Nick Gilbert

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Nick Gilbert
Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Manuel Gilbert
Date of birth	(1965-07-20) 20 July 1965
Place of birth	Vancouver, Canada
Playing position	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985	Victoria Riptides
1987–1988	Calgary Kickers
1988	Toronto Blizzard
1993	Vancouver 86ers	4	(1)
?–2002	Victoria United
2000–2001	Victoria Athletic Association
2002–?	Seattle Hibernian Saints
National team^‡
1984	Canada U-20	2	(0)
1988–1992	Canada	10	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 June 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 June 2009

Nicholas Manuel ("Nick") 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.^[1] He was the 6th leading goal scoring in 1988 with 11^[2] 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 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 St. John's, Newfoundland. Gilbert earned a total of 10 caps and scored once for Canada.

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 April 1992	Victoria, Canada	China PR		5–2	Friendly match

Honours

Canadian Soccer League: 1

1987

Canadian Soccer League Top Goalscorer: 1