Nick Gilbert

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Nick Gilbert
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Personal information
Full name Nicholas Michael Gilbert
Date of birth July 20, 1965 (1965-07-20) (age 42)
Place of birth    Vancouver, Canada
Playing position striker
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1985
1987, 1988
1988, ?
?-1993-?
?-2002
?, 2000-1, ?
2002-?		 Victoria Riptides
Calgary Kickers
Toronto Blizzard
Vancouver 86ers
Victoria United
Victoria Athletic Association
Seattle Hibernian Saints		  ? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
? (?)   
National team
1984
1988-1992		 Canada U-20
Canada		 2 (0)
9 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

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

Gilbert first played for the national team in the 1984 CONCACAF Under-20 championship, in a tournament which Canada finished runners-up. 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. He was the 6th leading goal scoring in 1988 with 11 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.

Gilbert played 9 times for Canada 'A'. He earned his first senior cap as a 22 year-old in a 1988 friendly played in Hamilton, Bermuda that ended scoreless, and his last one in 1992 in a 0-2 loss to the United States, a friendly played in St. John's, Newfoundland. Gilbert scored once for Canada, in a 5-2 friendly win against China played April 2, 1992 in his hometown of Victoria.

Gilbert played four games for the Vancouver 86ers in 1993, all starts, and scored a goal, on July 30 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.

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