Nancy Krikor Tchaylian ( ar, نانسي كريكور تشايليان; born 28 May 1991) is a Lebanese

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and

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player who plays as an

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for Saudi Arabian club Al-Taqadom.

Club career

Starting her career in futsal, Tchaylian switched to football and played for Ansar. She then played for several other teams in the

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, namely Athletico, Sadaka,

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and FC Beirut. In 2017 she joined

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and played for their futsal club (Shooterz), before returning to play football at the same club. After a brief period abroad in 2019, playing for Alashkert in Armenia, she returned to Lebanon and joined

on 27 August 2019. She helped her team finish runners-up of the

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as the tournament's best player. On 21 January 2020, Tchaylian moved to Kuwaiti futsal club

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for one-and-a-half months to play the Final Four stage of the season. In December 2021, Tchaylian played for

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in the Maldives. Tchaylian moved to Al-Shabab, competing in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League, in October 2022. She scored a

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on 21 October, in a 3–3 draw against

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in the second matchday. Tchalyan finished the season with six goals, helping her side to a third-place finish. On 28 July 2023, Tchaylian joined newly-formed Al-Taqadom ahead of the 2023–24 Saudi Women's First Division League.

Honours

Sadaka *

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, 2011–12,

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, 2011–12 SAS * Lebanese Women's Football League: 2014–15, 2019–20, 2021–22,

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* Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2014–15 FC Beirut * Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2015–16 *

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: 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:

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Individual *

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Best Player winner:

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* Lebanese Women's Football League Best Player winner: 2010–11 * Lebanese Women's Football League top goalscorer: 2016–17

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* * * 1991 births Living people People from Matn District Lebanese women's footballers Lebanon women's international footballers Lebanese women's futsal players Lebanese people of Armenian descent Ethnic Armenian sportspeople Women's association football midfielders Al Ansar FC (women) players Athletico SC (Lebanon) (women) players Sadaka SC women's footballers Stars Association for Sports players Zouk Mosbeh SC footballers Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) women's footballers Lebanese Women's Football League players Saudi Women's Premier League players Lebanese expatriate women's futsal players Lebanese expatriate women's footballers Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate women's futsal players in Kuwait Expatriate women's futsal players in the Maldives Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh, women) players {{Lebanon-women-footy-bio-stub

Club career

Honours

See also

References

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