Nicolas Lang
{{Short description|French basketball player (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Nicolas Lang
| image = IMG Nicolas Lang et Joffrey Lauvergne.JPG
| image_size = 180
| caption =
| number = 15
| position = Shooting guard / small forward
| height_cm = 198
| height_footnote =
| weight_kg = 90
| weight_footnote =
| league = LNB Pro A
| team = CSP Limoges
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mulhouse, France
| death_date =
| death_place =
| draft_year = 2012
| career_start = 2007
| career_end =
| years1 = 2007–2013
| team1 = Élan Chalon
| years2 = 2013–2015
| team2 = Paris-Levallois
| years3 = 2015–2018
| team3 = ASVEL Basket
| years4 = 2018–2019
| team4 = SIG Basket
| years5 = 2019–present
| team5 = CSP Limoges
| highlights =
- Pro A All-First Team (2022)
- 2× Pro A champion (2012, 2016)
- Leaders Cup winner (2019)
- 2× French Cup winner (2011, 2012)
- Semaine des As champion (2012)
- French Supercup winner (2013)
- French Supercup MVP (2013)
- Pro A All-Star (2017)
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|FRA}} France}}
{{MedalCompetition|U20 European Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Croatia|Team}}
}}
Nicolas Lang (born 1 May 1990) is a French professional basketball player for CSP Limoges of the LNB Pro A.[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Nicolas-Lang/France/ASVEL-Lyon-Villeurbanne-Basket/133959 Eurobasket.com profile] Lang is a two-time French Pro A champion, as well as a two-time French Cup winner.
He signed a three-year extension with Limoges on 27 May 2020.{{cite news |title=Limoges, Nicolas Lang agree on 3-year extension |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/limoges-nicolas-lang-agree-on-3-year-extension/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=27 May 2020 |date=27 May 2020|last1=Borghesan |first1=Ennio Terrasi }} On 1 November 2024, he hit his 756th three-pointer in league play and thus put himself on the top of the LNB Pro A all-time list.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-01 |title=Nicolas Lang nouveau recordman du nombre de tirs à 3 points marqués en Betclic ELITE avec 756 tirs réussis |url=https://www.lnb.fr/elite/nicolas-lang-nouveau-recordman-du-nombre-de-tirs-a-3-points-marques-en-betclic-elite-avec-756-tirs-reussis/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Ligue Nationale de Basket |language=fr}}
National team career
Lang played for the France national U18, U19 and U20 teams. Lang was on the championship team that won the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Croatia. In 2014, Lang was selected for the pre-selection of the France national team for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[http://www.beobasket.net/players-market/europe/1458/nicolas-lang.html Beobasket profile] He made his senior national team debut in November 2020.{{Cite web |title=Nicolas Lang |url=https://www.teamfrancebasket.com/player/39-nicolas-lang/career |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Fédération française de basket-ball |language=fr}}
References
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{{Limoges CSP current roster}}
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Category:21st-century French sportsmen
Category:French men's basketball players
Category:Metropolitans 92 players