Yang Mingyang (; born 11 July 1995), born Ming-yang Yang, is a Swiss-born Chinese professional

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who plays as a midfielder for

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Nantong Zhiyun Nantong Zhiyun Football Club () is a professional China, Chinese Association football, football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Nant ...

Early life

Yang was born in

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

, Switzerland to father Yang Zhihong, a professor of physiology at

Fribourg University The University of Fribourg (french: Université de Fribourg; german: Universität Freiburg) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisiu ...

. His father originates from

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

, China and emigrated to Switzerland after he received a medical doctor's degree from

Basel University The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universitie ...

in the 1990s. Yang began his football career with

FC Fribourg FC Fribourg is a Swiss football club from the town of Fribourg in the Canton of Fribourg. In the 2022/23 season, the team is playing in 2. Liga Interregional, the fifth highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid. History The club was founde ...

youth team in 2001. He transferred to

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

in 2011 and moved to

Lausanne-Sport FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport played in the Swiss Super League in their most recent 2021-22 season, the highest tier of football i ...

in 2012.

Club career

Yang was promoted to

's first team squad in the summer of 2013. On 14 July 2013, he made his senior debut in a 2–0 away defeat against

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (german: Luzern). It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league syste ...

. After a short spell with

FC Winterthur FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club based in Winterthur, Canton of Zürich. They play in the Swiss Super League, the first tier of Swiss football, and appeared regularly in the Nationalliga A during the 20th century. Their home is the Stad ...

, on 31 August 2017, Yang joined

English Championship The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the En ...

club

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. On 26 February 2021, Yang joined second tier Chinese football club

. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 25 April 2021 against

Nanjing City Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

in a 1-1 draw. This would be followed by his first goals for the club in a league game on 21 May 2021 against Nanjing City in a 3-1 victory. He would go on to establish himself within the team and helped the club gain promotion to the top tier at the end of the

2022 China League One The 2022 China League One ( zh, 2022中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 19th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. Format On 12 May 2022, the Chinese Football ...

season.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2022.''YANG MINGYANG
at soccerway.com

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Ming-yang 1995 births Living people Footballers from Basel Swiss men's footballers Swiss sportspeople of Chinese descent Men's association football midfielders FC Lausanne-Sport players Swiss Super League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players FC Jumilla players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Segunda División B players FC Fribourg players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Winterthur players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Switzerland men's youth international footballers