Ádám Lang

Hungarian footballer

Ádám Lang
Personal information
Full name Ádám Lang[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Veszprém, Hungary
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Omonia
Number 22
Youth career
2004–2008 Veszprém
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Veszprém 44 (3)
2012–2015 Győr 57 (1)
2015–2016 Videoton 23 (2)
2016–2018 Dijon 22 (0)
2017 Dijon II 1 (0)
2018 → Nancy (loan) 14 (0)
2018–2019 CFR Cluj 18 (0)
2019– Omonia 111 (3)
International career‡
2011–2012 Hungary U19 5 (0)
2013–2014 Hungary U21 5 (0)
2014– Hungary 66 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Ádám Lang (born 17 January 1993) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Omonia and the Hungary national team.

Club career

Győr

Born in Veszprém, Lang was signed in 2012 by Hungarian League club Győri ETO FC.

He scored his first Hungarian League goal in the 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season against Mezőkövesd-Zsóry SE in the 28th minute at ETO Park.[2]

Videoton

On 24 June 2015, Lang was signed by Hungarian League club Videoton FC.[3]

On 21 August 2016, he scored his first goal in the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I in a 5–1 victory for Videoton over Debreceni VSC. Lang scored in the 23rd minute and was able to repeat his feat with another goal in the same match in the 56th minute.[4]

Dijon

Lang signed with Dijon FCO in September 2016; his signing was registered minutes before the transfer window deadline.[5]

On 20 September 2016, he played his first match in the Ligue 1 at the Parc des Princes, Paris, France against Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season. In the 15th minute he scored an own goal and the match ended with a 3–0 defeat for Dijon.[6]

CFR Cluj

Lang penned a deal with Romanian club CFR Cluj on 4 July 2018.[7]

Omonia

On 27 June 2019, Lang joined Cypriot club Omonia on a three-year deal.[8] In these three years, he won the Cypriot League, the Cup and the Super Cup. He also helped Omonia qualify to, and played in the group stages of the 2020-21 Europa League and the 2021–22 Europa Conference League, the first two times the club had made it to the group stage of a European competition.[9]

In January 2022, he extended his contract until Summer 2025,[10] and expressed his happiness at Omonia.[11] On 17 April 2022, he made his 100th appearance for the club, in a 1–0 home win against Ethnikos Achna in the Cypriot First Division.[9]

On 29 March 2024, he broke his leg during training.[12] He has to miss 1 month, according to the doctors of his club.

International career

On 22 May 2014, Lang played his first match for the Hungary national team against Denmark in a 2–2 draw friendly match at the Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen.[13]

Lang was selected for Hungary's Euro 2016 squad.[14]

On 14 June 2016, Lang played in the first group match in a 2–0 victory over Austria at the UEFA Euro 2016 Group F match at Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.[15] Three days later on 18 June 2016 he played in a 1–1 draw against Iceland at the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille.[16] He also played in the last group match in a 3–3 draw against Portugal at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon on 22 June 2016.[17]

On 1 June 2021, Lang was included in the final 26-man squad to represent Hungary at the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 March 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Veszprém 2008–09 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2009–10 0 0 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 17 1 2 0 0 0 — — 19 1
2011–12 25 2 3 0 0 0 — — 28 2
Total 44 3 7 0 0 0 — — 51 3
Győr 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 4 0 3 0 5 0 — — 12 0
2013–14 24 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 — 28 1
2014–15 29 0 4 0 2 0 1[c] 0 — 36 0
Total 57 1 10 0 8 0 1 0 — 76 1
Videton 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 16 0 3 0 — 4[d] 0 — 23 0
2016–17 7 2 0 0 — 5[c] 0 — 12 2
Total 23 2 3 0 — 9 0 — 35 2
Dijon 2016–17 Ligue 1 19 0 1 0 0 0 — — 20 0
2017–18 3 0 0 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Total 22 0 1 0 1 0 — — 24 0
Nancy (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 2 14 0 0 0 — — — 14 0
CFR Cluj 2018–19 Liga I 18 0 5 0 0 0 1[c] 0 — 24 0
Omonia 2019–20 Cypriot First Division 22 0 3 0 — — — 25 0
2020–21 25 0 2 0 — 11[e] 0 — 38 0
2021–22 20 2 6 1 — 12[f] 0 1[g] 0 39 3
2022–23 29 1 1 0 — 5[c] 0 1[g] 0 36 1
2023–24 15 0 1 0 — 4[h] 1 1[g] 0 21 1
Total 111 3 13 1 — 32 1 3 0 159 5
Career total 289 9 39 1 9 0 43 1 3 0 383 11
  1. ^ Includes Magyar Kupa, Coupe de France, Cupa României, Cypriot Cup
  2. ^ Includes Ligakupa, Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ^ a b c Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
  8. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 22 March 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Hungary 2014 4 0
2015 4 0
2016 10 1
2017 4 0
2018 3 0
2019 5 0
2020 6 0
2021 9 0
2022 10 0
2023 10 0
2024 1 0
Total 66 1
Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lang goal.[20]
List of international goals scored by Ádám Lang
No. Date Venue Opponent Cap Score Result Competition
1 13 November 2016 Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary  Andorra 18 2–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Győr

Videoton

  • Szuperkupa runner-up: 2015

CFR Cluj

Omonia

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 7. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ "2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I". soccerway.com. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Videoton: a klub bejelentette a válogatott védő szerződtetését". Nemzeti Sport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Videoton 5-1 Debrecen". Soccerway.com. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Három percen múlt, de Lang mehet a Ligue 1-be". 5 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Dijon". Soccerway.com. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Ne-am intarit si in aparare!" [We strengthened our defense as well!] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. ^ OmonoiaFC (27 June 2019). "Στην ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ο Adam Lang!". Omonoia FC. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b OmonoiaFC (18 April 2022). "100 συμμετοχές με την ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ο Άνταμ Λανγκ!". Omonoia FC. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. ^ OmonoiaFC (10 January 2022). "Ανανέωση συνεργασίας με Adam Lang". Omonoia FC. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Στάζει... μέλι για την Ομόνοια ο Λανγκ". 13 January 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Egy hónapra kidőlt a magyar válogatott alapembere". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 31 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Hungary 2-2 Denmark". soccerway.com. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Hungary on the offensive with EURO squad". UEFA.com. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  15. ^ "UEFA Euro 2016: Austria 0-2 Hungary". UEFA.com.
  16. ^ "UEFA Euro 2016: Iceland 1–1 Hungary". UEFA.com.
  17. ^ "UEFA Euro 2016: Hungary 3–3 Portugal". UEFA.com.
  18. ^ "Válogatott: a Puskás Akadémia két játékosa és Szoboszlai Dominik maradt ki az Eb-keretből" (in Hungarian). 1 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Á. Lang". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  20. ^ a b "Lang, Ádám". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

  • Ádám Lang at MLSZ.hu (in Hungarian)
  • Ádám Lang at HLSZ.hu (in Hungarian)
  • Ádám Lang – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
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