Josh Wagenaar

Joshua Frederick Wagenaar (born February 26, 1985 in Grimsby, Ontario) is a Canadian retired soccer player, who is currently an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech.

Josh Wagenaar
Personal information
Full name Joshua Frederick Wagenaar[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-26) February 26, 1985
Place of birth Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
St. Catharines Wolves
0000–2002 Hamilton Sparta
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Hartwick College 47 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 London City
2006–2007 Den Haag 5 (0)
2008 Lyngby 2 (0)
2008–2009 Yeovil Town 23 (0)
2009–2010 Falkirk 0 (0)
Total 30 (0)
International career
2002 Canada U-17 3 (0)
2003–2005 Canada U-20 18 (0)
2008 Canada U-23 4 (0)
2006–2010 Canada 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Wagenaar attended Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York state. He only played 12 games for them in his final season because of a foot injury.[2] In 2002, he played with London City in the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[3][4]

Netherlands and Denmark

Wagenaar began his career in the Netherlands as #2 behind the infamous Stefan Postma. He played his first professional game against PSV when he came in after Postma broke his leg in a collision. Wagenaar started the next game against AZ Alkmaar in which ADO Den Haag drew 2-2 earning Den Haags first point of the season. During the game Wagenaar suffered a torn muscle in his rib cage and was unable to start the next game. The season ended with Wagenaar only playing a couple more games and ADO Den Haag being relegated. Halfway through his second year he left Den Haag and went to the States to focus on Olympic Qualifying with the Canadian U-23 team. Canada lost out for the final place at the Beijing olympics to a quality US team that included Sacha Kljestan, Freddy Adu, Johnathan Spector, and Jozy Altidore. After the olympic qualifying Wagenaar latched onto an already relegated Lyngby BK of the Danish Superliga for the final two months of their season.

Yeovil Town

In July 2008 he joined English League One side Leeds United on a trial, but was not offered a contract. On 6 August 2008, after a successful trial, he officially signed for League One side Yeovil Town to answer the club's urgent need for a goalkeeper.

For the first three months of the season he was second choice behind "one-time" Canadian goalkeeper Asmir Begović, but after Begović's loan ended, Wagenaar played every game, and made the League One Team of the Week after a match against Southend United.[5]

He passed a medical for Falkirk and signed a one-year deal. He was released at the end of the season after Falkirk were relegated.[6] He then went on trial at Seattle Sounders FC.

International career

In the summer of 2005, Wagenaar played for the Canada national U-20 team at the World Youth Cup in the Netherlands.[7]

He made his senior international debut in a friendly against Hungary on November 15, 2006.[8] He played his second game against Guatemala, playing 45 minutes he kept a clean sheet on June 30, 2009.[9] Wagenaar was also chosen in the 23-man roster for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Canada won Group A with 7 points before being knocked out by Honduras in the Quarter Finals. Wagenaar played his third game for Canada in a 3–0 loss to Macedonia on November 14, 2009, playing the full 90 minutes.[10] Wagenaar played his fourth game for Canada in a 1–1 draw against Venezuela.

References
  1. "Josh Wagenaar". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. Cumulative Season Statistics – Hartwick College
  3. Rumleski, Kathy. "CPSL July 20th, 2002 London vs Hamilton". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. PYETTE, Ryan (3 September 2004). "Defensive diplomacy". londonsoccerweb.blogspot.ca. London Free Press. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  5. http://www.football-league.co.uk/staticFiles/92/30/0,,10794~143506,00.pdf Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine The Football League Team of the Week 25/1/09
  6. "Bairns release players after drop". 13 May 2010.
  7. Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
  8. Joshua Wagenaar CanadaSoccer.com
  9. Wagenaar gains international experience, Ciderspace.co.uk
  10. 14.11.2009 – CAN 0:3 MKD Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
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