Nikolas William "Nik" Ledgerwood (born 16 January 1985) is a Canadian

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coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach with

Cavalry FC Cavalry Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches ...

Club career

Early career

Born in

Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 106,550 in the 2023 Alberta municipal censuses, 2023 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

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, Ledgerwood played for

Calgary Storm The Calgary Mustangs (formerly the Calgary Storm and Team Calgary) were a soccer team in Calgary, Alberta, that played in the semi-professional Premier Development League, USL Premier Development League in 2001 and the professional A-League (199 ...

in 2002, before signing with

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in 2003. He signed a two-year (plus two-year club option) contract with 1860 Munich of the German Second Bundesliga in July 2003. He had a few seasons with them in their 'B' team, who played in Germany's third level. In 2006, he joined their senior team but he only became a regular after a loan period at second level Wacker Burghausen, who got themselves relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season.

FSV Frankfurt

After five years with Munich, on 9 June 2009 he announced his move to

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on a one-year contract.

Wehen Wiesbaden

On 12 July 2010, Ledgerwood signed a two-year contract with

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

Hammarby IF

In the summer of 2012, it was announced that Ledgerwood had signed for Hammarby in the

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

. He made his debut on 4 August 2012 in a 1–0 victory over

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. Three weeks later on 26 August, Ledgerwood scored his first goal for the club against

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, the game ended in an away 3–1 win.

FC Edmonton

On 12 January 2016 it was announced that Ledgerwood had signed a deal with

FC Edmonton FC Edmonton was a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club was founded in 2010 and competed in the North American Soccer League (2011–2017), North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 t ...

in the

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. Ledgerwood played in the 3–0 loss on 11 May 2016 and the 2–0 win on 18 May 2016 against the Ottawa Fury in the

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. Ledgerwood would spend two seasons with FC Edmonton, before the club ceased operations after the 2017 season.

Calgary Foothills

In January 2018, Ledgerwood would sign with

Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

club

Calgary Foothills FC Calgary Foothills Football Club is a Canadian soccer club based in Calgary, Alberta, that competes in League1 Alberta (L1AB). The club was founded as a youth club in 1972 and joined as a USL2 franchise in 2015. The team plays its home games at ...

, serving as both the captain of the club for the 2018 season, and as an academy coach. When interviewed about the decision, Ledgerwood indicated the signing was with an eye on the launch of the

Canadian Premier League The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of ...

in 2019, as well as his post playing career. Calgary would go on to win the PDL Championship that season.

Cavalry FC

In November 2018, Ledgerwood was unveiled alongside

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's first signings ahead of the inaugural

season. He scored three goals in eighteen league appearances for Cavalry that season on route to two split season titles and a run to the semi-finals of the

. On 13 November 2019, Ledgerwood re-signed with Cavalry for the 2020 season. In January 2022, Ledgerwood would announce his retirement from playing.

International career

Youth

Ledgerwood was a member of the Canada U-17 team at the

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. Was injured during the Youth Team camp before the 2003 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament. He played one game for Canada at the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played in two Youth Team friendlies against the

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in December 2004. He played against

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in two friendlies in July 2004. He played in all three games (

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, Jamaica) at the 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament in January 2005. He played 90 minutes against

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on 4 January 2005, and 90 minutes against

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on 6 January 2005. He played 90 minutes in all three games (

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) at the

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in the Netherlands.

Senior

He made his senior debut for the

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on 22 August 2007 against

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. He has represented Canada in qualification for the

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

and

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded t ...

s. Ledgerwood scored his first goal for Canada against

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on 6 September 2016.

Coaching career

In 2017 Ledgerwood earned his

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Coaching B License. He later earned his Canadian A License. On 15 February 2022, after retiring as a player, Ledgerwood rejoined

as an assistant coach and community relations manager.

Career statistics

Club

*1.Includes the NASL playoffs.

International

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ledgerwood goal''.

Honours

Club

MSV Duisburg *

Lower Rhine Cup The Lower Rhine Cup (German: ''Niederrheinpokal'') is a German football club Cup competition open to teams from the Lower Rhine region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The competition is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German foo ...

: 2014 Energie Cottbus *

Brandenburg Cup The Brandenburgischer Landespokal (), known as the ''AOK-Landespokal Brandenburg'' for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football cup competition, held by the (). It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany. The record winners of t ...

: 2015 Calgary Foothills * PDL Championship:

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Calvary FC *

Canadian Premier League Finals The Canadian Premier League final is the annual championship game of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the top level of Canadian soccer. It is played as a single match hosted by the winner of the first semifinal against the winner of the sec ...

**Runners-up:

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(Regular season): **Champions: Spring 2019, Fall 2019

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ledgerwood, Nikolas 1985 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Canadian men's soccer players Soccer people from Alberta Sportspeople from Lethbridge Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Calgary Mustangs (USL) players TSV 1860 Munich II players TSV 1860 Munich players SV Wacker Burghausen players FSV Frankfurt players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players SV Wehen Wiesbaden II players Hammarby Fotboll players MSV Duisburg players FC Energie Cottbus players FC Edmonton players Calgary Foothills FC players Cavalry FC players A-League (1995–2004) players Oberliga (football) players Regionalliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Superettan players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players USL League Two players Canadian Premier League players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Canadian soccer coaches Cavalry FC non-playing staff Cavalry FC U21 non-playing staff 21st-century Canadian sportsmen