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

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Ledgerwood played for

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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

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. In 2006, he joined their senior team but he only became a regular after a loan period at second level

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, 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

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Hammarby IF

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

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with All ...

. 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 to ...

in the North American Soccer League. 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

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club

Calgary Foothills FC Calgary Foothills Football Club (CFFC) is a Canadian soccer club based in Calgary, Alberta, that competes in USL League Two (USL2). The club was founded as a youth club in 1972 and joined as a USL2 franchise in 2015. The team plays its home ga ...

, 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

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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 The 2003 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted in United Arab Emirates. Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the tourname ...

. He played one game for Canada at the

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. 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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, Honduras, Jamaica) at the

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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 ( Syria, Colombia,

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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

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and

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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 fo ...

: 2014 Energie Cottbus *

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: 2015 Calgary Foothills * PDL Championship:

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Calvary FC *

Canadian Premier League Finals The Canadian Premier League Finals is the annual championship game of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the top level of Canadian soccer. As of the 2021 Final, it is played as a single match hosted by the higher seeded team. The winner is awar ...

**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 Association football midfielders Canadian soccer players Soccer people from Alberta Sportspeople from Lethbridge Canadian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Sweden Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Calgary Storm players TSV 1860 Munich II players TSV 1860 Munich players SV Wacker Burghausen players FSV Frankfurt players SV Wehen Wiesbaden 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 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