Luciano Narsingh

Luciano Narsingh

Narsingh training with PSV
Personal information
Full name	Luciano Narsingh
Date of birth	(1990-09-13) 13 September 1990 (age 26)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right winger
Club information
Current team	Swansea City
Number	28
Youth career
	Zeeburgia
	AZ
	Ajax
2006–2008	Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Heerenveen	62	(13)
2012–2017	PSV	115	(21)
2017–	Swansea City	2	(0)
National team‡
2008	Netherlands U18	2	(0)
2008–2009	Netherlands U19	10	(0)
2010	Netherlands U20	1	(0)
2010–2012	Netherlands U21	10	(1)
2012–	Netherlands	16	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Luciano Narsingh (born 13 September 1990) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Swansea City. He is right-footed and usually plays as a right winger 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.

Narsingh was born in Amsterdam. His grandparents were contract workers from India who were taken to work on plantations in Suriname. His older brother, Furdjel Narsingh, also plays professional football. Together they played in the AFC Ajax youth academy for several years. But when Luciano was found to be too light for Ajax to go further he was picked up by sc Heerenveen and grown as one of the great talents.being loaned out a couple times he transferred to FC Zwolle in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football.

In 2008 Narsingh signed a contract with SC Heerenveen till 2013. He made his official debut on 29 October 2008 in the Eredivisie 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 Ron Jans 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 PSV Eindhoven reached an agreement to transfer the young talent to Eindhoven for an amount of €4.1 million.