.jpg) Lang withNetherlands U18 in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noa Noëll Lang[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-06-17)17 June 1999 (age 25)[2][3] | ||
| Place of birth | Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PSV | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2023 | Club Brugge | 70 | (16) |
| 2023– | PSV | 32 | (11) |
| 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 | 13 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 15 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2025 | |||
Noa Noëll Lang (born 17 June 1999) is a Dutch professionalfootballer who plays as awinger forEredivisie clubPSV Eindhoven and theNetherlands national team.
On 1 December 2019, Lang became the firstAjax player to score a hat-trick on his firstleague start in 60 years as Ajax came from two goals down to beatTwente 5–2.[5] Later that month, Lang scored his first goal in theKNVB Cup for Ajax, netting the opening goal in a 4–3 away win overTelstar in thesecond round.[6]
In January 2020, following Ajax's signing ofRyan Babel in Lang's position, he was loaned out to fellow Eredivisie side Twente for the remainder of theseason.[7]
On 5 October 2020, Ajax andClub 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.[8] Three weeks later, he scored his first goal for the club from the penalty-spot in a losing effort againstOH Leuven.[9] Lang scored in Club Brugge's 3–0 victory overZenit Saint Petersburg in their penultimateUEFA Champions League group stage match on 2 December to keep alive Club Brugge's hopes of qualifying for the knock-out round.[10] However, Club Brugge could only manage a 2–2 draw in the final match againstItalian sideLazio and were parachuted down to theEuropa League for the Round of 32.[11]
On 28 January 2021, in his first appearance in aBruges derby againstCercle, Lang scored the winning goal as Club Brugge came back from 1–0 down to win 1–2.[12]
On 20 May, Lang scored as Brugge drew 3–3 withrivalsAnderlecht to win theBelgian First Division A title for the fourth time in six years and 17th time overall.[13] Lang was involved in 28 goal contributions during his first campaign with Club Brugge, scoring 17 goals and adding a further 11 assists.[14]
On 17 July 2021, Lang scored in Club Brugge's 3–2 win overGenk in theBelgian Super Cup.[15] On 15 September, he earned theplayer of the match award in a 1–1 draw againstParis Saint-Germain (PSG) in the UEFA Champions League.[16]
On 8 July 2023, Dutch sidePSV announced the signing of Lang on a five-year deal for a club record fee of €15 million.[17][18] In his first training session, he suffered an injury.[19] At first, the injury looked serious, but shortly after, Noa Lang was spotted training alone. His first game for the Dutch side was the2023 Johan Cruyff Shield, which he decided by scoring the only goal.
Born in the Netherlands, Lang is of Surinamese descent through his biological father. He is a youth international for the Netherlands.[20] Lang considers himself Dutch,Surinamese andMoroccan but can't internationally represent the latter due to not having Moroccan citizenship.[21]
On 8 October 2021, he made his debut for theNetherlands national team in aWorld Cup qualifier againstLatvia.[22]
Lang was named in the final Netherlands squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup.[23]
Lang was born in the Netherlands. His father isSurinamese, while his mother is Dutch.[24] His stepfather was Moroccan international footballerNourdin Boukhari.[25]
During the2009–10 football season, Boukhari and Lang resided inTurkey, playing forKasımpaşa andBeşiktaş junior team respectively.[26]
In May 2021, a video circulated online showing Lang joining anantisemitic chant of the Club Brugge supporters aimed at rivalAnderlecht, who is seen as historically linked to the Jewish community.[27] He was investigated by theRoyal Belgian Football Association. While ignoring calls to apologize,[28] Lang justified his chantings with supporters as "a nickname" claiming that "racism and prejudice are well known to me [...] I didn’t want to offend anyone with that. I’m done with the subject and won’t be revisiting it." Lang, who played with Ajax, before joining Club Brugge, was defended by the team's organisation claiming that "there was no anti-Semitic undertone".[29] The Club Brugge fans have been noticed by the press for racist chants.[30]
TheRBFA condemned his behavior, the Belgian Foreign MinisterSophie Wilmès declared: "Unacceptable, unbearable and it has no place in our society. We must fight it as vigorously as all other forms of racism", political parties condemned the chant, while he was obliged by theFederal prosecutor's office to visit theKazern Dossin Centre as a disciplinary measure.[31]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 5 | — | — | — | 22 | 5 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 5 | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 12 | — | — | — | 47 | 12 | |||||
| Ajax | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3[b] | 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[b] | 1 | — | 37 | 17 | |
| Club Brugge | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 37 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 1 | 48 | 9 |
| 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 40 | 12 | |
| Total | 99 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 38 | ||
| PSV | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 1 | 19 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10[b] | 2 | 1[d] | 1 | 36 | 10 | |
| Total | 32 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 194 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 248 | 70 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 June 2022 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | 5 |  Wales | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A |
| 2 | 14 June 2023 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | 7 |  Croatia | 2–2 | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals |
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