Most players spend matchday morning resting. Noa Lang released a single. The Napoli forward and Netherlands international put out ‘Badbad’ under his artist name Noano on Friday morning, ahead of the Oranje’s Nations League game against Greece at the Johan Cruijff ArenA, Sportnieuws.nl reports.

He made it with KM of the Dutch rap group SFB. VoetbalPrimeur had flagged the Friday release earlier in the week.

This isn’t a side quest. His first track, ‘7K op je feestje’, was a hit straight away. ‘Damage’ with Ronnie Flex went to the top of the Dutch charts, and ‘Matcha Coco’ with Jonna Fraser arrived just before PSV’s 2025 title, according to Sportnieuws.nl. VoetbalPrimeur says his last release, ‘Ewa Safi’ with Lil Kleine, has passed 20 million Spotify streams.

Why this matters: Footballers rapping used to be a meme. In the Netherlands, Lang has made it a proper second career with the chart record to prove it.