Darcy Lang

Darcy Lang (born 21 November 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Geelong Football Club from 2014 to 2017.

Darcy Lang
Personal information
Full name Darcy Lang
Date of birth (1995-11-21) 21 November 1995
Place of birth Colac
Original team(s) Colac (GFL)
Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft 16th overall 2013 AFL Draft
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Carlton
Number 16
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2014–2017 Geelong 44 (31)
2018– Carlton 19 (11)
Total 63 (42)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of end of 2019 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Darcy grew up in Colac, Victoria and played for Victoria Country in the 2013 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he suffered a broken leg.[1]

Lang was drafted by Geelong with the 16th overall selection in the 2013 national draft.[1] He made his debut for Geelong in the round 13 win against St Kilda in 2014.[2] In August 2015, he was the round nominee for the AFL Rising Star after the round 21 draw to St Kilda, where he recorded sixteen disposals, three marks and two tackles.[3]

On the second last day of the 2017 trade period, Lang confirmed his desire to move to Carlton. He was officially traded to Carlton the next day.[4] After an ankle injury which prevented him from playing until round 8, Lang made his Carlton debut in the match against Essendon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Lang kicked a goal with his first kick in a Carlton jumper, less than a minute into the game. It resulted in the club's first win of the year, with Lang recording two goals and thirteen disposals. In the club's second win for the season against Gold Coast, Lang returned to the senior side and collected 20 disposals and kicked 2 goals.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 15, 2019.[5]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2014 Geelong 11111527261.01.05.02.07.02.06.0
2015 Geelong 112014515112027163550.70.37.66.013.63.22.8
2016 Geelong 11131061028218446360.80.57.96.314.23.52.8
2017 Geelong 111069758415931540.60.97.58.415.93.15.4
2018 Carlton 161162945815244400.51.28.65.313.84.03.6
2019 Carlton 16102448320.02.04.04.08.03.02.0
Career 56 37 25 431 350 781 189 193 0.7 0.5 7.7 6.3 14.0 3.4 3.5

References
  1. Hanlon, Peter (23 February 2014). "Geelong draftee Darcy Lang is now the pride of Colac". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. Hanlon, Peter (13 June 2014). "Darcy Lang's happy break as one of two new Cats". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. Landsberger, Sam (24 August 2015). "Geelong has another Rising Star after Darcy Lang earns Round 21 nomination". News.com.au. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. "Talented Geelong mid heads to the Blues - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  5. "Patrick Cripps". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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