Deon McCaulay (born 20 September 1987) is a Belizean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atletico Atlanta of the United Premier Soccer League, the Rome Gladiators of the National Indoor Soccer League, and the Belize national team.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Deon McCaulay[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Belize City, Belize[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rome Gladiators | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Kremandala | ||
| 2006–2007 | FC Belize | ||
| 2007–2009 | Belize Defence Force | ||
| 2008 | Puntarenas | ||
| 2008–2009 | FC Belize | ||
| 2009 | Belize Defence Force | ||
| 2009–2011 | Deportes Savio | 25 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | R.G. City Boys United | ||
| 2013–2014 | Belmopan Bandits | ||
| 2014 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 17 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Verdes FC | ||
| 2017 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Georgia Revolution FC | 10 | (1) |
| 2021– | Atletico Atlanta | ||
| 2021– | Rome Gladiators (indoor) | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007– | Belize | 63 | (28) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:51, 14 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
McCaulay has played in Belize for Kremandala, FC Belize and Belize Defence Force; in Costa Rica he had a trial with Puntarenas;[16] he played in Honduras for Deportes Savio from 2009 to 2011.[17] He has also played for Belmopan Bandits in the Premier League of Belize.[18]
In February 2013 he had a trial with the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer.[19]
In March 2014 he joined the Atlanta Silverbacks of North American Soccer League.[20]
After a two-year spell back in Belize with Verdes FC, McCaulay rejoined the Atlanta Silverbacks in March 2017.[21]
In April 2018, he signed with the Georgia Revolution FC of the National Premier Soccer League.[22][23]
In November 2020 he signed for Ginga Atlanta.[24] McCaulay was recognized as UPSL national player of the week on 27 November 2020,[25] and on 5 February 2021[26]
International career edit
McCaulay made his international debut for Belize in 2007.[17] He was a member of Belize's FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign for the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 editions,[27] and he scored the first goal and first hat-trick of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.[28] He is Belize's all-time top scorer,[29] with eighteen goals in FIFA World Cup qualifying,[27] as well as two goals at the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup and one goal at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. He was also the worldwide top goalscorer in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification along with Luis Suárez and Robin van Persie with eleven goals. He scored a hat-trick of those eleven in a 5–2 rout of Montserrat in June 2011.[30]
Career statistics edit
- As of match played 14 June 2022[17]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belize | 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 63 | 28 | |
- Scores and results list Belize's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McCaulay goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 February 2007 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador |  Nicaragua |
1–2 | 2–4 | 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup |
| 2 | 2–3 | |||||
| 3 | 6 February 2008 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 3–1 | |||||
| 5 | 15 June 2011 | Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago |  Montserrat |
1–0 | 5–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 4–1 | |||||
| 7 | 5–1 | |||||
| 8 | 17 July 2011 | Estadio Olímpico, San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Montserrat |
2–1 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 2 September 2011 | Grenada National Stadium, St. Georges, Grenada |  Grenada |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 3–0 | |||||
| 11 | 6 September 2011 | FFB Field, Belmopan, Belize |  Guatemala |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 11 October 2011 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Guatemala |
1–1 | 1–3 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 13 | 11 November 2011 | FFB Field, Belmopan, Belize |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 15 November 2011 | Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 2–0 | |||||
| 16 | 22 January 2013 | Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica | Nicaragua |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2013 Copa Centroamericana |
| 17 | 7 September 2014 | Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States | Guatemala |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 Copa Centroamericana |
| 18 | 11 June 2015 | Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |  Dominican Republic |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 19 | 2–1 | |||||
| 20 | 14 June 2015 | FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize | Dominican Republic |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 21 | 8 September 2015 | FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize |  Canada |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 22 | 17 January 2017 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama |  El Salvador |
1–3 | 1–3 | 2017 Copa Centroamericana |
| 23 | 7 September 2018 | Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan, Belize |  Bahamas |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification |
| 24 | 1 September 2019 | Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan, Belize | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 25 | 8 September 2019 | Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan, Belize | Grenada |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 26 | 14 November 2019 | Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan, Belize |  French Guiana |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 27 | 30 March 2021 | Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
5–0 | 5–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 28 | 1 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional, Managua, Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
References edit
- ^ a b "D. McCaulay". Soccerway.
- ^ "FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – Deon McCAULAY". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015.
- ^ "the Deon McCaulay story". sanpedrosun.com. 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Deon McCaulay, el héroe de Belice". spherasports.com. 17 May 2021.
- ^ "DEON MCCAULAY: GOLEADOR DEL MUNDO". elgrafico.com.ar.
- ^ "Deaon McCaulay - Clarin article". 6 June 2013.
- ^ "Deon, The Difference Maker". 7newsbelize.com.
- ^ "Deon McCaulay - Amandala article". 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Will the Bandits release Deon?". amandala.com.bz. 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Football Federation Tackles Deon McCauley". channel5belize.com.
- ^ "McCaulay Points The Way For Belize". boxscorenews.com.
- ^ "Deon McCaulay shared the honour with Luis Suarez and Robin van Persie".
- ^ ""It's a beautiful moment in my career"". 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Deon McCaulay faces dilemma". sanpedrosun.com. 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Deon McCaulay drafted to play in the Superleague Greece". sanpedrosun.com. 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Deon McCaulay, de Belice, lidera el goleo mundialistaoutings". La Nación. 4 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d Deon McCaulay at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Bandits on a roll, Police scoreless in 4 outings". Amandala. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ Itel, Dan. "Dike injury leaves Porter, Timbers looking at new trialist". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Deon McCaulay Back to Atlanta Silverbacks". Channel 5 Belize. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Georgia Revolution Roster". georgiarevolution.bonzidev.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "2018 NPSL Team Roster – Georgia Revolution FC". Georgiarevolutionfc.com. 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ Staff, B. B. N. (3 November 2020). "Deon McCauley signs with UPSL Ginga University Atlanta". Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com.
- ^ "UPSL NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ginga Atlantas Deon McCaulay". UPSL.com. United Premier Soccer League. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "UPSL NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ginga Atlantas Deon McCaulay". UPSL.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Deon McCaulay – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "First blood to Belize as Brazil ride begins". FIFA. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Mamrud, Roberto. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ a b "UNCAF Nations Cup 2007". FutbolPlanet. 17 November 2011.
External links edit
- Silverbacks profile Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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