Rangelo Janga

Rangelo Maria Janga (born 16 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eerste Divisie club Eindhoven. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Curaçao national team.

Rangelo Janga

Janga with CFR Cluj in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Rangelo Maria Janga[1]
Date of birth	(1992-04-16) 16 April 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Eindhoven
Number	32
Youth career
	JHR
	Excelsior Maassluis
0000–2009	Excelsior
2009–2010	Willem II
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Willem II	24	(3)
2012	→ Excelsior (loan)	16	(2)
2012–2014	Excelsior	36	(3)
2014–2015	Omonia Aradippou	26	(5)
2015–2016	Dordrecht	34	(21)
2016–2018	AS Trenčín	48	(28)
2018	Gent	17	(5)
2018–2022	Astana	40	(10)
2020	→ Lugano (loan)	13	(0)
2020–2021	→ NEC Nijmegen (loan)	36	(9)
2021–2022	→ Apollon Limassol (loan)	26	(4)
2022	Apollon Limassol	0	(0)
2022–2023	CFR Cluj	30	(10)
2023	Bnei Sakhnin	5	(0)
2023–2024	Nea Salamis Famagusta	17	(2)
2024–	FC Eindhoven	23	(6)
International career‡
2009	Netherlands U17	5	(2)
2011	Netherlands U19	3	(0)
2016–	Curaçao	42	(21)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:41, 17 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025

He is Curaçao’s all time top goalscorer.

Club career

On 20 July 2018, Janga signed for Astana.^[2]

On 17 February 2020, Janga moved to Lugano on loan until 30 June 2020.^[3]

On 22 August 2020, Janga moved to NEC Nijmegen on a one-year loan deal.^[4]

On 31 August 2022, he moved to CFR Cluj.^[5]

On 14 September 2023, he signed for Israeli Premier League club Bnei Sakhnin.^[6]

On 22 August 2024, Janga joined Eindhoven on a one-season contract, with the club option to extend for a second year.^[7]

International career

Born in the Netherlands to parents of Curaçaoan descent, Janga was called up, and debuted for the Curaçao national football team in a 1–0 loss against Barbados on 24 March 2016 in the first round of the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification.^[8]

On 5 October 2016, he scored his first goal for Curaçao in a 3-0 win over Antigua and Barbuda in the third round of the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification.^[9]

From 2019 to 2023, he was joint top goalscorer of Curaçao with Leandro Bacuna.

However, on 13 October 2023, in a 2-1 defeat against Panama national football team during the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League, he netted his 15th goal^[10] and became Curaçao sole top goalscorer.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2025^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Willem II	2010–11	Eredivisie	18	2	0	0	—		—		18	2
	2011–12	Eerste Divisie	6	1	1	0	—		—		7	1
	Total		24	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	3
Excelsior (loan)	2011–12	Eredivisie	16	2	—		—		—		16	2
Excelsior	2012–13	Eerste Divisie	24	3	0	0	—		—		24	3
	2013–14	Eerste Divisie	12	0	0	0	—		2[b]	0	14	0
	Total		36	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	38	3
Omonia Aradippou	2014–15	Cypriot Second Division	26	5	0	0	—		—		26	5
Dordrecht	2015–16	Eerste Divisie	34	21	2	1	—		—		36	22
AS Trenčín	2016–17	Slovak Super Liga	31	14	3	1	6[c]	2	—		40	17
	2017–18	Slovak Super Liga	17	14	2	2	0	0	—		19	16
	Total		48	28	5	3	6	2	0	0	59	33
Gent	2017–18	Belgian First Division A	17	5	—		—		—		17	5
Astana	2018	Kazakhstan Premier League	10	4	0	0	10[d]	0	0	0	20	4
	2019	Kazakhstan Premier League	30	6	1	0	12[e]	1	1[f]	0	44	7
	2020	Kazakhstan Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		40	10	1	0	22	1	1	0	64	11
Lugano (loan)	2019–20	Swiss Super League	13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
NEC Nijmegen (loan)	2020–21	Eerste Divisie	36	9	2	2	—		3[b]	1	41	12
Apollon Limassol (loan)	2021–22	Cypriot First Division	26	4	2	0	1[g]	0	—		29	4
Apollon Limassol	2022–23	Cypriot First Division	0	0	0	0	4[h]	1	1[i]	0	5	1
CFR Cluj	2022–23	Liga I	30	10	4	0	7[g]	1	1[j]	0	42	11
Bnei Sakhnin	2023–24	Israeli Premier League	5	0	0	0	—		–		5	0
Nea Salamis Famagusta	2023–24	Cypriot First Division	17	2	1	0	—		—		18	2
FC Eindhoven	2024–25	Eerste Divisie	21	6	0	0	—		—		21	6
	2025–26	Eerste Divisie	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		23	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	6
Career total			391	108	18	6	40	5	8	1	456	120

1. Includes KNVB Cup, Slovak Cup, Kazakhstan Cup, Cypriot Cup, Cupa României
2. Appearances in Eredivisie play-offs
3. Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance in Kazakhstan Super Cup
7. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
8. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
9. Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
10. Appearance in Liga I European play-offs

International

As of match played 9 September 2024^[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Curaçao	2016	3	2
	2017	8	2
	2018	3	6
	2019	5	1
	2020	0	0
	2021	6	2
	2022	5	1
	2023	8	4
	2024	4	3
Total		42	21

Scores and results list Curaçao's goal tally first.^[13]

List of international goals scored by Rangelo Janga

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 October 2016	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	Antigua and Barbuda	2–0	3–0	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
2	11 October 2016	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1–2	4–2	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
3	13 June 2017	Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Canada	Canada	1–0	1–2	Friendly
4	22 June 2017	Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique	Martinique	2–1	2–1	2017 Caribbean Cup
5	10 September 2018	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	Grenada	5–0	10–0	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
6				8–0
7				9–0
8	12 October 2018	IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States	U.S. Virgin Islands	1–0	5–0	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
9	19 November 2018	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	Guadeloupe	4–0	6–0	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
10				6–0
11	14 November 2019	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	Costa Rica	1–1	1–2	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A
12	12 June 2021	Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama	Panama	1–2	1–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	9 October 2021	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain	New Zealand	1–2	1–2	Friendly
14	24 September 2022	Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium, Bandung, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–0	2–3	Friendly
15	13 October 2023	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	Panama	1–2	1–2	2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
16	17 October 2023	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	5–3	2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A
17				5–2
18	20 November 2023	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	El Salvador	1–0	1–1	Friendly
19	5 June 2024	Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao	Barbados	1–0	4–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
20				2–0
21				3–0

Honours

Astana^[14]

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 2018, 2019
• Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2019

Apollon Limassol^[14]

• Cypriot First Division: 2021–22
• Cypriot Super Cup: 2022

Curaçao^[14]

• Caribbean Cup: 2017