Yang Yun (), born October 6, 1988), is a Chinese professional

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who currently plays as a defender for

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Cangzhou Mighty Lions 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 Cangzhou, Hebei and their home stadium i ...

Club career

Born in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, Yang Yun originally began his football career playing for the

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...

youth team, however he was unable to break into their senior team due to the merger with

Shanghai United F.C. Shanghai United F.C (Simplified Chinese: 上海联城足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, who last played in the 16,000 seater Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in the Chinese Super League. The club was found ...

and the significant increase in the squad size. Almost leaving the club he would instead be loaned out to

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

side

Liaoning Guangyuan FC Liaoning Guangyuan Football Club ( Chinese: 辽宁广原足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional soccer club which played in Singapore's S.League as a foreign team in the 2007 season. The club was a satellite team of the Chinese Super League cl ...

to gain more playing opportunities. When he returned he would finally be promoted to the senior side and would go on to be scouted by

Juventus F.C. )''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback) , founded = as Sport-Club Juventus , ground = Juventus Stadium , capacity = 41,507 , owner = Agnelli ...

before agreeing a loan move to second tier club

Nanchang Bayi Shanghai Shenxin Football Club () was a professional football club that participated in China's football league system between 2003 and 2019 under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Jinshan District, Shangh ...

halfway through the 2009 league season. Yang's move turned out to be a huge success and he helped guide the team to a runners-up position and promotion to the top tier. Yang Yun transferred to

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 ...

club

Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic () is a defunct Chinese football club. The team was based in Chongqing. The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league system ...

in February 2011. On 5 January 2017, Yang moved to League One side

Qingdao Huanghai Qingdao Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Qingdao and their home stadium was the Qingdao Gu ...

. He joined fellow China League One side

on 22 February 2019. In his first season with the club he would help the team to a runners-up position and promotion into the top tier.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020''.

Honours

Club

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References

External links

Player stats
at sohu.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Yun 1988 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Shanghai Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Shanghai Shenxin F.C. players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Qingdao F.C. players Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Association football defenders