Yang Mingyang (Chinese: 杨明洋; pinyin: Yáng Míngyáng; born Ming-yang Yang; 11 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League Nantong Zhiyun. He represented Switzerland at youth level, before giving up his Swiss passport to receive the Chinese citizenship in 2024.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yang Mingyang | ||
| Birth name | Ming-yang Yang | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nantong Zhiyun | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2010 | Fribourg | ||
| 2011–2012 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
| 2012–2013 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Lausanne-Sport II | 15 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Lausanne-Sport | 81 | (1) |
| 2017 | FC Winterthur | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | FC Winterthur II | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → FC Jumilla (Loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Grasshoppers | 0 | (0) |
| 2021– | Nantong Zhiyun | 63 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Switzerland U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2012 | Switzerland U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Switzerland U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Switzerland U20 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 August 2020 | |||
Early life
editYang was born in Basel, Switzerland to father Yang Zhihong, a professor of physiology at Fribourg University. His father originates from Wuhan, China and emigrated to Switzerland after he received a medical doctor's degree from Basel University in the 1990s.[2] Yang began his football career with FC Fribourg youth team in 2001. He transferred to Neuchâtel Xamax in 2011 and moved to Lausanne-Sport in 2012.
Club career
editYang was promoted to Lausanne-Sport's first team squad in the summer of 2013. On 14 July 2013, he made his senior debut in a 2–0 away defeat against FC Luzern.[3]
After a short spell with FC Winterthur, on 31 August 2017, Yang joined English Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[4]
On 26 February 2021, Yang joined second tier Chinese football club Nantong Zhiyun.[5] He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 25 April 2021 against Nanjing City in a 1–1 draw.[6] This would be followed by his first goals for the club in a league game on 21 May 2021 against Nanjing City in a 3–1 victory.[7] He would go on to establish himself within the team and helped the club gain promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One season.[8]
Career statistics
editStatistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2022.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lausanne-Sport | 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | Swiss Challenge League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Swiss Challenge League | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 81 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 2 | ||
| Team Vaud U21 | 2013–14 | 2. Liga Interregional | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Swiss 1. Liga | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| FC Winterthur | 2017–18 | Swiss Challenge League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
| FC Winterthur U21 | 2017–18 | Swiss 1. Liga | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s | 2017–18 | PL 2, Div 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | PL 2, Div 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | PL 2, Div 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| FC Jumilla (Loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1[b] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Grasshoppers | 2020–21 | Swiss Challenge League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grasshoppers U21 | 2020–21 | Swiss 1. Liga | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | |||
| Nantong Zhiyun | 2021 | China League One | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 7 | ||
| 2022 | China League One | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 3 | |||
| Total | 63 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 202 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 13 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearance(s) in Segunda División B Relegation play-off
References
edit- ^ "New naturalized midfielder Yang Mingyang may be selected for the national football team". www.sohu.com. 27 April 2024.
- ^ Tang, Jallo (2013). 瑞士国青武汉伢. 足球周刊（Soccer Weekly） (in Chinese) (587): 26–28.
- ^ "Défaite du Lausanne-Sport". FC Lausanne-Sport. lausanne-sport.ch. 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Young Players Signed". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1 September 2017.
- ^ 官宣：追梦赤子心！杨明阳回归祖国正式加盟南通支云 (in Chinese). m.dongqiudi.net. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "NANJING CITY VS. NANTONG ZHIYUN 1 - 1". soccerway.com. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "NANTONG ZHIYUN VS. NANJING CITY 3 - 1". soccerway.com. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ 足球报：南通支云冲超计划提前一年实现 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ YANG MINGYANG at soccerway.com
External links
edit- Ming-yang Yang at WorldFootball.net