Marco Bustos

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Marco Bustos
File:Pacific FC Marco Bustos.jpg
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Bustos
Date of birth (1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Pacific FC
Number 10
Youth career
Garden City CC
2007–2011 FC Northwest
2011–2014 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 7 (4)
2015–2018 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 (0)
2015–2017 → Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) 57 (22)
2018 → Zacatepec (loan) 5 (0)
2018–2019 Oklahoma City Energy 16 (1)
2019 Valour FC 25 (7)
2020–2022 Pacific FC 57 (14)
2023–2024 Värnamo 37 (3)
2025– Pacific FC 26 (2)
International career‡
2013 Canada U17 8 (0)
2014–2015 Canada U20 6 (2)
2015–2017 Canada 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 24, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of March 22, 2017

Marco Antonio Bustos (born April 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC.

Early life

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Bustos began playing soccer at age four with the Garden City CC.[1] Bustos played for FC Northwest in his native Winnipeg for four years before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps's academy in 2011. Bustos played from the U-16 level up, and completed his time at the academy with a 19-goal performance during the 2013-14 USSDA season. [2]

Club career

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Vancouver Whitecaps

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Bustos began his senior career with seven games for the Vancouver U-23 PDL side, scoring four goals.[3]

Bustos made his professional debut for Vancouver in the 2014 Canadian Championship, starting a game against Toronto FC on May 7, 2014.[4] On September 15, it was announced Bustos had signed a pre-contract with Vancouver and would officially be added to the team's roster in January 2015.[5] Bustos made his MLS league debut for the Whitecaps against FC Dallas on October 14, 2015.[6]

After the 2017 season, Bustos would re-sign an 18-month contract with the Whitecaps, with club options for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons. He would also be loaned to Zacatepec of Ascenso MX for the duration of the 18-month contract.[7] In August 2018, Bustos and Whitecaps FC mutually agreed to terminate his MLS contract.[8]

OKC Energy

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In August 2018, Bustos joined the United Soccer League's OKC Energy FC.[9]

Valour FC

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On May 7, 2019, Bustos signed for his hometown club, Canadian Premier League side Valour FC.[10]

Pacific FC

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On January 30, 2020, Bustos signed with Pacific FC.[11] He made his debut on August 15 against the HFX Wanderers, netting a goal in a 2–2 draw.[12] In his final match of 2020, Bustos scored twice and assisted twice in the first half to finish the season with five goals and three assists.[13] Bustos continued with Pacific for the 2021 Canadian Premier League, and on July 10 he scored two goals against York United FC, making him the Canadian Premier League's all-time leading goalscorer, with 15 goals in three years between Valour and Pacific.[14]

After the conclusion of the 2022 season, Bustos joined Major League Soccer side Toronto FC on trial.[15] In January 2023, Pacific announced Bustos would be departing the club, following the expiration of his contract.[16]

Värnamo

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On January 14, 2023, Bustos officially joined Swedish club Värnamo on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract with the club.[17][18] He made his Allsvenskan debut on April 2, starting in a 0–1 away win against IFK Göteborg.[19] He then scored his first goal for the club on April 29, finding the net in a 3–1 league defeat to Häcken.[20][21]

Return to Pacific FC

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In January 2025, Bustos returned to his former club Pacific FC on a two-year contract through 2026.[22]

International career

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Youth

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Bustos has represented Canada at youth level and was a part of the Canadian team at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[23] He courted controversy in July 2014 when he accepted a call-up from the Chile U-20 squad for a training camp prior to an invitational tournament in the United States.[24] This prompted a negative reaction from Canadian soccer media circles.[25] Bustos would state in an interview that he was not spurning Canada, and simply "keeping his options open."[26] He was cut from the final Chile squad, however. Bustos was subsequently left off the Canadian U-20 team that went to 2014 Milk Cup the following month, but returned to the team for a series of friendlies in November, where he scored a goal for Canada against Russia's U-21 side.[27] In January 2015 Bustos made the Canadian team for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[28]

Senior

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Bustos received his first call up to the Canadian senior team for a friendly against Ghana on October 2, 2015.[29] Bustos made his debut for the senior side on October 13 as a substitute, replacing fellow debutante Charlie Trafford.[30]

Personal life

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Bustos has a Chilean father and an Italian mother.[31][32]

Career statistics

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As of October 24, 2025[33][34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 2014 USL PDL 7 4 – – 0 0 7 4
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2014 MLS 0 0 1 0 – 0 0 1 0
2015 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 0
2016 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
2017 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 4 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 13 0
Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) 2015 USL 17 7 – – 0 0 17 7
2016 19 7 – – 2 0 21 7
2017 21 8 – – 0 0 21 8
Total 57 22 0 0 0 0 2 0 59 22
Zacatepec (loan) 2017–18 Ascenso MX 5 0 2 1 – 1 0 8 1
2018–19 0 0 1 0 – 0 0 1 0
Total 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 9 1
OKC Energy 2018 USL Championship 9 1 0 0 – 0 0 9 1
2019 7 0 0 0 – 0 0 7 0
Total 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
Valour FC 2019 Canadian Premier League 25 7 2 1 – 0 0 27 8
Pacific FC 2020 Canadian Premier League 10 5 0 0 – 0 0 10 5
2021 17 7 1 0 – 0 0 18 7
2022 28 2 1 0 4 1 2 0 35 4
Total 55 14 2 0 4 1 2 0 63 15
Värnamo 2023 Allsvenskan 18 3 1 0 – 0 0 19 3
2024 19 0 3 1 – 2 0 24 1
Total 37 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 43 3
Pacific FC 2025 Canadian Premier League 26 2 1 0 – – 27 2
Career total 232 53 16 3 9 1 7 0 264 57
  1. ^ Includes the Canadian Championship and Copa MX
  2. ^ Includes the CONCACAF Champions League
  3. ^ Includes the USL Cup Playoffs and the Ascenso MX Liguilla

Honours

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Pacific FC

References

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