Lilian Nalis was born on September 29, 1971 in France. He started his career in his home country playing for such teams as Le Havre, Caen, Guingamp and Bastia, he then moved to Italian team Chievo after 3 seasons at Bastia. In 2003 Nalis was sold to Leicester City. He scored his only Premiership goal for Leicester against Leeds United, however it was one of his best. He has also played for Sheffield United and has been loaned out to Coventry City.