{{short description|Spanish basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Michael Caicedo | image = Semifinals 43a Lliga Catalana AON 2022 ACB (52373924908) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Caicedo with FC Barcelona in 2022 | position = Shooting guard / small forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 198 | league = Primera FEB | team = Club Melilla Baloncesto | number = 24 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|6|21}} | birth_place = Inca, Spain | nationality = Colombian / Spanish | draft_year = 2025 | career_start = 2020 | years1 = 2020–2024 | team1 = FC Barcelona | years2 = 2020–2021 | team2 = →FC Barcelona B | years3 = 2022–2023 | team3 = →Granada | years4 = 2024 | team4 = →Girona | years5 = 2024–2025 | team5 = Força Lleida | years6 = 2025 | team6 = Stade Rochelais | years7 = 2025–2026 | team7 = Grand Rapids Gold | years8 = 2026–present | team8 = Melilla | highlights = * ACB All-Young Players Team (2023) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{bk|ESP}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA U16 European Championship}} {{MedalGold|2019 Italy|Team}} }} '''Michael Caicedo Sánchez''' (born June 21, 2003) is a Colombian-Spanish professional basketball player for Club Melilla Baloncesto of the Primera FEB.
==Early life and youth career== Michael was born in Inca, Mallorca and he is the son of a Colombian father and a Spanish mother.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Basso|first1=Ludovico|title=INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL CAICEDO|url=https://scouting.eurohoops.net/interview-with-michael-caicedo/|website=Eurohoops.net |access-date=April 9, 2022 |date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> In December 2020, he was named MVP of the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament in Valencia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barcelona's Caicedo heads ANGT Valencia all-tournament team as MVP|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/ngt/news/barcelonas-caicedo-heads-angt-valencia-all-tournament-team-as-mvp/|website=Euroleaguebasketball.net |access-date=April 9, 2022 |date=December 29, 2020}}</ref>
== Professional career == Caicedo made his senior debut for Barcelona in the Liga ACB on January 9, 2021, against Manresa.<ref>{{cite web |first=Álex |last=Biescas |title=Michael Caicedo, cuarto debut de la mano de Jasikevicius |url=https://as.com/baloncesto/2021/01/10/acb/1610276925_648352.html|website=as.com |access-date=March 31, 2025 |date=January 10, 2021 |lang=es}}</ref> On October 28, 2021, he made his EuroLeague debut playing 21 seconds against Maccabi Tel Aviv.<ref>{{cite web |title=¡Brutal! Así fueron los primeros puntos de Caicedo en la Euroliga |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/baloncesto/euroliga/20211112/1001712076/brutal-asi-primeros-puntos-caicedo-euroliga.html|website=mundodeportivo.com |access-date=March 31, 2025 |date=January 10, 2021 |lang=es}}</ref> While still a Barcelona player, Caicedo was loaned to Granada in the 2022-23 ACB season<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Caicedo llega cedido al Coviran Granada|url=https://fundacioncbgranada.es/michael-caicedo-llega-cedido-al-coviran-granada/|website=fundacioncbgranada.es |access-date=March 31, 2025 |date=January 10, 2023 |lang=es}}</ref> and later to Girona in the 2023-24 ACB season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Caicedo, cedit al Bàsquet Girona|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.cat/ca/noticies/3906278/michael-caicedo-cedit-al-basquet-girona|website=fcbarcelona.cat |access-date=March 31, 2025 |date=February 22, 2024 |lang=ca}}</ref>
Caicedo's time at Barcelona ended in July 2024 after reaching an agreement with the club to terminate his contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finalitza la vinculació de Michael Caicedo amb el Barça |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.cat/ca/noticies/4061688/finalitza-la-vinculacio-de-michael-caicedo-amb-el-barca|website=fcbarcelona.cat |access-date=March 31, 2025 |date=July 20, 2024 |lang=ca}}</ref> On July 22, 2024, Caicedo was announced as a new Força Lleida player for the 2024-25 ACB season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Caicedo és nou jugador del Força Lleida |url=https://flleida.cat/michael-caicedo-fitxa-pel-forca-lleida/|website=flleida.cat |access-date=March 31, 2025 |date=July 22, 2024 |lang=ca}}</ref> Lleida and Caicedo would reach a mutual agreement to terminate the player's contract before the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Acord de rescissió de contracte entre Força Lleida i Michael Caicedo |url=https://flleida.cat/acord-de-rescissio-de-contracte-entre-forca-lleida-i-michael-caicedo/|website=flleida.cat |access-date=March 31, 2025 |date=March 31, 2025 |lang=ca}}</ref>
On March 31, 2025, Caicedo was announced as a new player for Stade Rochelais of the LNB Élite.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Caicedo en renfort ! |url=https://basket.staderochelais.com/actualites/news/michael-caicedo-en-renfort|website=basket.staderochelais.com |access-date=March 31, 2025 |date=March 31, 2025 |lang=fr}}</ref>
After signing for the Grand Rapids Gold of the G League in July 2025, Caicedo returned to Spain in February 2026, signing for Club Melilla Baloncesto of the Primera FEB.<ref>{{cite web |title=El nuevo destino del último canterano del Barça que entró en el mejor quinteto joven de la ACB |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/baloncesto/basket-feb/20260204/1002614677/nuevo-destino-ultimo-canterano-barca-entro-mejor-quinteto-joven-acb.html|website=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=February 4, 2026 |date=February 4, 2026 |lang=es}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}
===EuroLeague=== {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22 | style="text-align:left;"| Barcelona | 11 || 1 || 8.6 || .400 || .250 || .500 || 1.4 || .5 || .2 || {{sort|-|—}} || 2.1 || 1.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 11 || 1 || 8.6 || .400 || .250 || .500 || 1.4 || .5 || .2 || {{sort|-|—}} || 2.1 || 1.4 {{S-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/30000925 Michael Caicedo] at acb.com *[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/michael-caicedo/009132 Michael Caicedo] at euroleaguebasketball.net *{{Basketball-Reference.com international player|michael-caicedo-1}}
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