The couple's engagement comes after they first sparked dating rumors in 2024
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NEED TO KNOW
- New York Giants legend Victor Cruz and DJ Orange Calderon have announced their engagement
- Calderon showed off her oval-cut diamond ring in an Instagram post on Thursday, June 25, hours after the couple watched a 2026 World Cup game together
- Cruz and Calderon first sparked dating rumors when they began appearing at events together in 2024
New York Giants legend Victor Cruz is engaged!
The former professional football player popped the question to his now-fiancée, DJ and producer Orange Calderon, who shared the news on Instagram on Thursday, June 25.
"Mrs. Cruz” has a nice 💍 to it," she wrote alongside a series of photos of herself with the 39-year-old Super Bowl champion.
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In the snaps, Calderon showed off her oval-cut diamond engagement ring as the couple embraced and gazed into each other's eyes.
She shared the post on her Instagram Stories, as well, writing, "My BFF fr," alongside an infinity symbol emoji.
Hours before announcing their engagement, the couple was seen getting their soccer fix by watching Ecuador play Germany in the 2026 World Cup at the Giants' MetLife Stadium, known as the New York New Jersey Stadium for the tournament. Both shared snaps from the game on their Instagram Stories.
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Earlier in June, New York Knicks fan Cruz was joined by Calderon for Game 4 of the NBA Finals to see his team inch closer to their first title in 53 years. "What a night 😆❤️🔥," Calderon wrote on Instagram alongside photos from the game.
Rumors of the pair dating first emerged in 2024, when they were pictured together at events including a celebration held for the Netflix docuseries, Beckham, in New York City.
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Since then, they've attended the likes of the U.S. Open and Coachella together.
The couple has also shared various travel photos on social media, with Calderon posting a snap of them together in an Instagram carousel from St. Barths in March.
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Cruz's engagement comes six years after he split from ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran, with whom he was with for more than three years.
He also has a 14-year-old daughter, Kennedy, with his former partner, Elaina Watley. Last June, he opened up to PEOPLE about raising a teenager, explaining at the time that he was struggling with "combating her mouth."
"These kids who just have a specific way [of] speaking to parents that I wouldn't have dared to speak when I was a kid … I think that's the biggest navigation that I'm having right now," he said.
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