Yang Zexiang (Chinese: 杨泽翔; born 14 December 1994) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a right-back for Shanghai Shenhua and the China national team.
 Yang Zexiang in August 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Foshan, Guangdong, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Tianjin TEDA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Tianjin TEDA | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Baoding Yingli ETS (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2018 | Dalian Transcendence | 28 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Dalian Pro | 0 | (0) |
| 2021– | Shanghai Shenhua | 32 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Chengdu Rongcheng (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | China | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | |||
Club career
editYang Zexiang would play for the Tianjin TEDA youth team before being promoted to the senior team in the 2015 Chinese Super League campaign and would make his debut appearance in a Chinese FA Cup game against Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard on 8 July 2015 in a 1-0 defeat.[1] After several seasons he was loaned out to second tier football club Baoding Yingli ETS to gain some playing time. The following he transferred to Dalian Transcendence.[2]
At the end of the 2018 league campaign Dalian Transcendence quit the professional league and Yang Zexiang was free to transfer to Dalian Pro.[3] He would not make any senior appearances for Dalian Pro and joined another top tier club in Shanghai Shenhua who loaned him out to second tier club Chengdu Rongcheng where he gained promotion with them at the end of the 2021 China League One campaign.[4]
On his return to Shenhua he would make his debut in league game on 5 August 2022 against Changchun Yatai, where he came on as a substitute, but was sent off for a high challenge against Zhang Li in a 0-0 draw.[5] After his suspension he would have to wait until 23 December 2022 to be given another chance within the team, where in a league game against Cangzhou Mighty Lions he repaid the teams faith in him by scoring his first goal for the club in a 3-0 victory.[6]
International career
editYang made his debut for the China national team on 11 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against South Korea at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. He played the full game as South Korea won 1–0.[7]
Career statistics
edit- As of 11 June 2024.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tianjin TEDA | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Baoding Yingli ETS (loan) | 2017 | China League One | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | ||
| Dalian Transcendence | 2018 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| Dalian Pro | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Chengdu Rongcheng (loan) | 2021 | China League One | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0[b] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Career total | 98 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 3 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
Honours
editShanghai Shenhua
References
edit- ^ "China » Cup 2015 » Round of 16 » Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard - Tianjin Teda 1:0". worldfootball.net. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "中甲抢断王加盟大连超越获官宣 合同期为三年". sports.qq.com (in Chinese). 26 February 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "重磅！大连超越宣布球队解散 中甲降级后再遭痛击". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 14 January 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "2021赛季中超升降级：成都蓉城队、浙江队成功冲超". 163.com (in Chinese). 12 January 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "红牌背后的故事！杨泽翔28岁中超首秀，出场80秒被罚下没那么简单". sohu.com (in Chinese). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "中超-于汉超破僵局 申花3-0沧州终结3轮不胜". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "South Korea v China game report". ESPN. 11 June 2024.
- ^ Yang Zexiang at Soccerway
External links
edit- Yang Zexiang at WorldFootball.net
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