Călin Calaidjoglu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Chișinău, Moldova | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Laval | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CS LaSalle | |||
| Marcet Academy | |||
| 2015–2019 | Montreal Impact | ||
| 2019 | → Bologna (loan) | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Montreal Carabins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Cholet B | ||
| 2020–2021 | Béziers | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 28 | (2) |
| 2023 | Petrocub Hîncești | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | FC Laval | 34 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 September 2025 | |||
Călin Calaidjoglu (born 18 January 2001) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Laval in Ligue1 Québec.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Born in Moldova, Calaidjoglu moved with his family to LaSalle, Quebec in Canada at the age of two.[2] He began playing youth soccer at age five with CS LaSalle.[2] He later spent three years playing with the Marcet Academy in Spain.[3] In 2015, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy.[4][5] In March 2019, he went on loan with the academy of Italian club Bologna.[6]
University career
[edit | edit source]In 2025, Calaidjoglu began attending the Université de Montréal, where he played for the men's soccer team. In 2025, he was named a U Sports Second Team All-Canadian.[7]
Club career
[edit | edit source]In June 2019, he signed for French side Cholet on a three-year contract.[8][9] He had come on trial with the club for two weeks with both the second and first teams prior to signing.[10]
In September 2020, he signed with Béziers in the French fourth tier.[11][12]
In February 2022, he signed for Moldovan club Sfîntul Gheorghe.[13]
In July 2023, he signed with Petrocub Hîncești in the Moldovan Super Liga.[14] During the 23-24 winter break, he departed the club.[15]
He then played with FC Laval in Ligue1 Québec.[16]
At the 2026 CPL-U Sports Draft, he was selected first overall by FC Supra du Québec.[16]
International career
[edit | edit source]Calaidjoglu is eligible to represent Moldova, Turkey, and Canada at international level.[17]
In December 2015, he was called up to a camp with the Canada U15 team for the first time.[2] In October 2018, he was called up to the Canada U20 team to a pre-tournament camp for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, but did not make the final squad.[18]
In February 2022, he was called up to the Moldova U21.[19]
References
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External links
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- Călin Calaidjoglu at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2001 births
- AS Béziers (2007) players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- FC Sfîntul Gheorghe players
- Living people
- Moldova men's youth international footballers
- Moldovan expatriate men's footballers
- Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in France
- Moldovan men's footballers
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- Footballers from Chișinău
- Canadian people of Moldovan descent
- FC Laval players
- Ligue1 Québec players
- FC Petrocub Hîncești players
- SO Cholet players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- FC Supra du Québec draft picks