Yang Li (; born 26 February 1993) is a

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footballer who currently plays for

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in the

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. Her impressive form has subsequently drawn comparisons of her to revered Chinese striker Sun Wen.

International career

Yang was first called up to the Chinese women's national team ahead of the

2014 Four Nations Tournament The 2014 Four Nations Tournament (Torneio Quatro Nações) in Portuguese, was the first edition of the Four Nations Tournament held in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil between 30 October –1 November as a Men's friendly handball tournament org ...

. She scored twice on her debut on 13 October 2014 in a 3–1 win against

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during the tournament. At the

2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, the 18th edition of the competition, was a women's association football tournament competed by national teams in Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It served as the qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cu ...

, Yang was joint top goalscorer with Park Eun-sun with six goals in five games as the team finished third place and qualified for the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

. She was ruled out of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup right before the tournament started due to recurring injuries.

International goals

Honours

International

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* Four Nations Tournament:

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Individual

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Top Goalscorer:

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