Yang Hao (; born 19 August 1983) is a retired Chinese professional footballer who played as a

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Club career

Yang Hao started his football career with

Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Football Club (), known in AFC competitions as Beijing FC, is a Chinese professional football club based in Beijing, that competes in . Beijing Guoan plays its home matches at the Workers' Stadium, located within Chaoyang Distr ...

after graduating from their youth academy during the 2001 league season. He would gradually establish himself within the following season at Beijing as an attacking midfielder who was also capable in playing as a striker. He however found it difficult to gain a continuous place within the starting eleven until the 2004 league season when he was able to play in 19 league games. His run within the squad was short lived after the introduction of

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as the club's new manager at the beginning of the 2005 league season, which saw Yang's playing time severely limited. Only after the introduction of Lee Jang-Soo at the beginning of the 2007 league season did Yang start to become an integral member of the Beijing squad and when he started to settle within the team's midfield by the 2009 league season he would aid the team to the league title. In January 2011, Yang joined recently promoted side

Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home city, most notably at T ...

on a free transfer. On 2 April 2011, he would make his debut for the club in a 1-0 win against

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. Throughout the 2011 season, he saw the ambitious club go on to win the league title; however, Yang was not a regular for the club and he decided to join Guizhou Renhe before the 2012 season. On 8 July 2014, Yang transferred to fellow

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side Jiangsu Sainty. He made his debut for the club on 19 July 2014 in a 3-2 loss against

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. He left Jiangsu at the end of 2016 season after his contract ended. Yang signed for

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side Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic in July 2017.

International career

Yang would make his international debut against

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in a friendly which the Chinese national team won 1-0 on 1 June 2009. He would play in several further friendlies and quickly became an integral member of the national team and even go on to score his first goal against

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in a 3-1 victory on 18 July 2009. Then Chinese manager

Gao Hongbo Gao Hongbo (; born January 25, 1966, in Beijing) is a Chinese professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He previously managed the China national football team from 2009 to 2011, and in 2016. Appointed in May 2 ...

would make sure that Yang would be a starter for all of China's vital games and included him in the squad that won the

2010 East Asian Football Championship The 2010 EAFF East Asian Football Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament which was held between 6 and 14 February 2010. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2009. Participating teams Preliminary Round 1 * * * * Round ...

before included him in the squad for the

2011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup was the 15th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar from 7 to 29 January 2011. It was the secon ...

Career statistics

Club statistics

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

International goals

:''Results list China's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. H ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Chinese Football Super Cup The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a Chinese association football, football super cup competition that takes place every year before the start of the new season. It is contested between the champions of t ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Guizhou Renhe *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Chinese FA Super Cup The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a Chinese football super cup competition that takes place every year before the start of the new season. It is contested between the champions of the previous Chinese Su ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Jiangsu Sainty *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Individual

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* East Asian Football Championship:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

References

External links

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Player Profile
at Beijing Guoan website *
Player stats
at Sohu.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Hao 1983 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Beijing Beijing Guoan F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Jiangsu F.C. players Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players China men's international footballers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen 2011 AFC Asian Cup players Men's association football midfielders