Yu Yang (; born 6 August 1989) is a

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professional footballer who currently plays for

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club

Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan 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 the Chaoyang District in Beijing and their ho ...

Club career

Yu Yang started his football career playing for

's youth academy before eventually being promoted up to the senior squad and would go on to make his debut on 29 June 2008 in a 2-0 loss against

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. Yu would make four appearances at the end of the season; however, the following campaign he did not play in the team that won the 2009 top-tier league title. He would instead be loaned out to third-tier club

Dalian Aerbin Dalian Professional Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, that participates in the China Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). Their home stadium is Dalian Sports Ce ...

during the 2010 season and would go on to actually win the division title with the club. When Yu returned to Beijing at the beginning of the 2011 season,

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was introduced as the new manager and he included him back into the first team. This saw him repay him by scoring his first goal for the club on 30 May 2011 against

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in a 4-0 win. While Yu only played in two league games throughout the 2011 season, Pacheco would go on make him a first team regular the following season. On 9 December 2014, Yu transferred to fellow

side

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. On 30 December 2016, Yu returned to Beijing Guoan. He would make is return appearance for the club in the first league game of the

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season on 5 March 2017 against

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in a game that ended in a 2-1 defeat. Throughout the season he would establish himself as a vital member of the team and in the following season help the club go on the win the

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against

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International career

Yu made his debut for the Chinese national team on 8 June 2012 in a 3-0 win against

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Career statistics

Club statistics

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International

Honours

Club

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References

External links

Player profile
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Player stats
at Sohu.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Yang 1989 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Tianjin China international footballers Beijing Guoan F.C. players Dalian Professional F.C. players Guangzhou City F.C. players China League Two players Chinese Super League players Association football defenders 2019 AFC Asian Cup players