Nancy Tchaylian

In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Krikor and the family name is Tchaylian.

Nancy Krikor Tchaylian (Arabic: نانسي كريكور تشايليان; born 28 May 1991) is a Lebanese football and futsal player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Al-Taqadom.

Nancy Tchaylian

Tchaylian with SAS in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Nancy Krikor Tchaylian^[1]
Date of birth	(1991-05-28) 28 May 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon^[1]
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al-Taqadom
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Ansar
2009–2010	Athletico
2010–2014	Sadaka
2014–2016	SAS
2016	FC Beirut
2017	Shooterz (futsal)
2017–2019	Zouk Mosbeh
2019	Alashkert
2019–2020	SAS		(3)
2020	Al-Arabi (futsal)
2020–2021	SAS	10	(9)
2021	Police Club (futsal)
2021–2022	SAS	4	(0)
2022–2023	Al-Shabab	12	(5)
2023	SAS	1	(0)
2023–	Al-Taqadom
International career^‡
2012–2018	Lebanon (futsal)	7	(8)
2010–2021	Lebanon	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:02, 28 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:19, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Starting her career in futsal, Tchaylian switched to football and played for Ansar. She then played for several other teams in the Lebanese Women's Football League, namely Athletico, Sadaka, SAS and FC Beirut. In 2017 she joined Zouk Mosbeh and played for their futsal club (Shooterz), before returning to play football at the same club.^[2]

After a brief period abroad in 2019, playing for Alashkert in Armenia,^[2] she returned to Lebanon and joined SAS on 27 August 2019.^[3] She helped her team finish runners-up of the 2019 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship as the tournament's best player.^[4] On 21 January 2020, Tchaylian moved to Kuwaiti futsal club Al-Arabi^[5] for one-and-a-half months to play the Final Four stage of the season.^[2] In December 2021, Tchaylian played for Police Club in the Maldives.^[6]

Tchaylian moved to Al-Shabab, competing in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League, in October 2022.^[7] She scored a hat-trick on 21 October, in a 3–3 draw against Al-Nassr in the second matchday.^[8] Tchalyan finished the season with six goals, helping her side to a third-place finish.^[9] On 28 July 2023, Tchaylian joined newly-formed Al-Taqadom ahead of the 2023–24 Saudi Women's First Division League.^[9]

Honours

Sadaka

• Lebanese Women's Football League: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12

SAS

• Lebanese Women's Football League: 2014–15, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2014–15

FC Beirut

• Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2015–16
• Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2015–16

Zouk Mosbeh

• Lebanese Women's Football League: 2017–18
• Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
• Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2017

Individual

• WAFF Women's Clubs Championship Best Player winner: 2019
• Lebanese Women's Football League Best Player winner: 2010–11
• Lebanese Women's Football League top goalscorer: 2016–17^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of Lebanon women's international footballers

References

1. "Nancy Tchaylian". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
2. نبيل, أحمد (22 October 2022). "من هي نانسي تشايليان لاعبة الشباب صاحبة الهاتريك في مرمى النصر؟". إرم نيوز (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
3. "The wait is over". Facebook. Stars Association for Sports. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
4. "الأمير علي يتوّج شباب الأردن بكأس بطولة أندية السيدات". The WAFF. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
5. "نانسي تشايليان تنضم لنادي العربي الكويتي". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
6. @nancytch10 (17 December 2021). "No better way to end 2021. Thank you @policeclubmv for your accommodation and support for the past month! It was a pleasure being part of this team!" – via Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. Stars Association for Sports [@sasacademy] (19 October 2022). "Goodluckk to the one and only Nancy on her new journey , you never failed to make us proud and so you will with @alshababfcwomen" – via Instagram.
8. "اللبنانية نانسي تضع بصمتها في دوري السيدات السعودي". كووورة. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
9. "التقدم السعودي يضم لاعبة لبنانية". كووورة. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

External links

 

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