Sergio Andres Camargo Peñaranda (born August 16, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Club career

Toronto FC

In 2009, Camargo went on trial with Vitória de Guimarães in Portugal and was offered a contract, however, because of a FIFA regulation that would have required his parents to move to Portugal in order to be allowed to play for the club, he was unable to join the team. Instead, he returned to Canada and joined

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Camargo began his career in 2009 with TFC Academy II in the Second Division of the

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, later moving up to the team in the First Division. In 2010, he was named the divisions MVP and Rookie of the Year. From 2013 to 2016 he played college soccer with

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, and

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. During his stint in college his achievements were being named to the 2015 All-Big South Second Team and the 2013 Big South All-Freshman team. In 2015, he played with K-W United in the

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, where he captained the team to the PDL Championship. In 2017,

of the

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signed him to a HGP contract. He was loaned to

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in the

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, and made his debut on April 1, 2017 against the

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. Following the 2017 season, Camargo's option was not picked up, ending his contract with the club.

Calgary Foothills

In 2018, he was originally set to join his former youth club Unionville-Milliken in

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, but later was able to join

Calgary Foothills FC Calgary Foothills Football Club is a Canadian soccer club based in Calgary, Alberta, that competes in League1 Alberta (L1AB). The club was founded as a youth club in 1972 and joined as a USL2 franchise in 2015. The team plays its home games at ...

in the

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. He scored four goals in ten regular season appearances and made three playoff appearances, helping Calgary win its first PDL Championship.

Cavalry FC

Camargo joined

of the

in November 2018. He made his CPL debut on 4 May 2019 in a 2–1 win over York9. He scored his first two goals for Cavalry on 15 June 2019 in a 3–0 win over

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. Camargo scored a goal against Montreal Impact in the

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semi-final on 7 August 2019 in a 2–1 loss. In total, he scored six goals in eighteen league appearances that season. On 13 November 2019, Camargo re-signed with Cavalry for the 2020 season. In November 2020, Camargo would re-sign with the club for the

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, his third season with the club. In January 2022, it was announced Camargo would return for the 2022 season, his fourth with the club. In January 2023, Cavalry announced they had re-signed Camargo to a contract extension through the 2024 season. Prior to the 2024 season, Camargo would sign another contract extension with Cavalry, keeping him at the club through the 2025 season, with an option for 2026. He would also suit up in his 100th game for the club in 2024, becoming the third player in club history to appear in 100 games after

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and Jose Escalante. On November 10, 2024, he scored a goal in a 2–1 victory over

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in the 2024 CPL final, helping the club win their first league title.

International career

Camargo is eligible to play internationally for

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by birth and for

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by naturalization. On June 22, 2011, Camargo made his debut for the

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in the

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Personal life

Camargo was born in

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to Colombian parents. At age four he and his parents moved to

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, and then to Newmarket,

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when he was nine.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

K-W United FC * PDL Championship:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Calgary Foothills * PDL Championship:

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Cavalry FC *

Canadian Premier League Finals The Canadian Premier League final is the annual championship game of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the top level of Canadian soccer. It is played as a single match hosted by the winner of the first semifinal against the winner of the sec ...

**Runners-up:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

**Winner:

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

(Regular season): **Champions: Spring 2019, Fall 2019

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camargo, Sergio 1994 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Canadian men's soccer players Colombian men's footballers Sportspeople from Cúcuta Sportspeople from Newmarket, Ontario Soccer players from Toronto Colombian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian people of Colombian descent Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's soccer players Syracuse Orange men's soccer players K–W United FC players Toronto FC players Toronto FC II players Calgary Foothills FC players Cavalry FC players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players USL League Two players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players Canadian Premier League players Canada men's youth international soccer players Homegrown Players (MLS) Unionville Milliken SC players Toronto FC Academy players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen