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

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who plays for

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. He is right-footed and usually plays as a

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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.

Club career

Heerenveen

In 2008 Narsingh signed a contract with

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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 2009–10 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

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, 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,

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had been replaced by Phillip Cocu as head coach who refused to gamble on Narsingh and did not give him much playing time. In the 2014 against the defending champions

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Narsingh completed his recovery by first set up

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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

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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 Swansea City 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 would be released when his contract expired.

Feyenoord

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

club

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. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win against

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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

Born in the Netherlands, Narsingh is of Indo-Surinamese descent. In February 2012, Luciano Narsingh was called up for the first time by

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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'

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for the

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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

International goals

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

Honours

PSV *

: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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

References

External links

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