Calvin Rezende (born January 21, 1993) is an American former

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player.

Career

College and amateur

Rezende played a year of

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at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...

in 2011, before going to Europe to train with

Cádiz Cádiz ( , , ) is a city in Spain and the capital of the Province of Cádiz in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula off the Atlantic Ocean separated fr ...

and

Crotone Crotone (; ; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( or ; ), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous citizens, and one ...

. He returned to college soccer in 2014, spending two seasons at

Saint Francis University Saint Francis University (SFU) is a private Catholic university in Loretto, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular. The university is situated ...

. While at college, Rezende also appeared for

Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

sides

Michigan Bucks Flint City Bucks is an American soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two. The club was founded in 1995 as the Mid-Michigan Bucks, playing in Saginaw, and began playing in 1996. In ...

in 2015.

Professional

Along with his twin brother,

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, Rezende signed with new

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...

club

Miami FC Miami FC is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (201 ...

on February 1, 2016. On February 14, 2018, Rezende signed with

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side

Penn FC Harrisburg City Islanders, known as Penn FC in their final season, were an American professional soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 2003, the team most recently played in the USL Pro, the second tier of th ...

Personal

Calvin's twin brother,

, also plays professional soccer. He was most recently at

References

External links

Calvin Rezende's Official Website
* 1993 births Living people American men's soccer players Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer players Saint Francis Red Flash men's soccer players Flint City Bucks players Miami FC players Penn FC players El Paso Locomotive FC players FC Tulsa players USL League Two players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players USL Championship players Soccer players from Broward County, Florida Sportspeople from Davie, Florida Men's association football midfielders FC Crotone players Cádiz CF players American expatriate men's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Italy American expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub