1. Cyle Christopher Larin is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a striker or a left winger for La Liga club Mallorca and the Canada national team.
37 Facts About Cyle Larin
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Cyle Larin totaled 89 games and 44 goals for Orlando before moving to Besiktas for an undisclosed fee in January 2018.
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Cyle Larin won the Super Lig, Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup in 2021.
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Cyle Larin continued playing in Europe with Zulte Waregem and Club Brugge of the Belgian Pro League and Real Valladolid and Mallorca in La Liga.
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Cyle Larin was the top scorer with 13 goals in the CONCACAF section of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, as Canada qualified for the first time since 1986.
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Cyle Larin was born in Brampton, Ontario in Canada to a Jamaican family and attended St Edmund Campion Secondary School, where he was the school's top goal scorer for the final three years that he attended.
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In 2007, at the age of 11, Cyle Larin joined the private soccer academy Sigma FC of the Ontario Soccer League before graduating in 2013.
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In January 2014, Cyle Larin was touted as one of the best players available in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.
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In 2014, during the college offseason, Cyle Larin rejoined Sigma FC as they entered the newly formed League1 Ontario.
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In early January 2015, it was announced that Cyle Larin had reached a verbal agreement to sign a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer despite interest from European clubs, including a club from the English Premier League.
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On January 8,2015, it was officially announced that Cyle Larin had signed a Generation Adidas contract with the league, along with four other players.
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At the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, Cyle Larin was selected by Orlando City SC as the first overall pick as expected, becoming the first Canadian ever chosen first overall in the MLS SuperDraft in the process.
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Cyle Larin became the third Canadian to score three goals in a match, along with Dwayne De Rosario and Tesho Akindele, and the second youngest player to do so behind only Kekuta Manneh, who was 18 at the time of his first MLS hat-trick.
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Cyle Larin was named MLS Player of the Week for his efforts.
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In November, having finished his first season with 17 goals in 27 games, Cyle Larin won the 2015 MLS Rookie of the Year Award.
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Cyle Larin scored the first three goals of Orlando's 2017 season, including a brace against Philadelphia.
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Cyle Larin's last match with Orlando City was a friendly match against Puerto Rico to raise money for the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria where he scored two goals.
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Cyle Larin was sold to Besiktas in Turkey in January 2018, after refusing to show up to practice with Orlando City, with whom he was still under contract.
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Cyle Larin ended the season as a league champion and joint-second top scorer with 19 goals, behind Aaron Boupendza and alongside Mame Biram Diouf, both of Hatayspor.
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On July 4,2022, Cyle Larin signed a three-year deal with the Belgian First Division A club Club Brugge.
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In January 2023, Cyle Larin was loaned to La Liga side Valladolid for the remainder of the season, with an option to buy.
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Cyle Larin scored eight goals and assisted three in 19 games, but his club was relegated.
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Cyle Larin played in the final, which the team lost on penalties to Athletic Bilbao.
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In May 2014, Cyle Larin was included in the roster for a senior training camp in Austria and friendly matches against Bulgaria and Moldova on May 23 and 27, respectively.
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Cyle Larin was viewed as a potential offensive solution for the team which was experiencing a scoring drought of over 900 minutes and winless streak of 15 games entering the friendlies.
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Cyle Larin was named in Canada's 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squad on January 5 that year.
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Cyle Larin featured in all three of Canada's matches in their co-hosting of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the first two as a starter, in a group stage exit.
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Cyle Larin was not named in manager Octavio Zambrano's initial Canada squad for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup due to his recent charge for driving under the influence, but was named in the squad for the knockout stage.
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Cyle Larin was named to the final 23-man squad for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup on May 30,2019.
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Cyle Larin was called up for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup on July 1.
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Cyle Larin finished the qualification campaign with 13 goals, the highest in the CONCACAF region and the second highest in the World Cup Qualification campaign overall.
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In November 2022, Cyle Larin was confirmed as part of the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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In June 2023 Cyle Larin was called-up to the Canadian squad contesting the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.
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In June 2024, Cyle Larin was named to Canada's squad for the 2024 Copa America.
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Cyle Larin holds a US green card, which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.
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In June 2017, Cyle Larin was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol for driving the wrong way on a 4-lane road in Orlando and given a breathalyzer test that showed that he was above the legal blood alcohol level.
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Cyle Larin was suspended from MLS until he completed a league-mandated substance abuse assessment, and this ban was lifted by the end of the month.