Noa Lang

Noa Noëll Lang (born 17 June 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian First Division A side Club Brugge and the Netherlands national team.[2][3]

Noa Lang
Noa Lang in 2017
Personal information
Full name Noa Noëll Lang
Date of birth (1999-06-17) 17 June 1999
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 31 (7)
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 23:33, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2021 (UTC)

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]

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax II 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 2000000020
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 142000000142
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 225000000225
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 9500000095
Total 47120000004712
Ajax 2018–19 Eredivisie 3010000040
2019–20 Eredivisie 5311300094
2020–21 Eredivisie 10———10
Total 93213000144
Twente (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 71———71
Club Brugge (loan) 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 2916206[lower-alpha 1]1—3717
Club Brugge 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 296416[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]1408
Total 582261121117725
Career total 12138821511114542
  1. 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 teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202130
Total30

Honours

Jong Ajax[24]

Ajax[24]

Club Brugge

Individual

References
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  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. "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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