Luciano Narsingh

Luciano Narsingh (born 13 September 1990)[2] is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays for Feyenoord. He is right-footed and usually plays as a right winger but can also play as a left winger, and both side of attacking midfield. Since 2012, he has also played for the Netherlands national team, whom he represented at that year's European Championship.

Luciano Narsingh
Narsingh training with PSV
Personal information
Full name Luciano Narsingh[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-13) 13 September 1990[2]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Right winger
Club information
Current team
 Feyenoord
Number 7
Youth career
Zeeburgia
AZ
Ajax
2006–2008 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Heerenveen 62 (13)
2012–2017 PSV 115 (21)
2012–2017 → Jong PSV (loan) 3 (3)
2017–2019 Swansea City 33 (1)
2019– Feyenoord 13 (2)
National team‡
2008 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2008–2009 Netherlands U19 10 (0)
2010 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
2010–2012 Netherlands U21 10 (1)
2012– Netherlands 16 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:46, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Club career

Heerenveen

In 2008 Narsingh signed a contract with SC Heerenveen till 2013. He made his official debut on 29 October 2008 in the Eredivisie under trainer Trond Sollied. He replaced the injured Danijel Pranjić in a 2–0 loss against Vitesse. A month later he was allowed to play in the away match against FC Twente (6–0 loss). In the 2009–2010 season Narsingh also came in action twice. The following year, however, he made his breakthrough under coach Ron Jans and Narsingh grew into a sensation in the Eredivisie because of his dribbling skills, speed and passing movements and drove Roy Beerens from the first eleven. In the 2011–12 Eredivisie, Narsingh set up 20 goals, meaning he gave most assists in the Eredivisie that year. On 15 July 2012, SC Heerenveen and Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven reached an agreement to transfer the young talent to Eindhoven for an amount of €4.1 million.[3]

PSV

The first half of Narsingh's first season started with the forward six goals and five assists and PSV comfortably led the table with eleven wins out of thirteen games played. Later in the season however Narsingh suffered a serious ligament injury against NAC Breda that would keep him out for the rest of the season. When Narsingh came back to playing form in October 2013, Dick Advocaat had been replaced by Phillip Cocu as head coach who refused to gamble on Narsingh and didn't give him much playing time. In the 2014 against the defending champions Ajax Narsingh completed his recovery by first set up Memphis Depay for the equalizer and then scoring himself in a surprise 3–1 win.[4]

On 18 April 2015, Narsingh set up the opening goal within three minutes for Luuk de Jong and then scored the final goal as PSV defeated Heerenveen 4–1 to win their 22nd Eredivisie title, and first since 2008.[5]

Swansea City

On 12 January 2017 Narsingh signed for Premier League club Swansea City for a fee of £4 million.[6] He scored once, the winner against Watford[7] before the club confirmed on 18 May 2019 that he will be released when his contract expired.[8]

Feyenoord

On 5 July 2019 Narsingh signed a 2-year contract with the Eredivisie club Feyenoord.[9] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win against FC Dinamo Tbilisi in the third qualifying round of the 2019–20 Europa League.[10]

International career

In February 2012, Luciano Narsingh was called up for the first time by Bert van Marwijk to represent the senior Netherlands football team for the game against England at Wembley.[11] On 7 May, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by manager Bert van Marwijk as part of the preliminary squad.[12] He was handed his unofficial international debut in a friendly match against Bayern Munich, during which he scored once. He made the final cut of 23 players to represent the Netherlands at the tournament.[13] He made his official debut in a friendly match against Slovakia on 30 May.

Narsingh scored his first international goal in a 4–2 defeat to Belgium on 15 August 2012. He was involved in the Netherlands' qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, scoring once and giving three assists in four games, until his injury. Narsingh was not able to participate in the World Cup due to his injury and his spot was taken by Leroy Fer.

Career statistics

Club
As of the end of the 2018–19 season[14]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Heerenveen 2008–09 Eredivisie 2000——20
2009–10 Eredivisie 2010——30
2010–11 Eredivisie 24520——265
2011–12 Eredivisie 34854——3912
Total 621384——7017
PSV 2012–13 Eredivisie 18620—6[lower-alpha 1]0266
2013–14 Eredivisie 20010—3[lower-alpha 2]0240
2014–15 Eredivisie 32631—11[lower-alpha 2]1468
2015–16 Eredivisie 30820—8[lower-alpha 3]1409
2016–17 Eredivisie 15121—6[lower-alpha 4]1233
Total 11521102—34316026
Jong PSV 2013–14 Eerste Divisie 33—33
Swansea City 2016–17[15] Premier League 1300000—130
2017–18[16] Premier League 1814120—242
2018–19[17] EFL Championship 200000—20
Total 3314120—392
Career total 213382272034327248
  1. Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  4. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International goals

Netherlands tallies go first, scores indicate each Narsingh goal.

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 August 2012King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Belgium1–12–4Friendly
2.7 September 2012Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands Turkey2–02–02014 World Cup qualification
3.12 June 2015Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia2–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
4.29 March 2016Wembley Stadium, London, England England2–12–1Friendly

Honours

Club

PSV

Individual
  • Most assists in the Eredivisie in the 2011–12 campaign (22)

References
  1. "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. Luciano Narsingh at Soccerway
  3. "Heerenveen levert topscorer en assist-koning Eredivisie" (in Dutch). nu.nl. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  4. Michael Yokhin (27 August 2014). "Luciano Narsingh: The great comeback". ESPN. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. "PSV 4–1 sc Heerenveen". BBC Sport. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  6. "Swansea City sign Narsingh and target Spurs' Tom Carroll". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  7. "Watford 1–2 Swansea". Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. Coleman, Tom (18 May 2019). "The full Swansea City retained list as captain Leroy Fer and other big names leave the club". Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  9. "Feyenoord versterkt zich met Luciano Narsingh" (in Dutch). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  10. "Feyenoord-Dinamo Tbilisi". 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  11. Jackson, Jamie (28 February 2012). "Holland rediscover their old sparkle after that bitter taste of orange". The Guardian. London.
  12. "Van Marwijk kiest 36 internationals" (in Dutch). knvb.nl. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  13. "Willems en Narsingh in definitieve EK-Selectie" (in Dutch). nu.nl. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  14. "L. NARSINGH". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  15. "Games played by Luciano Narsingh in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  16. "Games played by Luciano Narsingh in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  17. "Games played by Luciano Narsingh in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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