George Nanchoff
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 17, 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Resen, Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1976 | University of Akron | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor) | (1) | |
| 1977–1978 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 32 | (8) |
| 1979–1980 | Atlanta Chiefs | 38 | (6) |
| 1979–1980 | Atlanta Chiefs (indoor) | 7 | (7) |
| 1980–1982 | Phoenix Inferno (indoor) | 37 | (42) |
| 1982–1985 | Cleveland Force (indoor) | 110 | (54) |
| National team | |||
| 1977–1979 | United States | 10 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003– | Cleveland Internationals | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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George Nanchoff (born in 1954, in Resen, Yugoslavia (Republic of Macedonia)) is a retired Yugoslavian-American soccer player. He spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League and seven seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned ten caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national team between 1979 and 1980.
In 1969, Nanchoff emigrated with his family from Yugoslavia, he was fifteen years old. His family settled in Akron, Ohio, United States, where he attended Central-Hower High School. After high school, he attended the University of Akron where he played as a forward on the men’s soccer team from 1973-1976. He led the team in scoring his first three seasons, but lost out to his brother Louis in 1976. That year, both George and Louis earned first team All American. George also had garnered first team honors in 1975. He finished his four-year career with the Zips second on the team’s career scoring list with fifty-six goals and thirty-two assists. The University of Akron inducted George into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. In 1987, Summit County inducted Louis into its Sports Hall of Fame.
In 1977, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League (NASL) selected Nanchoff in the NASL College Draft. He scored one goal for the Strikers playing indoors. That outdoor season, he led the team in both scoring and points with eight goals and twenty-two points.[1] His points production dropped precipitously in 1978 as he scored no goals in ten games. The Strikers then traded him to the Atlanta Chiefs where he rejoined his brother Louis. He played two outdoor seasons and one indoor with the Chiefs before moving to indoor soccer full-time in the MISL.
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