Giovanni Calderón
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Dwight Calderón Chaparro
Date of birth (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001
Place of birth North Haven, Connecticut, United States
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2010–2013 Connecticut Football Club Impact
2014–2015 FC Westchester
2016–2017 Beachside SC
2017–2018 D.C. United
2018–2019 New York City FC
2019–2020 Beachside SC
2020–2021 Nomads SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Navy Midshipmen 3 (0)
2022– Cal State Fullerton Titans 18 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Hartford Athletic 0 (0)
2021 AC Connecticut 3 (0)
2022 Ventura County Fusion 5 (0)
International career‡
2019 Puerto Rico U17 4 (0)
2018 Puerto Rico U20 6 (0)
2019– Puerto Rico 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:19, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:12, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Giovanni Dwight Calderón Chaparro (born February 8, 2002) is a Puerto Rican international footballer who plays as a defender at the California State University, Fullerton.

Early life

Calderón was born in North Haven, Connecticut to a Colombian father and Puerto Rican mother.[1]

Club career

Early career

Calderón first took an interest in soccer from the age of three, and joined his first club, Connecticut Football Club Impact, at the age of eight, playing alongside ten year olds.[2] He played youth soccer for FC Westchester, before going on to play for a number of academy sides, including professional clubs D.C. United and New York City FC.[3]

College soccer

Calderón was given a scholarship worth $5,000 from the New York Red Bulls in November 2018.[4]

He played three games for the United States Naval Academy's soccer team, the Navy Midshipmen, in 2021.[5] He then transferred to the California State University, Fullerton, where he again represented the university in soccer.[3]

Professional

In May 2021, he signed a contract with Hartford Athletic of the USL Championship, following a trial in March of the same year. He became the first player in the club's history to sign a USL Academy Contract, which allowed him to keep his collegiate eligibility while remaining eligible to represent Hartford Athletic in USL competitions, having already committed to playing for the Navy Midshipmen in December 2020.[6][7]

Despite this, he went on to play for AC Connecticut in the USL League Two in the same month.[8] He made three appearances for AC Connecticut, before signing with the Ventura County Fusion for 2022 - going on to make five appearances in the league and five in the playoffs.[9] While at Ventura County Fusion, he captained the side.[10]

International career

Calderón made his senior international debut for Puerto Rico on September 6, 2019, in a 4–0 friendly loss to Honduras.

Personal life

He has two elder brothers, Joshua and Neekoli, both of whom played soccer, with Joshua also representing the Puerto Rico national football team.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 March 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hartford Athletic 2021 USL Championship 00000000
AC Connecticut 2021 USL League Two 30000030
Ventura County Fusion 2022 USL League Two 50005[lower-alpha 1]0100
Career total 800050130
  1. ↑ Appearances in the playoffs

International

As of matches played 28 March 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Puerto Rico 201930
202320
Total50

References

  1. ↑ Urrea P., Roberto (26 October 2020). "Joshua Calderón, colombo-estadounidense, con sueño boricua" [Joshua Calderón, Colombian-American, with a Puerto Rican dream]. capsulas.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Vanoni, Maggie (24 May 2021). "From North Haven and Hartford to the Puerto Rico National Team, Calderón's journey to professional soccer". ctpost.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Giovanni Calderón". fullertontitans.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Red Bulls help surprise high school player with scholarship". eu.usatoday.com. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Giovanni Calderón". navysports.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Vanoni, Maggie (10 May 2021). "North Haven's Giovanni Calderón signs first Hartford Athletic USL Academy Contract". ctpost.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Sigal, Jonathan (12 May 2021). "A new pathway? Giovanni Calderon signs with Hartford Athletic". hartfordathletic.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "AC Connecticut statistics". uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ventura County Fusion statistics". uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Fusion Try To Get Back to Winning Ways vs. Marin Legends Sunday, June 19 at 10:30 am". vcfusion.com. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  11. ↑ Giovanni Calderón at Soccerway
  12. ↑ Giovanni Calderón at National-Football-Teams.com
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