| Tomás Chancalay | |
| Fullname: | Tomás Alejandro Chancalay[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Viale, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | New England Revolution |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Youthclubs1: | Arsenal de Viale |
| Youthyears2: | 2006–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Colón |
| Years1: | 2017–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Colón |
| Caps1: | 66 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2021 |
| Clubs2: | → Racing Club (loan) |
| Caps2: | 39 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Racing Club |
| Caps3: | 25 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Al-Wasl (loan) |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Clubs5: | → New England Revolution (loan) |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Clubs6: | → New England Revolution II (loan) |
| Caps6: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | New England Revolution |
| Caps7: | 10 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 04:08, 6 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 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.[2]
Born in Viale, Entre Ríos, Chancalay joined Colón's youth setup in 2006, from hometown side Arsenal de Viale.[3] On 10 February 2017, he signed his first professional contract with the club.[4]
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.[5] In his next appearance on 8 September, he scored his first senior goal as Colón beat Arsenal de Sarandí away from home.[6] 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.
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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
On 10 July 2023, Chancalay joined Major League Soccer club New England Revolution on loan for the remainder of the 2023 season.[10] The deal included a purchase option, and an option to extend the loan through the 2024 season.[11] 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.[12]
On September 2, 2023, Chancalay scored 2 goals for the Revolution against Austin FC.[13]
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.
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.[14] He had previously trained with the U20s, including against the full side at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[15] Chancalay was called up by Fernando Batista for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[16] 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.
| 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[17] | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6[18] | 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[19] | 5 | 1[20] | 0 | 49 | 12 | ||
| 2022 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 4[21] | 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 | |||