Kristoffer Douglas Lang (born December 12, 1979) is an American professional

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player. He played

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for

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between 1998 and 2002 before playing professionally in Poland,

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, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Argentina, and Uruguay.

College career

Lang played

for

between 1998 and 2002. In 128 career games, he averaged 10.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Lang made his professional debut in Poland, spending the 2002–03 season with

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and winning the PLK championship. For the 2003–04 season, he returned to the U.S. and helped the

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win the NBDL championship. For the 2004–05 season, he moved to South Korea to play for the

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. He finished the season in Spain with

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. The next two seasons were spent in Italy with

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. After spending preseason with the

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in the

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in October 2007, Lang moved to Ukraine for a short stint with

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. He returned to the U.S. in December 2007 to join the

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. He left the Toros in February 2008 and moved to Turkey to play for

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. He continued on with Türk Telekom for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. Lang returned to Italy for the 2010–11 season to play for

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. He remained in Italy for the 2011–12 season, re-joining Virtus Bologna. In 2013, Lang began what would be a six-year stint in South America. He played six seasons in the Venezuelan LPB (

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2013–16;

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2017;

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2018), a season in the Dominican Republic (

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2015), half a season in Argentina (

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2016), and half a season in Uruguay (

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2016).

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