Luciano Narsingh

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Luciano Narsingh
Personal information
Narsingh playing for the Netherlands in 2012
Full name	Luciano Narsingh
Date of birth	(1990-09-13) 13 September 1990
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	PSV
Number	17
Youth career
	Zeeburgia
	AZ
	Ajax
2006–2008	Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2012	Heerenveen	62	(13)
2012–	PSV	20	(6)
National team^‡
2008	Netherlands U18	2	(0)
2008–2009	Netherlands U19	10	(0)
2010	Netherlands U20	1	(0)
2010–	Netherlands U21	10	(1)
2012–	Netherlands	7	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 November 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013

Luciano Narsingh (born 13 September 1990) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven. 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. He is also a part of the Netherlands U-21 national team. Narsingh was born in the Netherlands and is of half-Indian-Surinamese and half-Afro-Surinamese descent. He made his full international début at the 2012 UEFA European Football Championships.

Early football life

Narsingh was born in Amsterdam. His grandparents were immigrant workers from India who were taken to work on plantations in Suriname.^[1] His older brother, Furdjel Narsingh also plays professional football. Together they played in the AFC Ajax youth academy for several years. But when Luciano was found to be too light for Ajax to go further he was picked up by SC Heerenveen and grown as one of the great talents. Furdjel moved to AZ Alkmaar but after being loaned out a couple times he transferred to FC Zwolle in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football.

Club career

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.He was a key player for PSV that season. he scored 6 goals and setup 4 in the Eredivise and gave 5 assists in Europe and The cup. In the final game before the winterbreak he was tackeled from bvehind and tore his ACl putting him out of action for 10 months. In his return he scored 3 times and got 1 assists in 3 games. He is now again part of the starting 11.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Heerenveen	2008–09	2	0	0	0	–		2	0
	2009–10	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	2010–11	24	5	2	0	–		26	5
	2011–12	34	8	5	4	–		39	12
	Total	62	13	8	4	0	0	70	17
PSV	2012–13	18	6	3	0	5	0	26	6
PSV	Total	18	6	3	0	5	0	26	6
Career totals		80	19	11	4	5	0	96	23

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.^[3] On 7 May 2012, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for the Euro 2012 tournament, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk as part of the preliminary squad.^[4] 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 UEFA Euro 2012.^[5] He made his official debut in a friendly match against Slovakia on 30 May 2012. Narsingh scored his first international goal in a 4–2 defeat to Belgium on 15 August 2012.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 August 2012	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–1	4–2	Friendly
2.	7 September 2012	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Turkey	2–0	2–0	2014 World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

PSV

Johan Cruijff Schaal (1): 2012

References

↑ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/there-s-an-india-connection-to-oranje/963813
↑ "Heerenveen levert topscorer en assist-koning Eredivisie" (in Dutch). nu.nl. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
↑ Jackson, Jamie (28 February 2012). "Holland rediscover their old sparkle after that bitter taste of orange". The Guardian (London).
↑ "Van Marwijk kiest 36 internationals" (in Dutch). knvb.nl. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
↑ "Willems en Narsingh in definitieve EK-Selectie" (in Dutch). nu.nl. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.

External links

v t e PSV Eindhoven – current squad

1 Tytoń 2 Jørgensen 3 Rekik 5 Bruma 6 Maher 8 Schaars 9 Matavž 10 Wijnaldum (c) 11 Locadia 13 Arias 14 Jozefzoon 15 Willems 17 Narsingh 19 Bakkali 20 Van Ooijen 21 Zoet 22 Depay 23 Ruiz 25 Koch 26 Brenet 27 Hiljemark 28 Tamata 29 Hendrix 31 Bertrams 33 Park 47 Vloet Manager: Cocu

v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2012

1 Stekelenburg 2 Van der Wiel 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 Bouma 6 Van Bommel (c) 7 Kuyt 8 N. De Jong 9 Huntelaar 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Vorm 13 Vlaar 14 Schaars 15 Willems 16 Van Persie 17 Strootman 18 L. De Jong 19 Narsingh 20 Afellay 21 Boulahrouz 22 Krul 23 Van der Vaart Coach: van Marwijk

Persondata
Name	Narsingh, Luciano
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch footballer
Date of birth	13 September 1990
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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