Louis Nanchoff
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Louis Nanchoff | ||
| Date of birth | May 13, 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Resen, Macedonia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1977 | University of Akron | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978 | Colorado Caribous | 23 | (4) |
| 1979–1980 | Atlanta Chiefs | 32 | (7) |
| 1979–1980 | Atlanta Chiefs (indoor) | 6 | (7) |
| 1980–1982 | Philadelphia Fever (indoor) | 48 | (37) |
| 1982–1985 | Cleveland Force (indoor) | 122 | (90) |
| 1985–1986 | Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) | 41 | (37) |
| 1986–1987 | St. Louis Steamers (indoor) | 14 | (4) |
| 1987 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 27 | (14) |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1980 | United States | 10 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Louis “Louie” Nanchoff (born May 13, 1956 in Resen, Yugoslavia (Macedonia)) is a retired U.S.-Yugoslavian 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.
Louis immigrated with his family from Macedonia, then Yugoslavia, when he was thirteen years old. His family settled in Akron, Ohio 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 1974 to 1977. He, and his brother George were top players with the Zips. Both Louie and George earned first team All American honors in 1976. This was the first time in NCAA history that two brothers received first team recognition the same year. Louie then garnered second team honors in 1977.
In 1978, the expansion franchise Colorado Caribous of the North American Soccer League selected Nanchoff in the NASL College Draft. He spent that season with the Caribous, then moved with the team when it relocated to Atlanta between the 1978 and 1979 seasons. Nanchoff continued with the team, now known as the Atlanta Chiefs, for the next two outdoor seasons and the 1979–80 indoor season before leaving the NASL. Nanchoff played in fifty-five regular season outdoor games during his three seasons in the NASL.
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