FC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Toronto FC | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Toronto FC II (loan) | 7 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 29, 2025 | |||
Early life
Cimermancic began playing youth soccer for seven years with Kitchener SC, before joining the Toronto FC Academy in February 2015.[1] In 2019, he was part of the TFC U15 team that were the U.S. Soccer Development Academy conference champions after posting an undefeated regular season and reached the 2019 Generation Adidas Cup finals and becoming the first Canadian team to win the USSDA National Championship.[1]
Club career
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In 2021, he played with Toronto FC III in the League1 Ontario Summer Championship division.[2]
In 2022, he played with Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro as an academy callup, making his debut on May 8, 2022 against New York City FC II.[1] In March 2023, he signed a full professional contract with the team.[1] On March 24, 2023, he joined the first team on a short-term four day loan ahead of the team's match against the San Jose Earthquakes.[3] He signed two additional short-term loans that season.[4][5] The following season, he signed another four short-term loans in June and July.[6][7][8][9] In November 2024, Toronto FC II exercised Cimermancic's contract option for the 2025 season.[10] After of the 2025 season, he was invited to training camp with the first team.[11]
In February 2025, he signed a two-year homegrown player contract with Toronto FC with options for 2027 and 2028.[12][13] He was loaned to the second team for some matches as well.[14]
Personal life
Born in Canada, Cimermancic is of Slovenian descent and holds dual-citizenship.[15]
Career statistics
- As of match played October 18, 2025[16]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toronto FC III | 2021[2] | League1 Ontario Summer Championship | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| Toronto FC II | 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 21 | 2 | – | – | – | 21 | 2 | |||||
| 2024 | 23 | 4 | – | – | – | 23 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 57 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6 | ||
| Toronto FC | 2025 | Major League Soccer | 9 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| Toronto FC II (loan) | 2025 | MLS Next Pro | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 78 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 10 | ||
