Erik David Pop (born January 30, 2006) is a Romanian-Canadian professional

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player who plays for

Canadian Premier League The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of ...

club

Valour FC Valour FC is a Canadian professional soccer club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays their home matches at Princess Auto Stadium. The team is coached by Phillip Dos Santos and community owned throu ...

Early life

Pop began playing youth soccer with

ProStars FC Prostars FC is a Canadian soccer team based in Brampton, Ontario. The organization was founded in 2013. The club previously played in the semi-professional League1 Ontario, part of the third division in the Canadian soccer league system in both ...

, which was founded by his father Gabriel. In January 2023, he went to Germany to trial with

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, before signing two weeks later with

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

Club career

In 2024, he played with

Karlsruher SC II Karlsruher SC II is the reserve team of German association football club Karlsruher SC, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Historically the team has played as Karlsruher SC Amateure until 2005. The team has reached the first round of the DF ...

in the sixth tier

Verbandsliga Nordbaden The Verbandsliga Nordbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the Baden Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Baden state association, the Verbandsliga is currently a ...

. In January 2025, he signed with

in the

on a two-year contract, with an option for 2027.

International career

Pop is eligible to represent Canada and Romania at international level. He made his debut in the Canadian national program in October 2022, attending a camp with the Canada U17. He was subsequently named to the roster for the

2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship The 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (20th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international association football, football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted by ...

and

2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 19th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football tournament contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was hel ...

. In 2024, he represented Romania U18.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pop, Erik Living people 2006 births Canadian men's soccer players Romanian men's footballers Karlsruher SC II players Valour FC players ProStars FC players Canada men's youth international soccer players Romania men's youth international footballers Soccer players from Mississauga Men's association football forwards Canadian people of Romanian descent Canadian Premier League players