Christopher Lenroy Nanco (born February 15, 1995) is a Canadian professional 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.
Sigma
In the summer while attending Syracuse University, Nanco played for Sigma FC in League1 Ontario.
Bethlehem Steel
On January 17, 2017, Nanco was selected 55th overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by Philadelphia Union.
He signed with the Union's United Soccer League side Bethlehem Steel, now known as Philadelphia Union II, on March 9, 2017.
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.
Further, Nanco had four goals.
During Nanco's second season, he made 32 appearances, with eleven starts, twenty-one substitute appearances, and five goals.
Nanco was released by Bethlehem Steel at the end of the 2018 season.
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.
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.
Overall, Nanco made twenty-seven appearances and scored four goals in his first season with Forge.
Career statistics
International career
Nanco represented Canada at under-17 and under-20 levels.
Honours
Club
Forge FC
Canadian Premier League: 2019, 2020
Notes
References
External links
Bethlehem Steel FC player profile
Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Association football forwards Category:Canadian soccer players Category:Soccer players from Toronto Category:Sportspeople from North York Category:Black Canadian soccer players Category:Canadian people of Indian descent Category:Sportspeople of Indian descent Category:Canadian sportspeople of Jamaican descent Category:Canadian expatriate soccer players Category:Expatriate soccer players in the United States Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Syracuse Orange men's soccer players Category:Philadelphia Union draft picks Category:Philadelphia Union II players Category:Forge FC players Category:League1 Ontario players Category:USL Championship players Category:Canadian Premier League players Category:Canada men's youth international soccer players Category:2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship players
