Christopher Lenroy Nanco (born February 15, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League.
![]() Nanco with Bethlehem Steel in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Lenroy Nanco | ||
Date of birth | (1995-02-15) February 15, 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | North York, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Forge FC | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Brampton Youth SC | |||
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 | 60 | (9) |
2019– | Forge FC | 55 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Canada U17 | 7 | (2) |
2015 | Canada U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 4, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 16, 2017 |
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]
In the summer while attending Syracuse University, Nanco played for Sigma FC in League1 Ontario.[2][3][4]
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, now known as Philadelphia Union II, on March 9, 2017.[7] In Nanco's first season with the team he made a total of 28 appearances for the club, starting eighteen matches and coming off the bench a further ten times.[8] Further, Nanco had four goals.[8] During Nanco's second season, he made 32 appearances, with eleven starts, twenty-one substitute appearances, and five goals.[8]
Nanco was released by Bethlehem Steel at the end of the 2018 season.[9]
Nanco was among the first two players signed to the newly established Hamilton Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League on November 29, 2018.[10] 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.[11] Overall, Nanco made twenty-seven appearances and scored four goals in his first season with Forge.[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bethlehem Steel | 2017 | USL Championship | 28 | 4 | - | - | 28 | 4 | ||
2018 | 32 | 5 | - | - | 32 | 5 | ||||
Total | 60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 9 | ||
Forge FC | 2019 | Canadian Premier League | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 5 |
2020 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 7 | ||
Career Total | 90 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 95 | 16 |
Nanco represented Canada at under-17 and under-20 levels.
Forge FC – current squad | |
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