Liu Yang (

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: 刘洋; born 9 February 1991) is a

football player who currently plays for

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side

Cangzhou Mighty Lions Cangzhou Mighty Lions Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Cangzhou, Hebei and their home stadium i ...

Club career

In 2011, Liu Yang started his professional footballer career with

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...

in the

. He would eventually make his league debut for Shandong on 29 October 2011 in a game against

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, coming on as a substitute for Han Peng in the 90th minute. Under the Head coach

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, Liu would start to become a regular within the squad, however the club finished in a disappointing twelfth in the

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campaign and under the new manager

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he would lose his place within the first team. On 30 December 2013, Liu transferred to

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side

Wuhan Zall Wuhan Yangtze River Football Club, formerly Wuhan Zall Football Club (), is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in ...

with a fee of ¥3,500,000. After only one season and the chance to join another top tier club, Liu left Wuhan to join

Guizhou Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their h ...

where he would make his debut in a league game on 7 March 2015 against

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that ended in a 1–0 defeat. While he would establish himself as a regular within the team by making twenty eight appearances within the league he was unfortunately a member of the squad that saw the club relegated at the end of the 2015 league season. At the beginning of the 2016 league season the club would move cities to

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and rename themselves

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. Zhu would stay with the team and at the end of the 2017 league season he was part of the squad that gained promotion back into the top tier. Liu moved to Chinese Super League side

Tianjin TEDA Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin, and their home stadium is t ...

in February 2019. He would make his debut in a league game on 8 March 2019 against

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that ended in a 1–0 defeat.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.''刘洋
at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2015-11-01

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Yang 1991 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Anhui People from Bengbu Shandong Taishan F.C. players Wuhan F.C. players Beijing Renhe F.C. players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Association football defenders