Noa Lang

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Noa Lang
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Noa Lang in 2017
Personal information
Full name Noa Noëll Lang
Date of birth (1999-06-17) 17 June 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club 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 23 (6)
National team‡
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:05, 6 February 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 19 November 2021[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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 14 3 1 0 4[a] 0 1[b] 1 20 4
Total 43 19 3 0 10 1 1 1 57 21
Career total 59 23 5 1 13 1 1 1 78 26
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International[]

As of match played 13 November 2021[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2021 3 0
Total 3 0

Honours[]

Jong Ajax[24]

Ajax[24]

Club Brugge

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Noa Lang". 6 October 2020.
  2. ^ "N. Lang - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Ajax verhuurt Lang met verplichte optie tot koop aan Club Brugge". NU.nl. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Telstar 3–4 Ajax". Soccerway. 18 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Official: Noa Lang joins FC Twente on loan for the rest of the season". All About Ajax. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Noa Lang goes to Club Brugge, Bandé returns to Ajax". english.ajax.nl. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "OH Leuven 2-1 Club Brugge". Pro League (in Dutch). 24 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Club Brugge 3-0 Zenit". UEFA. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Lazio 2-2 Brugge: Aquile squeak through". Football Italia. December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Cercle Brugge 1-2 Club Brugge". Pro League (in Dutch). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Club Brugge clinch Belgian title". Reuters. 20 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Club Brugge double down on Noa Lang transfer stance as Leeds United-linked forward pictured". Leeds Live. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Lang nets as Club Brugge take Belgian super cup". Football Oranje. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  15. ^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Zo kan het nationaal elftal van Suriname eruit gaan zien". Elfvoetbal.nl.
  17. ^ "Noa Lang lacht: 'Op mijn Instagram heb ik daar veel vragen over gehad'". Voetbalzone. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Latvia v Netherlands game report". FIFA. 8 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Noa Lang schiet in verdediging: 'Mensen denken: hij is een lichte jongen'" (in Dutch). voetbalzone.nl. 11 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Brugge's Lang investigated for joining anti-Semitic chant". Yahoo. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Club Brugge komt met statement: 'Noa Lang was jarenlang speler bij Ajax". Voetbalzone. 21 May 2021.
  22. ^ Noa Lang at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  23. ^ "Noa Lang". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  24. ^ a b "Noa Lang - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  25. ^ "Lang nets as Club Brugge seal Belgian title". Football Oranje. 20 May 2021.
  26. ^ "Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2". Soccerway. 17 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Noa Lang talent van het jaar in België". ESPN. 25 May 2021.

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