Deon McCaulay (born 20 September 1987) is a Belizean professional

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who plays as a

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for Atletico Atlanta of the

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, the Rome Gladiators of the

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, and the Belize national team.

Club career

McCaulay has played in Belize for Kremandala,

FC Belize FC Belize was a Belizean football team which competed in the Premier League of Belize (PLB) of the Football Federation of Belize. They were based in Belize City Belize City is the largest city in Belize. It was once the capital city, cap ...

and

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; in Costa Rica he had a trial with

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; he played in Honduras for

Deportes Savio Deportes Savio Fútbol Club, commonly known as Deportes Savio, is a professional Honduran football club based in Santa Rosa de Copán. The club was founded in 1974, and participates in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras. In 2 ...

from 2009 to 2011. He has also played for

Belmopan Bandits Belmopan Football Club is a professional football club from Belmopan, Belize, currently competing in the Premier League of Belize. With nine championships, the club is the most successful in Belizean football since the creation of the Premier Le ...

in the

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. In February 2013 he had a trial with the

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. In March 2014 he joined the

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. After a two-year spell back in Belize with

Verdes FC Verdes F.C. (''previously Hankook Verdes'') is a Belizean association football club which competes in the Premier League of Belize. They are currently based in San Ignacio, Belize, a town situated in the district of Cayo, Belize. The club was e ...

, McCaulay rejoined the Atlanta Silverbacks in March 2017. In April 2018, he signed with the Georgia Revolution FC of the

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. In November 2020 he signed for Ginga Atlanta. McCaulay was recognized as UPSL national player of the week on 27 November 2020, and on 5 February 2021

International career

McCaulay made his international debut for

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in 2007. He was a member of Belize's FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign for the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 editions, and he scored the first goal and first

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of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. He is Belize's all-time top scorer, with eighteen goals in FIFA World Cup qualifying, as well as two goals at the

2007 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial association football, football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. I ...

and one goal at the

2013 Copa Centroamericana The 2013 Copa Centroamericana was the 12th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It was organized by the ''Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol'' or UNCAF, and took place in ...

. He was also the worldwide top goalscorer in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification along with

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and

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with eleven goals. He scored a hat-trick of those eleven in a 5–2 rout of

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in June 2011.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Belize's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McCaulay goal.''

References

External links

Silverbacks profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCaulay, Deon 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Belize City Men's association football forwards Belizean men's footballers Belize men's international footballers 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Puntarenas F.C. players Deportes Savio F.C. players Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Belizean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Premier League of Belize players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Georgia Revolution FC players Belmopan Bandits players FC Belize players Verdes FC players Belize Defence Force FC players R.G. City Boys United players Kremandala players United Premier Soccer League players