Luciano Narsingh (born 13 September 1990) is a Dutch professional

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who plays for Ekstraklasa club Miedź Legnica. He is right-footed and usually plays as a right winger but can also play as a left winger, and both side of

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. Since 2012, he has also played for the Netherlands national team, whom he represented at that year's European Championship.

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

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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

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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

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reached an agreement to transfer the young talent to Eindhoven for an amount of €4.1 million.

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

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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 When Narsingh came back to playing form in October 2013, Dick Advocaat had been replaced by Phillip Cocu as head coach who refused to gamble on Narsingh and didn't give him much playing time.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. 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.

Swansea City

On 12 January 2017 Narsingh signed for

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club

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for a fee of £4 million. He scored once, the winner against

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before the club confirmed on 18 May 2019 that he will be released when his contract expired.

Feyenoord

On 5 July 2019 Narsingh signed a 2-year contract with the

club

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. 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.

Twente (loan)

On 22 January 2021, Narsingh was sent on a six-month loan deal to division rivals

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International career

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to represent the senior Netherlands football team for the game against

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. On 7 May, he was named in the provisional list of 36 players for the

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tournament, one of nine uncapped players to be chosen by manager

as part of the preliminary squad. He was handed his unofficial international debut in a friendly match against

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, during which he scored once. He made the final cut of 23 players to represent the Netherlands at the tournament. He made his official debut in a friendly match against

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on 30 May. Narsingh scored his first international goal in a 4–2 defeat to

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on 15 August 2012. He was involved in the Netherlands' qualification for the 2014 World Cup in

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, 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

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

''Netherlands tallies go first, scores indicate each Narsingh goal.''

Honours

Club

PSV *

(2): 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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(2): 2012,

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Individual

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

References

External links

Luciano Narsingh
at '' Voetbal International'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Narsingh, Luciano 1990 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Netherlands youth international footballers Netherlands under-21 international footballers Netherlands international footballers Association football wingers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent SC Heerenveen players PSV Eindhoven players Jong PSV players Swansea City A.F.C. players Feyenoord players FC Twente players Sydney FC players Miedź Legnica players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Premier League players English Football League players A-League Men players Ekstraklasa players III liga players UEFA Euro 2012 players Expatriate footballers in Wales Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Wales Expatriate soccer players in Australia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate footballers in Poland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland