| Frederico Jucá Carsalade's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2023 | 25 | 32 | 62 | .516 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 15 |
| 2024 | 22 | 25 | 57 | .439 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 28 | 35 | 58 | ,603 | 37 | 36 | 11 | 12 |
| Totals | 75 | 92 | 177 | .520 | 97 | 82 | 22 | 33 |
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Jersey Number 2
Frederico Jucá Carsalade
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Escola Nova
- Hometown:
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player (2025)
• 2-time ACWPC All-America selection (First Team - 2025, Third Team - 2024)
• 3-time All-MPSF West honoree (Second Team - 2023-25)
• 2-time NCAA All-Tournament Team (First Team - 2025, 2024)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 11, 2023)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2025, 2024)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll member (2023)
• 7-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (last Winter 2026)
2025
Played in 28 of 29 games … Bruins captured program’s 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) … named Outstanding Player of NCAA Championship after scoring eight goals across three contests, including difference maker as time expired in final; also voted onto All-Tournament team … totaled 35 goals on 58 shot attempts (60.3%) … ranked among team leaders in goals (fifth, 35), assists (tied for fourth, 37), field blocks (tied for third, 11) and steals (second, 36) … earned spot on ACWPC All-America First Team … made All-MPSF West Second Team … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded 12 multi-goal games, including four hat tricks … scored two goals to help earn 9-7 win versus third-seeded Stanford in NCAA Championship semifinal round (Dec. 6) … scored season-high four goals to help collect 15-11 victory against Princeton in NCAA Championship semifinal round (Dec. 5) … scored two goals to help collect 11-9 victory against fourth-seeded California in MPSF Championship Tournament semifinal round (Nov. 22) … scored two goals in 14-13 win at No. 1 USC (Nov. 15) … scored team-high three goals, including sudden-victory, penalty-shot conversion that secured 13-12 result over No. 3 Stanford (Nov. 1) … scored game winning-goal with 1:14 remaining and piled up game- and season-high six assists to help earn 13-12 decision over No. 4 Stanford in MPSF Invitational semifinal round (Sept. 20) … recorded game- and season-high four steals in 16-6 win against No. 14 UC Davis at Triton Invitational (Aug. 30) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026.
2024
Played in 22 of 28 games … was tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 25 goals on 57 attempts, converting at a 43.9 percent rate … was third on the team in total points (63) with 38 assists (third on the team) … scored a season-high three goals two times on the year, in a win vs. No. 7 Princeton (Sept. 20) and in an NCAA Championship semifinal win at No. 4 Stanford (Dec. 7) … he scored at least one goal in 17 of the 22 games he played, including six multiple-goal games, and two games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in nine straight games (Oct. 5 to Nov. 16) … was fourth on the team in steals (21) and sixth in field blocks (seven) … also drew six exclusions (tied for ninth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.
2023
Played in 25 of 29 games … scored 32 goals on 62 attempts, converting at a 51.6 percent rate … was fifth on the team in total points (54) with 22 assists (fourth on the team) … scored a career-high four goals in a win vs. No. 3 USC on Nov. 18 … he scored at least one goal in 23 of the 29 games he played, including 10 multiple-goal games, and one game with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in the final six games of the season (Nov. 17 - Dec. 3), with five of those games having scored two goals or more … also registered 25 steals, 15 drawn exclusions, and four field blocks on the season … led the team in sprint wins (10) which ranked tied for seventh in the MPSF ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2024.
2022
Redshirted the season ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Played water polo at Escola Nova and for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo … on the first-place team for the Brazil Open and was named the Best Young Player in the Brazil Open … named to the All Star Team in the Brazilian National Championship four times and was the top scorer in the Brazilian National Championship three times … on the championship teams for the 2022 Junior Pan American Games, 2021 South America Cup, and 2021 Junior World Championships.
PERSONAL
Full name: Frederico Jucá Carsalade … born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil … parents are Fernando Carsalade and Ana Claudia Jucá Carsalade … has an older brother Felipe (24) … his father, Fernando (1985-88) and his uncle, Marcelo Carsalade (1987-89) both attended and played water polo at UCLA … chose UCLA because “It all started with my father who's a UCLA Alumni and passed me this love for the school. UCLA has always been my dream school and I am beyond proud to represent the Bruins” … greatest athletic thrill was winning the Pan American Championship with Brazil … admires Pelé, Michael Jordan, the late Kobe Bryant, and Felipe Perrone … enjoys watching soccer, and playing other sports including soccer, basketball, and volleyball in his spare time … majoring in international development studies.
• NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player (2025)
• 2-time ACWPC All-America selection (First Team - 2025, Third Team - 2024)
• 3-time All-MPSF West honoree (Second Team - 2023-25)
• 2-time NCAA All-Tournament Team (First Team - 2025, 2024)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 11, 2023)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2025, 2024)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll member (2023)
• 7-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (last Winter 2026)
2025
Played in 28 of 29 games … Bruins captured program’s 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) … named Outstanding Player of NCAA Championship after scoring eight goals across three contests, including difference maker as time expired in final; also voted onto All-Tournament team … totaled 35 goals on 58 shot attempts (60.3%) … ranked among team leaders in goals (fifth, 35), assists (tied for fourth, 37), field blocks (tied for third, 11) and steals (second, 36) … earned spot on ACWPC All-America First Team … made All-MPSF West Second Team … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded 12 multi-goal games, including four hat tricks … scored two goals to help earn 9-7 win versus third-seeded Stanford in NCAA Championship semifinal round (Dec. 6) … scored season-high four goals to help collect 15-11 victory against Princeton in NCAA Championship semifinal round (Dec. 5) … scored two goals to help collect 11-9 victory against fourth-seeded California in MPSF Championship Tournament semifinal round (Nov. 22) … scored two goals in 14-13 win at No. 1 USC (Nov. 15) … scored team-high three goals, including sudden-victory, penalty-shot conversion that secured 13-12 result over No. 3 Stanford (Nov. 1) … scored game winning-goal with 1:14 remaining and piled up game- and season-high six assists to help earn 13-12 decision over No. 4 Stanford in MPSF Invitational semifinal round (Sept. 20) … recorded game- and season-high four steals in 16-6 win against No. 14 UC Davis at Triton Invitational (Aug. 30) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026.
2024
Played in 22 of 28 games … was tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 25 goals on 57 attempts, converting at a 43.9 percent rate … was third on the team in total points (63) with 38 assists (third on the team) … scored a season-high three goals two times on the year, in a win vs. No. 7 Princeton (Sept. 20) and in an NCAA Championship semifinal win at No. 4 Stanford (Dec. 7) … he scored at least one goal in 17 of the 22 games he played, including six multiple-goal games, and two games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in nine straight games (Oct. 5 to Nov. 16) … was fourth on the team in steals (21) and sixth in field blocks (seven) … also drew six exclusions (tied for ninth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.
2023
Played in 25 of 29 games … scored 32 goals on 62 attempts, converting at a 51.6 percent rate … was fifth on the team in total points (54) with 22 assists (fourth on the team) … scored a career-high four goals in a win vs. No. 3 USC on Nov. 18 … he scored at least one goal in 23 of the 29 games he played, including 10 multiple-goal games, and one game with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in the final six games of the season (Nov. 17 - Dec. 3), with five of those games having scored two goals or more … also registered 25 steals, 15 drawn exclusions, and four field blocks on the season … led the team in sprint wins (10) which ranked tied for seventh in the MPSF ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2024.
2022
Redshirted the season ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Played water polo at Escola Nova and for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo … on the first-place team for the Brazil Open and was named the Best Young Player in the Brazil Open … named to the All Star Team in the Brazilian National Championship four times and was the top scorer in the Brazilian National Championship three times … on the championship teams for the 2022 Junior Pan American Games, 2021 South America Cup, and 2021 Junior World Championships.
PERSONAL
Full name: Frederico Jucá Carsalade … born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil … parents are Fernando Carsalade and Ana Claudia Jucá Carsalade … has an older brother Felipe (24) … his father, Fernando (1985-88) and his uncle, Marcelo Carsalade (1987-89) both attended and played water polo at UCLA … chose UCLA because “It all started with my father who's a UCLA Alumni and passed me this love for the school. UCLA has always been my dream school and I am beyond proud to represent the Bruins” … greatest athletic thrill was winning the Pan American Championship with Brazil … admires Pelé, Michael Jordan, the late Kobe Bryant, and Felipe Perrone … enjoys watching soccer, and playing other sports including soccer, basketball, and volleyball in his spare time … majoring in international development studies.
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