Yang Jian (; born 4 October 1988, in Shenyang) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for

China League One The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...

side

Shenyang Urban Liaoning Shenyang Urban Football Club, also sometimes known as Liaoning Shenyang City, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The te ...

as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...

Club career

Yang started his professional career in 2006 when he was promoted to

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association ...

side

Shenzhen Kingway Shenzhen Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League. The team is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong and their home stadium is the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre that has a seating capacity of ...

first team squad. On 15 September 2007, he made his senior debut in a 5–0 away defeat against

Shandong Luneng Taishan 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 ...

. Yang played 5 matches for Shenzhen in the 2007 season. However, he lost his position in 2008 and was put on the transfer list at the end of 2008 season. Yang returned to play professional football in 2012 when he joined

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...

club Shenzhen Fengpeng which was newly founded by former Shenzhen F.C. players and staffs. He scored 7 goals in 28 appearances in the 2012 season while Shenzhen Fengpeng was knocked out in the semi-finals of play-offs by Hubei China-Kyle and failed to promote to second tier. Yang transferred to

club

Guangdong Sunray Cave Shaanxi Wuzhou Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club based in Xi'an, Shaanxi which last played in the China League One division. The club was originally formed on February 5, 2007 as Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C. and was once ow ...

with Shenzhen Fengpeng's manager Zhang Jun in January 2013. On 16 March, he made his debut for Guangdong Sunray Cave in the first round of the league which Guangdong beat

Chengdu Blades Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. () was a Chinese professional football club based in Chengdu, China who last played in the 26,000 seater Shuangliu Sports Center in the China League One division. The club was founded on 26 February 1996 and was formerly ...

2–1 at home. He scored his first goal for Guangdong on 28 April, in a 1–0 away victory against Beijing Baxy. In January 2016, Yang transferred to his hometown club Shenyang City in the China League Two. He would go on to win the

2019 China League Two The 2019 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 30th season since its establishment in 1989. The league was expanded to 32 teams, with 16 teams in North Group and 16 teams in South Group. Team changes To League Two T ...

division with the club.

International career

Yang was part of the

China national under-17 football team The China national under-17 football team, also known as the China Junior Team (国少队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the AFC U-16 Championship, as well as any ...

to win the

2004 AFC U-17 Championship The 2004 AFC U-17 Championship was the 11th AFC U-17 Championship, which was held between 4 and 18 September 2004 in Japan. China won their second title after beating Korea DPR 1-0 in the final. Qualification Venues The matches were played ...

. He also played for China U-17s in the

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could partic ...

Career statistics

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Honours

Club

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International

China under-17 national football team *

AFC U-17 Championship The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a q ...

: 2004

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Jian 1988 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Shenyang Shenzhen F.C. players Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C. players Guizhou F.C. players Liaoning Tieren F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Men's association football midfielders