Yang Lin (; born March 14, 1981 in

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) is a

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player. He is the manager of

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club

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currently.

Club career

Shanghai United

Yang Lin started his professional football career in 2002 with second tier football club Dalian Sidelong and would go on to established himself as a regular as the club moved from

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then to

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while changing their name multiple times, eventually to Shanghai United. He played a significant role in the promotion of Zhuhai Zobon into the

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in the 2004 league season.

Henan Construction

At the beginning of 2007 he joined the newly promoted

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in the China Super League where he had a very productive season where he played in 14 league games and scored one goal. After seeing Henan establish themselves as mid-table team the following season was to prove less successful for Yang Lin as he was only able to make seven appearances for Henan.

Return to Dalian

After a personally disappointing season for Yang Lin which saw him lose his place at Henan he transferred to

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. At Dalian, Yang Lin would be utilized as a centre back due to his height for several games. He would return to his position as a striker against

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in a league game which saw him score his first goal for Dalian. When his season long loan period ended he decided to stay in Dalian with the newly formed

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and play within the third tier during the beginning of the 2010 league season.

International career

He made his debut for the senior national team on December 17, 2002 in a friendly against

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in a 3-1 victory. In 2007, he played in the early stages of the

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where he scored his first goal against

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, however since then he only made several further friendly appearances before being dropped from the team.

Career statistics

Club statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 4 November 2017.''

International statistics

Last updated:23 April 2008

Honors

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References

External links

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