Matthew Baldisimo

Matthew Baldisimo
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-20) January 20, 1998
Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Fresno FC
Number 16
Youth career
2011–2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Whitecaps FC 2 43 (0)
2018– Fresno FC 3 (0)
National team‡
2015 Canada U17 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 22, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 13, 2015

Matthew Baldisimo (born January 20, 1998) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Fresno FC in the USL.

Career

Whitecaps FC 2

Baldisimo signed with Whitecaps FC 2 on February 23, 2016.[1] Baldisimo, along with fellow Whitecaps Academy products Kadin Chung and Thomas Gardner were praised during the club's USL playoff run in the 2016 USL season[2] In December 2016, Whitecaps FC 2 announced that Baldisimo would return to the club for the 2017 season.[3] In May 2017, Baldisimo was named to the Whitecaps roster for the 2017 Canadian Championship on a short term contract.[4] He would spend three seasons with Whitecaps FC 2 before the club ceased operations after the 2017 season.[5]

Fresno FC

In December 2017, Baldisimo would sign a USL contract with Whitecaps affiliate Fresno FC.[6]

International

Baldisimo is eligible to represent Canada through his birth in Vancouver and his raising in Burnaby and the Philippines at international level through both of his parents. He captained Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Whitecaps FC sign teenagers Matthew Baldisimo and Alphonso Davies to WFC2". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 23, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Marc Weber (October 7, 2016). "'Telepathic' trio hooks talent, soccer dreams to WFC2 playoff wagon". Vancouver Province.
  3. ↑ Whitecaps FC 2 (December 20, 2016). "Whitecaps FC 2 re-sign Sem de Wit and Will Seymore, announce roster update". Whitecaps FC 2.
  4. ↑ "Whitecaps FC name 23-man roster for Tuesday's Canadian Championship semifinal". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. May 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ Michael McColl (October 14, 2017). "California Dreaming: Goodbye WFC2, hello new beginnings – the ins and outs of the Whitecaps/Fresno partnership". AFTN Canada.
  6. ↑ "Whitecaps FC assign three players to USL affiliate Fresno FC". Vancouver Whitecaps. December 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.


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