Tomás Chancalay

Tomás Chancalay
Personal information
Full name Tomás Alejandro Chancalay[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Viale, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[3]
Team information
Current team
 New England Revolution
Number 5
Youth career
Arsenal de Viale
2006–2017 Colón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Colón 66 (5)
2021 → Racing Club (loan) 39 (7)
2022–2023 Racing Club 25 (3)
2022–2023 → Al-Wasl (loan) 20 (9)
2023 → New England Revolution (loan) 11 (6)
2023 → New England Revolution II (loan) 1 (0)
2024– New England Revolution 10 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 Argentina U20 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:08, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2019

Tomás Alejandro Chancalay (born 1 January 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution.[4]

Club career

Born in Viale, Entre Ríos, Chancalay joined Colón's youth setup in 2006, from hometown side Arsenal de Viale.[5] On 10 February 2017, he signed his first professional contract with the club.[6]

Promoted to the first team ahead of the 2017–18 campaign, Chancalay made his professional – and Primera División – debut on 26 August 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Nicolás Leguizamón in a 1–1 away draw against Rosario Central.[7] In his next appearance on 8 September, he scored his first senior goal as Colón beat Arsenal de Sarandí away from home.[8] He netted further goals against San Martín and Godoy Cruz in twenty-four total appearances in his first season, as Colón qualified for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.[2]

On 5 February 2021, Chancalay moved to Primera División side Racing, on a loan deal for the rest of the year, including a purchase option.[9] Racing paid a fee of around 100,000 US dollars for the loan deal. On 14 January 2022, Racing triggered the purchase option, buying 50% of Cahncalay's pass for 1,250,000 dollars.[10] The player signed a deal until the end of 2024. On 7 September 2022, Chancalay left Racing to join Emirati side Al-Wasl on a loan deal until June 2023.[11]

On 10 July 2023, Chancalay joined Major League Soccer club New England Revolution on loan for the remainder of the 2023 season.[12] The deal included a purchase option, and an option to extend the loan through the 2024 season.[13] He played his first minutes for the Revolution on August 13 as part of the club's academy side, New England Revolution II, but departed the match after 20 minutes with a thigh contusion.[14]

On September 2, 2023, Chancalay scored 2 goals for the Revolution against Austin FC.[15]

On November 28, 2023, Chancalay was permanently transferred from Racing to New England Revolution as a Designated Player, with a contract through the 2026 MLS season with an additional one-year club option.[4]

International career

Chancalay was selected by the Argentina under-20s for the 2018 L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament, but was later removed after Colón chose to withdraw him.[16] He had previously trained with the U20s, including against the full side at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[17] Chancalay was called up by Fernando Batista for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[18] He appeared in two matches at the tournament in Poland, as Argentina were eliminated by Mali on penalties after Chancalay missed the decisive spot-kick.[2]

Career statistics

As of 28 September 2023[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colón 2017–18 APD 24 3 0 0 — — — 24 3
2018–19 16 2 1 0 1 0 4[a] 0 — 22 2
2019–20 17 0 2 1 1 1 6[a] 1 — 17 0
2020–21 9 0 1 0 — — — 9 0
Total 66 5 4 1 2 1 10 1 — 82 8
Racing 2021 APD 39 7 3 0 — 6[b] 5 1[c] 0 49 12
2022 25 3 2 1 — 4[a] 1 — 31 5
Total 64 10 5 1 0 0 10 6 1 0 80 17
Al Wasl 2022-23 UPL 20 9 5 2 2 1 — — 27 12
NER 2023 MLS 6 3 0 0 0 0 — — 6 3
NER2 2023 MNP 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Career total 157 27 14 4 4 2 20 7 1 0 194 40
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ Appearances in Supercopa Argentina

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Tomás Chancalay at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ^ Tomás Chancalay at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ a b revolutionsoccer.net. "New England Revolution exercise permanent transfer on forward Tomás Chancalay | New England Revolution". revolutionsoccer.net. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Tomás Chancalay: Colón es prácticamente mi casa" [Tomás Chancalay: Colón is nearly my home]. Uno Entre Rios (in Spanish). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Tomás Chancalay firmó su primer contrato en Colón" [Tomás Chancalay signed his first contract at Colón] (in Spanish). LT10. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Debut oficial para el entrerriano Chancalay en Colón de Santa Fe" [Official debut for Entre Ríos-born Chancalay at Colón de Santa Fe] (in Spanish). Superdeportivo.com.ar. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Colón lo buscó en el 2º tiempo y le ganó 1 a 0 a Arsenal con gol de Tomás Chancalay" [Colón chased it in the 2nd half and defeated Arsenal by 1–0 with a goal from Tomás Chancalay] (in Spanish). Agenciafe. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Racing suma a Tomás Chancalay y espera por Aníbal Moreno y Maxi Lovera" [Racing adds Tomás Chancalay and waits for Aníbal Moreno and Maxi Lovera]. MARCA Claro Argentina (in Spanish). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  10. ^ Fin de la novela: Racing compró el pase de Tomas Chancalay, 442.perfil.com, 14 January 2022
  11. ^ Tomás Chancalay, surgido en Colón, fue presentado como nuevo jugador del Al Wasl de Emiratos Árabes, airedesantafe.com.ar, 7 September 2022
  12. ^ Dell'Apa, Frank (8 July 2023). "New England Revolution bring in left wing Tomás Chancalay on loan from Racing Club". bostonglobe.com. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Revolution acquire Argentine winger Tomás Chancalay on loan from Racing Club". 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  14. ^ "POSTGAME NOTES: Revolution II defeat Atlanta United 2, 5-1". www.revolutionsoccer.net. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  15. ^ mlssoccer. "NEvsATX 09-02-2023 | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Colón no cedería al entrerriano Tomás Chancalay para el torneo de L'Alcudia" [Colón would not release the Entre Ríos-born Tomás Chancalay for the L'Alcudia tournament]. Super Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 July 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Colón cederá a Tomás Chancalay al Sub 20?" [Colón will release Tomás Chancalay to the under-20s?]. Uno Santa Fe (in Spanish). 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Retrieved 4 May 2019.