Yang Pengju (; born 6 June 2000) is a Chinese

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currently playing as a defender for

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Club career

Yang Pengju was invited to join the academy of

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as part of the

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initiative to bring young Chinese players to Spanish clubs. On his return he would join Wanda Group owned

in the

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season where he was promoted to their senior team before being loaned out to second tier club Beijing BSU. He would go on to make his debut for them in a league game on 12 July 2021 against

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in a 1-0 victory.

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* 2000 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Men's association football defenders China League One players Valencia CF players Dalian Professional F.C. players Beijing Sport University F.C. players Chinese expatriate men's footballers Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub