Noa Lang
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Noa Noëll Lang | ||
Date of birth | 17 June 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Club Brugge (on loan from Ajax) | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2005 | HION | ||
2005–2013 | Feyenoord | ||
2013–2017 | Ajax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Jong Ajax | 47 | (12) |
2019– | Ajax | 9 | (3) |
2020 | → FC Twente (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2020– | → Club Brugge (loan) | 23 | (13) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Netherlands U16 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Netherlands U18 | 2 | (3) |
2017–2019 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (3) |
2018– | Netherlands U20 | 8 | (2) |
2019– | Netherlands U21 | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2020 (UTC) |
Noa Lang (born 17 June 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer, who plays as winger for Club Brugge in the Belgian Pro League, on loan from Ajax.[1][2]
Club career
Ajax
On 1 December 2019, Lang became the first Ajax player to score a hat-trick on his first league start in 60 years as Ajax came from two goals down to beat FC Twente 5–2.[3] Later that month, Lang scored his first goal in the KNVB Cup for Ajax, netting the opening goal in a 3–4 away win over Telstar in the second round.[4]
Twente (loan)
In January 2020, following Ajax's signing of Ryan Babel in Lang's position, he was loaned out to fellow Eredivisie side FC Twente for the remainder of the season.[5]
Club Brugge (loan)
On 5 October 2020, Ajax and Club Brugge reached a transfer agreement for Lang to move to Brugge on an initial loan which will be converted into a permanent transfer no later than 1 July 2021.[6] Three weeks later, he scored his first goal for the club from the penalty-spot in a losing effort against OH Leuven.[7] Lang scored in Club Brugge's 3–0 victory over Zenit Saint Petersburg in their penultimate UEFA Champions League group stage match on 2 December to keep alive Club Brugge's hopes of qualifying for the knock-out round.[8] However, Club Brugge could only manage a 2–2 draw in the final match against Italian side Lazio and were parachuted down to the Europa League for the Round of 32.[9] On 28 January 2021, in his first appearance in a Bruges derby against Cercle, Lang scored the winning goal as Club Brugge came back from 1–0 down to win 1–2.[10]
International career
Born in the Netherlands, Lang is of Surinamese descent through his biological mother. He is a youth international for the Netherlands.[11] Lang considers himself Dutch, Surinam and Moroccan but can't internationally represent the latter due to not having Moroccan citizenship.[12]
Personal life
Lang was born in the Netherlands. He was raised by his stepfather, Moroccan international footballer Nourdin Boukhari.[13]
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 March 2021[14]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ajax | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2019–20 | Eredivisie | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||
FC Twente (loan) | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |||
Club Brugge (loan) | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 23 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 13 |
Career total | 36 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 18 |
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Jong Ajax[15]
Ajax[15]
References
- ^ "N. Lang - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ajax verhuurt Lang met verplichte optie tot koop aan Club Brugge". NU.nl. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "FC Twente 2-5 Ajax: Lang hits hat-trick on league debut as leaders fight back". BBC Sport. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Telstar 3–4 Ajax". Soccerway. 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Official: Noa Lang joins FC Twente on loan for the rest of the season". All About Ajax. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Noa Lang goes to Club Brugge, Bandé returns to Ajax". english.ajax.nl. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "OH Leuven 2-1 Club Brugge". Pro League (in Dutch). 24 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Club Brugge 3-0 Zenit". UEFA. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Lazio 2-2 Brugge: Aquile squeak through". Football Italia. December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Cercle Brugge 1-2 Club Brugge". Pro League (in Dutch). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Zo kan het nationaal elftal van Suriname eruit gaan zien". Elfvoetbal.nl.
- ^ "Noa Lang lacht: 'Op mijn Instagram heb ik daar veel vragen over gehad'". Voetbalzone. 29-08-2020T08:08:00Z. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
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(help) - ^ "Noa Lang schiet in verdediging: 'Mensen denken: hij is een lichte jongen'" (in Dutch). voetbalzone.nl.
- ^ Noa Lang at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Noa Lang - Career Honours". Soccerway.
External links
- Noa Lang at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Capelle aan den IJssel
- Association football midfielders
- Dutch footballers
- Dutch people of Surinamese descent
- Netherlands under-21 international footballers
- Netherlands youth international footballers
- AFC Ajax players
- FC Twente players
- Jong Ajax players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Dutch football midfielder stubs