Chris Nanco
![]() Nanco with Bethlehem Steel in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Lenroy Nanco | ||
Date of birth | February 15, 1995 | ||
Place of birth | North York, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Forge FC | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sigma FC | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Syracuse Orange | 84 | (21) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Sigma FC | 9 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Bethlehem Steel | 57 | (9) |
2019– | Forge FC | 24 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Canada U17 | 7 | (2) |
2015 | Canada U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 April 2017 |
Christopher Lenroy Nanco (born February 15, 1995) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League.
Club career
Youth and college
Nanco played four years of college soccer at Syracuse University between 2013 and 2016, where he scored 21 goals and tallied 7 assists in 84 appearances.[1]
Sigma
In the summer while attending Syracuse University, Nanco played for Sigma FC in League1 Ontario.[2][3][4]
Bethlehem Steel
On January 17, 2017, Nanco was selected 55th overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by Philadelphia Union.[5][6] He signed with the Union's United Soccer League side Bethlehem Steel on March 9, 2017.[7]
Nanco was released by Bethlehem Steel at the end of the 2018 season.[8]
Forge FC
Nanco was among the first two players signed to the newly established Hamilton Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League on November 29, 2018.[9] In the 2019 Canadian Premier League season, Nanco helped Forge finish in second place overall, which qualified them for the finals. There, they faced Cavalry FC, and Nanco got an assist in the only goal of the game during the first leg in Hamilton.[10]
International career
Nanco represented Canada at under-17 and under-20 levels.
Honours
Club
References
- ^ "Chris Nanco - Men's Soccer". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Christopher Nanco 2016 profile". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "2015 match report". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "2014 match report". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kramer, Lindsay (18 January 2017). "2 more Syracuse soccer players taken in MLS SuperDraft". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Bethlehem Steel FC signs former Syracuse star Chris Nanco". Mcall.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Neil Davidson (29 November 2018). "Ledgerwood, Bekker highlight first wave of Canadian Premier League signings". Prince George Citizen. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Forge FC edges Cavalry FC in wild first leg of CPL final - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
External links
Media related to Chris Nanco at Wikimedia Commons
- Bethlehem Steel FC player profile
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Canadian soccer players
- Soccer people from Ontario
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- People from North York
- Black Canadian sportspeople
- Canadian people of Indian descent
- Sportspeople of Indian descent
- Canadian people of Jamaican descent
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Syracuse Orange men's soccer players
- Philadelphia Union draft picks
- Bethlehem Steel FC players
- Forge FC players
- League1 Ontario players
- USL Championship players
- Canadian Premier League players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship players