Luca Uccello (born June 17, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays

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for

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Career

Club

Toronto FC II

Uccello joined

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in 2011, and played in the Second Division of the Canadian Soccer League. In 2013, Luca won the Golden Boot at the U15

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with a total of 5 goals as

finished runners up against

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. Uccello would then feature as part of the academy's senior team during the inaugural season of

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in 2014. He scored eight goals and won player of the week honours during week 11 of the campaign, as TFC Academy captured the regular season championship. Uccello signed his first professional contract with Toronto FC's

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affiliate,

Toronto FC II Toronto FC II is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, who play in MLS Next Pro, a third tier league of the United States soccer league system. It is the reserve team and minor league affiliate of Toronto FC as well a ...

on March 12, 2015. He made his debut against the

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on March 21. During the 2017 offseason, Uccello would train with Danish club

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, and would later re-sign with the club for the 2018 season.

Memphis 901 FC

Uccello signed with expansion club

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for the 2019 season on October 30, 2018.

Return to Toronto FC II

He returned to Toronto FC II for the 2020 season. However, the club did not play any games that year, opting out of the

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due to the

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. He was released by Toronto FC II after they declined his option for the 2021 season.

College

In August 2021 the Humber Hawks announced Uccello was joining the team for the 2021 OCAA soccer season.

International

On August 30, 2015 Uccello was called up to the ID U20 camp held In Vaughan, Ontario for 1 week. Uccello was called up to a Canada U-17 camp in February 2013. On April 16, 2015 Uccello was called up by coach

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to the Canada U-18 side for a tournament in

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. He made his debut for the U18s against Slovakia's U18 squad on April 20, and scored a goal in a 2–2 draw. In August 2016, he was called up to the U-20 team for a pair of friendlies against Costa Rica Uccello was nominated in back to back years by the Canadian Soccer Association for the Canadian Men's U-20 player of the year Award in 2016 and 2017. In February 2017, Uccello was named to Canada's U-20 World Cup Qualifying roster for the

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Career statistics

Club

Personal life

Uccello was born in

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. He has an older brother, Julian, who is also a soccer player, who most notably played for Crotone in

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in the

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. He also has a twin, Michael, who was also part of the

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system, playing as a goalkeeper, but at the age 18, Michael decided to leave the club to become a film director.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uccello, Luca 1997 births Living people Canadian soccer players Toronto FC players Toronto FC II players Association football midfielders Soccer people from Ontario League1 Ontario players USL Championship players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Memphis 901 FC players