Juan Caffaro

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

Photo by: Keith Lucas

Juan Caffaro
University of North Carolina Soccer v Duke
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
Friday, September 16, 2022

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-6
Weight:
150
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rosario, Argentina
High School:
Los Arroyos

2024 - Senior Season
Appeared in all 18 matches during the season, earning the start 17 times • Logged 779 minutes of play • Played a season-high 67 minutes for the Tar Heels in the home opener versus California Baptist • Ended the year with four assists, second best on the team • Dished out two assists in the victory over FIU • Recorded an assist in home matches against ETSU and St. John’s • Earned All-ACC Academic Team honors

2023 - Junior Season
Appeared in 15 matches, earning the start three times • Started for the Tar Heels against VCU, Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh • Logged 298 minutes of game action • Played a season-high 45 minutes in the victory at East Tennessee State • Dished out an assist in victories over VCU and UNCW • Recorded five shots and two shots on goal during the year • Registered a shot on goal against Florida Gulf Coast and Virginia • Named to the All-ACC Academic Team • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022 - Sophomore Season
Appeared in seven contests and earned five starts before suffering a season-ending injury • Logged 381 minutes • First UNC appearance and starting role came in the ACC opener vs. No. 10 Pitt where he recorded a season-high 86 minutes • Took at least one shot in every game he played in, totaling 12 overall and four on goal • Had a game-high four shots against UNCW.

2021 - Freshman Season (at Barry)
Named the Sunshine State Conference Freshman of the Year • Earned First-Team All-SSC honors • Tabbed to the Second-Team All-South Region team • Led Barry with nine goals, seven assists and 25 points • Scored four game-winning goals • Recorded a hat-trick at Embry-Riddle on Oct. 2 which included two penalty kicks, which was the first hat-trick for the Bucs since 2015 and first time with two PKs since 2016.

Personal
Juan Caffaro is the son of Carolina Lluch and Luis Caffaro • Has a younger brother, Mateo, and a younger sister, Lola • Birthday is July 24 • Majoring in sport administration • Chose UNC because it best fits his desires for great academics and soccer.