Caleb Robert Clarke (born June 23, 1993) is a Canadian

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player who plays for Altitude FC in

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Early career

Clarke began playing youth soccer with the Richmond Selects. He later played with Coastal WFC, with whom he won a USL Super Y-League North American championship title, before joining the

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in 2009. In 2008 and 2009, he trained with Italian club

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Playing career

Vancouver Whitecaps

From 2010 to 2012, he played with the

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in the

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 ...

. After impressing with the PDL side, he began appearing with the Vancouver Whitecaps Reserve side in the

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in 2011, while also training with the first team. In April 2012, he signed a

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contract with

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as a homegrown player, becoming the first Vancouver-area player to graduate from the academy to the first team. In June 2012, he went on trial with German

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club

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, with the possibility of securing a one-year loan. He made his MLS debut on August 15, 2012 as a substitute against

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. In his first season, he made two substitute appearances with the Whitecaps for a total of 15 minutes of action. In May 2013, he went on trial with Dutch club

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. In July 2013, he went on loan with German side

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in the fourth tier

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, while also training with the

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. In 26 appearances, he scored 8 goals, before returning to Canada in May to undergo surgery to repair a ruptured quadriceps muscle at the end of May the following year. In December 2014, he re-signed with the Whitecaps. He spent the majority of the 2015 season playing for the new second team

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in the

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. He scored the first goal in the second team's history on April 1, 2015. After the 2015 season he departed the Whitecaps.

Germany

On February 1, 2016, he returned to Germany, joining fourth tier side

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. Later in 2016, he joined another German side

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in the fifth tier

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, also playing for their second team. Following Amberg's relegation, he was released by the club.

University career

In 2018, he began attending the

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, playing for the men's soccer team. He scored his first goal in his debut on August 31 against the

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. On September 16, he scored a hat trick against the

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, which earned him

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Athlete of the Week honours. He was named a Canada West Second Team All-Star.

Amateur and semi-pro

After returning from Germany, he also played at the amateur level in the

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with amateur clubs such as CCB United between 2018 and 2022. In July 2019, he signed with the Victoria Highlanders FC in

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. In May 2022, he joined Varsity FC in the new

. In 2025, Clarke joined Altitude FC.

International career

In 2011, he received his first call up to the Canada national team program, attending a camp for the Canada U18 team. He was a part of the Canada U20 team for the

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, where he scored two goals in a 5-1 victory over Nicaragua U20 on February 22. On November 12, 2013 earned his first call-up for the

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as a replacement for

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ahead of friendlies against

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and

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. Clarke made his senior debut on November 15 against in a 2-0 away defeat to Czech Republic as a second half sub for

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. In July 2015, he was named to the Canada U23 team for the 2015 Pan Am Games. In May 2016, Clarke was called to U23 national team for a pair of friendlies against

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and

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. He scored in both matches.

References

External links

Caleb Clarke Whitecaps FC profile

Caleb Clarke Stats
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Caleb 1993 births Living people Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Whitecaps FC Academy players Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Whitecaps FC 2 players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Germany USL League Two players Major League Soccer players Soccer players from Richmond, British Columbia Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Canadian people of English descent Canadian sportspeople of Jamaican descent FC Amberg players UBC Thunderbirds men's soccer players Homegrown Players (MLS) Pan American Games soccer players for Canada Victoria Highlanders FC players SpVgg Unterhaching players Regionalliga players Bayernliga players USL Championship players League1 British Columbia players Nautsaʼmawt FC players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen University and college men's soccer players in Canada Altitude FC (Canada) players