Tomás Chancalay
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.jpg) Chancalay with the New England Revolution in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomás Alejandro Chancalay[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Viale, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Minnesota United | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| 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) |
| 2024–2025 | New England Revolution | 38 | (6) |
| 2026– | Minnesota United | 9 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Argentina U20 | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 Minnesota United.[4]
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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 2 September 2023, Chancalay scored 2 goals for the Revolution against Austin FC.[15]
On 28 November 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] His transfer fee was reportedly $3.1 million, including a 25% sell-on fee.[16]
On 7 May 2025, Chancalay scored the first-ever goal in Centreville Bank Stadium history, in the Revolution’s 2–1 2025 U.S. Open Cup victory over Rhode Island FC.[17]
Minnesota United announced they had signed Chancalay from New England Revolution on the 26th of December 2025. They paid $100,000, signing him through to the 2027/28 season with an option for 2028/29.[18]
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.[19] He had previously trained with the U20s, including against the full side at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[20] Chancalay was called up by Fernando Batista for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[21] 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]