Nicolas Lesage
Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Lesage
Date of birth	January 3, 1980 (1980-01-03) (age 29)
Place of birth	Mauricie, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sélect Trois-Rivières (Head Coach)
Youth career
1998–2003 1999–2003	Francheville UQTR Patriotes
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2005 2005 2006 2007–2009	Toledo Slayers Montreal Impact → Laval Dynamites (loan) Trois-Rivières Sélect Trois-Rivières Attak	- (-) 0 (0) 10 (5) - (23) 44 (24)
Teams managed
2009-	Sélect Trois-Rivières
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 16, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Nicolas Lesage (born January 3, 1980) is a retired Canadian soccer player who recently played for Trois-Rivières Attak.

[edit] Playing career

Lesage started his career playing at the youth level with Francheville of Trois-Rivières in the LSEQ. His tenure with the club was quite successful, being a member of the LSEQ all-star team twice in 2001, and 2003. He was a finalist for the golden ball award in the 2003 season.

Lesage played college soccer with the UQTR Patriotes for five years. During his university career his achievements were being a member for the CIS all-star team for three years. While still playing for the patriotes he played one season with the Toledo Slayers of the USL Premier Development League in 2004.

On April 23, 2005 he signed a contract with the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division. He featured, and played in most pre-season matches, but as the season progressed he failed to make a single appearance in an Impact shirt. This led him to go on seasons loan to the Laval Dynamites. He subsequently was released the following season and returned back to the LSEQ, this time he signed with the Trois-Rivières Sélect. He continued his fine scoring legacy leading his team in goals, and being named an all-star for the third time in his career, as well as winning his second golden ball award.

[edit] Trois-Rivières Attak

After finishing another hugely successful season in the LSEQ, Lesage was signed by the newly expansion franchise Trois-Rivières Attak for the CSL 2007 season. His signing was announced in a press conference on May 2, 2007^[1]. He made his Attak debut in 0–0 tie at Toronto Croatia on May 12^[2]. He scored his first goal against the Canadian Lions which ended out being the winning goal in 2–1 victory. He soon became an instant impact, forming a strong attacking partnership with Darko Kolic. He played an influential role for the Attak in the Open Canada Cup final against the Columbus Clan F.C., coming on as substitute for Ibrahim Baldeh in 51 minute, and scoring the first goal of the match in nine minutes. The Attak would end up winning the match 3–0, claiming their first trophy in their debut Open Canada Cup season^[3]. Lesage concluded the season as the Attak and CSL leading scorer with 20 goals combined in all competitions. As the Attak entered the playoffs Lesage scored the first goal in 3–0 victory eliminating defending CSL champions the Italia Shooters in the quarter-final round. But their playoff run ended on October 21 against the Serbian White Eagles with two first half goals coincided, Lesage scored in the 84 minute to bring life to the Attak, but Serbia hung on and advanced to the final. On November 4 at CSL Awards Banquet he was awarded the CSL MVP Award, and the CSL Golden Boot^[4]. To add to his silverware Lesage was also awarded the Trois-Rivières Attak Golden Boot award at the Trois-Rivières Attak annual awards banquet on November 6, 2007^[5].

Lesage extended his contract with the Attak on February 12, 2008^[6]. During the CSL 2008 season for the second year in a row he led his team in goals, scoring 8 goals in all competitions. Lesage also helped the Attak claim the National Division title, the club's first Division title. On October 11 he scored the winning goal against St. Catharines Wolves in 2–0 victory in the playoff quarterfinals. In the semi-final match Lesage contributed a goal in the 75' minute in a 7–0 victory over Portugal FC, and for the first time the Attak advanced into the CSL Cup where they would face White Eagles once again. In the final match Lesage came off the bench to score in the 70' minute and tie the game 1–1, after both teams equalized in extra time the game went into penalties, where the White Eagles won the match 2–1^[7]. At the 2008 Trois-Rivières Attak annual awards banquet Lesage was awarded for the second consecutive time the Trois-Rivières Attak Golden Boot award with whom he shared with Pierre-Rudolph Mayard for having scored the most goals over the course of the regular season^[8].

[edit] Coaching career

Lesage retired in January 2009 and became the Head Coach for the Sélect Trois-Rivières of the Association régionale de soccer de la Mauricie (ARSM)^[9].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Player Profile