# Nicolas Lang

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{{Short description|French basketball player (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Nicolas Lang
| image = All-Star Game LNB 2024 (477) (Nicolas Lang).jpg
| image_size = 180
| caption = 
| number = 15
| position = [Shooting guard](/source/Shooting_guard) / [small forward](/source/small_forward)
| height_cm = 198
| height_footnote = 
| weight_kg = 90
| weight_footnote = 
| league = [LNB Pro A](/source/LNB_Pro_A)
| team = CSP Limoges
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Mulhouse, France](/source/Mulhouse%2C_France)
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| draft_year = 2012
| career_start = 2007
| career_end = 
| years1 = 2007–2013
| team1 = [Élan Chalon](/source/%C3%89lan_Chalon)
| years2 = 2013–2015
| team2 = [Paris-Levallois](/source/Levallois_Metropolitans)
| years3 = 2015–2018
| team3 = [ASVEL Basket](/source/ASVEL_Basket)
| years4 = 2018–2019
| team4 = [SIG Basket](/source/SIG_Basket)
| years5 = 2019–present
| team5 = [CSP Limoges](/source/CSP_Limoges)
| highlights = 
*[Pro A](/source/LNB_Pro_A) All-First Team ([2022](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Pro_A_season))
*2× [Pro A](/source/LNB_Pro_A) champion (2012, 2016)
*[Leaders Cup](/source/Leaders_Cup) winner (2019)
*2× [French Cup](/source/French_Basketball_Cup) winner (2011, 2012)
*[Semaine des As](/source/Semaine_des_As) champion (2012)
*[French Supercup](/source/Match_des_Champions_(basketball)) winner (2013)
*[French Supercup](/source/Match_des_Champions_(basketball)) MVP (2013)
*[Pro A](/source/LNB_Pro_A) All-Star (2017)
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|FRA}} [France](/source/France_men's_national_basketball_team)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[U20 European Championship](/source/FIBA_Europe_Under-20_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold|[2010 Croatia](/source/2010_FIBA_Europe_Under-20_Championship)|Team}}
}}
'''Nicolas Lang''' (born 1 May 1990) is a French professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player for [CSP Limoges](/source/CSP_Limoges) of the [LNB Pro A](/source/LNB_Pro_A).<ref>[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Nicolas-Lang/France/ASVEL-Lyon-Villeurbanne-Basket/133959 Eurobasket.com profile]</ref> Lang is a two-time French [Pro A](/source/LNB_Pro_A) champion, as well as a two-time [French Cup](/source/French_Basketball_Cup) winner.

He signed a three-year extension with Limoges on 27 May 2020.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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](/source/2010_FIBA_Europe_Under-20_Championship) in [Croatia](/source/Croatia). In 2014, Lang was selected for the pre-selection of the [France national team](/source/France_men's_national_basketball_team) for the [2014 FIBA World Cup](/source/2014_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup).<ref>[http://www.beobasket.net/players-market/europe/1458/nicolas-lang.html Beobasket profile]</ref> He made his senior national team debut in November 2020.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Limoges CSP current roster}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Nicolas}}
Category:1990 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
Category:ASVEL Basket players
Category:Élan Chalon players
Category:French men's basketball players
Category:Limoges CSP players
Category:Metropolitans 92 players
Category:Shooting guards
Category:SIG Strasbourg players
Category:Small forwards
Category:Sportspeople from Mulhouse

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