CAREER AWARDS/ACCOLADES
- Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team (2025)
- 2x All-SAC First Team (2023, 2024)
- United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team (2024)
- United Soccer Coaches Division II Second Team All-American (2024)
- United Soccer Coaches Division II Third Team All-American (2023)
- United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team (2023)
SENIOR (2025)
- Appeared in 19 of UCF's 21 matches, including 17 starts; totaled 1,294 minutes of action and played the full 90 minutes three times.
- Scored four goals and added six assists on 31 shot attempts, including 14 on goal, throughout his first NCAA Division I season; also netted his first Division I game-winner.
- Helped lead UCF to its first win of the season in its home-opener against UTRGV Aug. 27, scoring his first Division I goal; also recorded three shot attempts for the third straight game to begin the year.
- Assisted Clarence Awoudor's 26th-minute goal in the Knights' 1-1 road draw with then-No. 22 South Florida Sept. 4.
- Scored his first goal against a power four opponent in UCF's Sept. 19 road clash with then-No. 22 Kentucky, coming in the 85th minute.
- Netted his third goal of the fall in UCF's 3-0 clean sheet win over then-No. 11 Georgia Southern Oct. 10.
- Registered his second assist of the season on Malick Thiaw's 56th-minute score, the Black and Gold's fifth and final goal of their 5-1 win over Bradley Oct. 14.
- Recorded his first Division I three-point match with a goal and an assist in the Knights' 3-1 win over Coastal Carolina in the team's regular-season home finale Oct. 13; scored his fourth goal of the season and his first Division I game-winner in the 31st minute and later assisted Clarence Awoudor's 74th-minute goal.
- Named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament team after recording a pair of assists in UCF's 3-1 win over (1) No. 12 Marshall in the championship match.
- Notched three assists in a two-match span in the postseason, adding a pair of helpers in the Knights' 3-1 win over top-seeded No. 12 Marshall Nov. 16 before also assisting Joey Mueller's 24th-minute goal in UCF's 3-2 NCAA Tournament triumph over Florida Atlantic Nov. 20.
PRIOR TO UCF
- Spent the last two seasons with Limestone University, where he appeared in 40 total matches between the 2023-24 seasons, totaling 18 goals scored and 12 assists on 89 shot attempts and 40 shots on goal.
- Seven of his 18 career goals at Limestone represented game-winners.
- Netted his first career goal in his second match of the 2023 slate, a 1-1 draw with Mount Olive, before rattling off a stretch of five consecutive matches with at least one goal scored from Sept. 9-27; his first career multi-goal game came against Anderson Sept. 27, when he recorded a pair of goals and an assist in Limestone’s 6-0 rout.
- His 66th minute tally in the Saints’ SAC Tournament semifinal matchup marked the contest’s lone score, and he later added his first career NCAA Division II Tournament goal against Clayton State Nov. 18 as his squad advanced as far as the quarterfinal round.
ABOUT CLAUDEL
Major: Communication, interdisciplinary studies ... Favorite pro athlete: Cristiano Ronaldo ... Favorite pro team: Arsenal ... Pregame ritual: taking a nap, listening to music and talking with my teammates ... Favorite off day activity: Recovery and watching TV shows or movies ... Favorite movie: Avatar ... Favorite music artist: Tiakola ... Nickname growing up: Clau, Delclau ... Favorite sport other than soccer: Track and field ... Other interesting facts: I was born in Ivory Coast and grew up in the Congo where my family are from. After that, I moved to France when I was eight years old and became a French citizen. I also played against PSG FC during my career and played against players like Mbappé and Kimpembe who won the World Cup.