Noa Lang
![]() Noa Lang in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Noa Noëll Lang | ||
Date of birth | 17 June 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Club Brugge | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2005 | HION | ||
2005–2013 | Feyenoord | ||
2013–2017 | Ajax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2021 | Jong Ajax | 47 | (12) |
2019–2021 | Ajax | 9 | (3) |
2019-2020 | → Twente (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2020–2021 | → Club Brugge (loan) | 29 | (16) |
2021– | Club Brugge | 29 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Netherlands U16 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Netherlands U18 | 2 | (3) |
2017–2019 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Netherlands U20 | 8 | (2) |
2019–2021 | Netherlands U21 | 8 | (1) |
2021– | Netherlands | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 20 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2021 (UTC) |
Noa Noëll Lang (born 17 June 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as winger for Belgian First Division A side Club Brugge and the Netherlands national team.[2][3]
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 Twente 5–2.[4] Later that month, Lang scored his first goal in the KNVB Cup for Ajax, netting the opening goal in a 4–3 away win over Telstar in the second round.[5]
In January 2020, following Ajax's signing of Ryan Babel in Lang's position, he was loaned out to fellow Eredivisie side Twente for the remainder of the season.[6]
Club Brugge
2020–21 season: Loan and league title
On 5 October 2020, Ajax and Club Brugge reached a transfer agreement for Lang to move to Brugge on an initial loan with an obligation to make the signing permanent by 1 July 2021.[7] Three weeks later, he scored his first goal for the club from the penalty-spot in a losing effort against OH Leuven.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11]
On 20 May, Lang scored as Brugge drew 3–3 with rivals Anderlecht to win the Belgian First Division A title for the fourth time in six years and 17th time overall.[12] Lang was involved in 28 goal contributions during his first campaign with Club Brugge, scoring 17 goals and adding a further 11 assists.[13]
2021–22 season
On 17 July 2021, Lang scored in Club Brugge's 3–2 win over Genk in the Belgian Super Cup.[14] On 15 September, he earned the player of the match award in a 1–1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League.[15]
International career
Born in the Netherlands, Lang is of Surinamese descent through his biological father. He is a youth international for the Netherlands.[16] Lang considers himself Dutch, Surinamese and Moroccan but can't internationally represent the latter due to not having Moroccan citizenship.[17]
He made his debut for the Netherlands national football team on 8 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Latvia.[18]
Personal life
Lang was born in the Netherlands. He was raised by his stepfather, Moroccan international footballer Nourdin Boukhari.[19]
Chantings
In May 2021, a video circulated online showing Lang joining Club Brugge supporters in singing a song aimed at fans of rivals Anderlecht, who are seen as historically linked to the Jewish community.[20] He was investigated by the Royal Belgian Football Association. Noa Lang apologized for his chantings with supporters, claiming it was never the intention to be interpreted as anti-semitism, as it's nothing more than a nickname in chantings. Noa Lang, who played with AFC Ajax, before joining Club Brugge, was defended by the team's organisation in this fact. [21]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 March 2022[22]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||
Twente (loan) | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
Club Brugge (loan) | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6[a] | 1 | — | 37 | 17 | |
Club Brugge | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 40 | 8 |
Total | 58 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 25 | ||
Career total | 74 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 30 |
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
International
- As of match played 13 November 2021[23]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Honours
Jong Ajax[24]
Ajax[24]
Club Brugge
Individual
References
- ^ "Noa Lang". 6 October 2020.
- ^ "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. 5 October 2020. 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.
- ^ "Club Brugge clinch Belgian title". Reuters. 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Club Brugge double down on Noa Lang transfer stance as Leeds United-linked forward pictured". Leeds Live. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Lang nets as Club Brugge take Belgian super cup". Football Oranje. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Bruges-PSG: passé par Nantes, look à la Neymar… qui est Noa Lang, désigné homme du match" [Bruges-PSG: gone by Nantes, looking like Neymar, who is Noa Lang, designated man of the match]. RMC Sport (in French). 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "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 August 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Latvia v Netherlands game report". FIFA. 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Noa Lang schiet in verdediging: 'Mensen denken: hij is een lichte jongen'" (in Dutch). voetbalzone.nl. 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Brugge's Lang investigated for joining anti-Semitic chant". Yahoo. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Club Brugge komt met statement: 'Noa Lang was jarenlang speler bij Ajax". Voetbalzone. 21 May 2021.
- ^ Noa Lang at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Noa Lang". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Noa Lang - Career Honours". Soccerway.
- ^ "Lang nets as Club Brugge seal Belgian title". Football Oranje. 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2". Soccerway. 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Noa Lang talent van het jaar in België". ESPN. 25 May 2021.
External links
- Noa Lang at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Capelle aan den IJssel
- Association football midfielders
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Netherlands under-21 international footballers
- Netherlands youth international footballers
- Dutch people of Surinamese descent
- 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