Nancy Tchaylian

Nancy Tchaylian
Tchaylian with SAS in 2020
Personal information
Full name Nancy Krikor Tchaylian[1]
Date of birth (1991-05-28) 28 May 1991
Place of birth Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Jwaya
Number 10
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)
2023–2024 Al-Taqadom
2024 SAS 5 (5)
2025 ÓBerytus 10 (9)
2025–2026 Nejmeh 12 (10)
2026– Jwaya 0 (0)
International career‡
2012–2018 Lebanon (futsal) 7 (8)
2010–2021 Lebanon 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:19, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

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 Lebanese club Jwaya.

Early life

Born in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon, Tchaylian is of Armenian descent.[2] She began playing football aged nine, in 2000, at a time when women's football in Lebanon had few clubs, training facilities or tournament venues.[2]

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.[3]

In 2019, Tchaylian joined Armenian league champions Alashkert to compete in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[3][2] She returned to Lebanon and joined SAS on 27 August 2019,[4] helping her team finish runners-up of the 2019 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship as the tournament's best player.[5] On 21 January 2020, Tchaylian moved to Kuwaiti futsal club Al-Arabi[6] for one-and-a-half months to play the Final Four stage of the season.[3] In December 2021, Tchaylian played for Police Club in the Maldives.[7]

Tchaylian moved to Al-Shabab, competing in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League, in October 2022.[8] She scored a hat-trick on 21 October, in a 3–3 draw against Al-Nassr in the second matchday.[9] Tchalyan finished the season with six goals, helping her side to a third-place finish.[10] On 28 July 2023, Tchaylian joined newly-formed Al-Taqadom ahead of the 2023–24 Saudi Women's First Division League,[10] on a seven-month contract.[2]

Tchaylian finished top scorer of the 2024–25 Lebanese Women's League with ÓBerytus, scoring eight goals and helping her team to a historic second-place finish.[11] On 18 November 2025, Tchaylian was presented as Nejmeh's first signing in their history.[12] In August 2026, Tchaylian joined Jwaya.[13]

International career

Tchaylian represented Lebanon internationally for several years.[14] Although she was eligible to play for Armenia through her heritage, she said she was unable to do so because she had already played for Lebanon.[2] She was offered an opportunity to play for Armenia in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification but did not take it.[2]

Tchaylian represented Lebanon internationally for several years.[14] She was later approached about representing Armenia in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers, but was unable to do so because of her previous international appearances for Lebanon.[2]

Honours

Sadaka

SAS

FC Beirut

Zouk Mosbeh

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

ÓBerytus

Individual

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Nancy Tchaylian". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 https://aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9/4508146-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%C2%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%C2%BB-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9?utm_source=chatgpt.com
  3. 1 2 3 نبيل, أحمد (22 October 2022). "من هي نانسي تشايليان لاعبة الشباب صاحبة الهاتريك في مرمى النصر؟". إرم نيوز (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "The wait is over". Facebook. Stars Association for Sports. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "الأمير علي يتوّج شباب الأردن بكأس بطولة أندية السيدات". The WAFF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "نانسي تشايليان تنضم لنادي العربي الكويتي". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ↑ @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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "اللبنانية نانسي تضع بصمتها في دوري السيدات السعودي". كووورة. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  10. 1 2 "التقدم السعودي يضم لاعبة لبنانية". كووورة. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "أكاديمية بيروت تحافظ على اللقب وبيريتوس يحقق أفضل مركز له في ختام دوري السيدات".
  12. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNZKP0gghl/
  13. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DcOdtQOqN2u/
  14. 1 2 "Nancy Tchaylian". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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