Ruan Yang ( Chinese: 阮杨; born 13 December 1993 in

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

, China) is a Chinese

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who plays as a left-footed

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for Kunshan FC.

Club career

Ruan Yang started his football career when he joined

Hangzhou Greentown Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (C ...

's youth academy in 2008. After joining the academy, he was sent to the clubs reserve team Wenzhou Provenza F.C. who were allowed to play in the Chinese football pyramid before being one of the players in the football star project and went to Portugal for football training in 2011. He arrived in Portugal on 16 December 2011, he played for Real SC's youth team alongside Li Yuanyi in the 2011-12 season. In the summer of 2012, he trained with

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and signed a contract to play for the team. Ruan made his first appearance for Sporting CP B on 6 December 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 2-3 loss against Uniao Madeira. In the winter of 2013, he was loaned to low tier club Amora. He played three games and scored one goal before he returned to China in March 2013. Ruan then signed with

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side

on 1 July 2013. At Hangzhou, Ruan would struggle to gain much playing time and was even dropped to the reserves before he transferred to League Two side

Hunan Billows Hunan Billows Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Changsha, Hunan and their home stadium is th ...

on 9 March 2018. He would transfer to another third tier club in Kunshan FC and be part of the team that gained promotion to the second tier at the end of the

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campaign. He would go on to establish himself as regular within the team and was part of the squad that won the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the

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campaign.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Kunshan Kunshan is a county-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province with Shanghai bordering its eastern border and Suzhou on its western boundary. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou. Name There is a strong pos ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruan, Yang 1993 births Living people Chinese footballers Sportspeople from Hangzhou Footballers from Zhejiang Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Hunan Billows players Kunshan F.C. players Chinese expatriate footballers Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Liga Portugal 2 players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Association football wingers