Noa Lang

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. 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. 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.

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. Three weeks later, he scored his first goal for the club from the penalty-spot in a losing effort against OH Leuven. 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. 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. 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. On 20 May, Lang scored as Brugge drew 3–3 with rivals Anderlecht to win the Belgian First Division A…

Born in the Netherlands, Lang is of Surinamese descent through his biological father. He is a youth international for the Netherlands. Lang considers himself Dutch, Surinamese and Moroccan but can't internationally represent the latter due to not having Moroccan citizenship. Lang represented the Netherlands at youth level. He appeared at both the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. On 8 October 2021, he made his debut for the Netherlands national team in a World Cup qualifier against Latvia. His first senior international goal came in a UEFA Nations League fixture against Wales on 14 June 2022. Lang was named in the final Netherlands squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. His only appearance of the tournament came in the quarter-final loss to Argentina, where he appeared as an 113th-minute substitute for Cody Gakpo. In June 2023, he represented the Netherlands at the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals, scoring an equaliser in the sixth minute of stoppage time in the eventual 4–2 loss to Croatia at the semi-final stage. Lang was not a member of the Dutch squad for UEFA Euro 2024 due to injury. On 27 May 2026, Lang was named in the Netherlands' squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Club

As of match played 30 August 2026

International

As of match played 25 June 2026

As of match played 10 June 2025 Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lang goal.

Lang was born in the Netherlands. His father is Surinamese, while his mother is Dutch. His stepfather was Moroccan international footballer Nourdin Boukhari. During the spring season of 2025, whilst officiating a match, his father Jeffrey Lang was physically assaulted although he declined to press charges. During the 2009–10 football season, Boukhari and Lang resided in Turkey, playing for Kasımpaşa and Beşiktaş junior team respectively.