Nick Gilbert

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nick Gilbert

| full_name = Nicholas Michael Gilbert

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|7|20}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| position = Striker

| years1 = 1985 | clubs1 = Victoria Riptides

| years2 = 1987–1988 | clubs2 = Calgary Kickers | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1988 | clubs3 = Toronto Blizzard | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1989 | clubs4 = Calgary Strikers | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 8

| years5 = 1990 | clubs5 = Edmonton Brick Men | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1991 | clubs6 = Winnipeg Fury | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1991 | clubs7 = Hamilton Steelers | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1993 | clubs8 = Vancouver 86ers | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = ?–2002 | clubs9 = Victoria United

| years10= 2000–2001 | clubs10= Victoria Athletic Association

| years11= 2002–? | clubs11= Seattle Hibernian Saints

| nationalyears1 = 1984

| nationalteam1 = Canada U20

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1988–1992

| nationalteam2 = Canada

| nationalcaps2 = 12

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|CAN}}}}

}}

Nicholas Michael Gilbert (born 20 July 1965) is a former Canadian Soccer League high-scoring soccer striker and Canada men's national soccer team member.

Club career

His first semi-professional experience came as a member of the Victoria Riptides. Gilbert was the Canadian Soccer League's inaugural Most Valuable Player selection as he led the league in goals in 1987 as a member of the Calgary Kickers, with 10.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1987.html#CSL |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1987 |access-date=12 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731130647/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1987.html#CSL |archive-date=31 July 2009 |url-status=dead }} He was the 6th leading goal scoring in 1988 with 11{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1988.html#CSL |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1988 |access-date=12 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410042832/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1988.html#CSL |archive-date=10 April 2009 |url-status=dead }} as he split time between Calgary and the Toronto Blizzard. In the league's 7-year existence Gilbert was its 7th all-time highest goal scorer with 36.{{cite web| url = https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/p-gilbenic001| title = Nick Gilbert soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com}} Gilbert played four games for the Vancouver 86ers in 1993, all starts, and scored a goal, on 30 July in a 2–1 win over the Montreal Impact.

Gilbert was a long-time member of Victoria United of the Pacific Coast Soccer League. He finished tied for third in the league's 2000 goal scoring leaders with 7. He played for the Victoria Athletic Association of the Vancouver Island Soccer League in 2000–1, apparently while stay playing for United. Gilbert left United to join PCSL rival Seattle Hibernian Saints in July 2002.

International career

Gilbert first played for the national team in the 1984 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, in a tournament in which Canada finished runners-up. He earned his first senior cap as a 22-year-old in a February 1988 friendly played in Hamilton, Bermuda that ended scoreless, and his last one in September 1992 in a 0–2 loss to the United States, a friendly played in Saint John, New Brunswick. Gilbert earned a total of 10 caps and scored once for Canada.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

class="wikitable"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

2 April 1992

Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada

5–2

Friendly match

Honours

Calgary Kickers

Canadian Soccer League: 1

:: 1987

Canadian Soccer League Top Goalscorer: 1

:: 1987

Canada

North American Nations Cup: 1990;{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/north-am-champ90.html#sqd|title=North American Championship 1990 (Canada)-Squads|access-date=April 20, 2025}} 3rd place, 1991{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/north-am-champ91.html#sqd|title=North American Championship 1991 (Los Angeles, USA)-Squads|access-date=April 20, 2025}}

References

External links

{{Canada Soccer|1292}}
[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1985/stats85.htm Western Alliance Challenge Series 1985 Season]
[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1993/stats93.htm American Professional Soccer League 1993 Season]
[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1993/results93.htm APSL 1993 Season results]
[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D9153EF931A15757C0A965958260 Transactions – New York Times]
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213091011/http://www.pcsl.org/standings-men-prior.htm |date=13 February 2010 |title=Pacific Coast Soccer League website page }}
[http://members.shaw.ca/jderk/Hylanmvp.html Trophy Case of the Vancouver Island Soccer League]
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Category:Soccer players from Vancouver

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Canadian men's soccer players

Category:Canada men's youth international soccer players

Category:Canada men's international soccer players

Category:1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players

Category:Canadian expatriate men's soccer players

Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Category:Victoria Riptides players

Category:Calgary Kickers players