Yang Liyu (simplified Chinese: 杨立瑜; traditional Chinese: 楊立瑜; pinyin: Yáng Lìyú; born 13 February 1997) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.
 Yang Liyu in June 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yang Liyu | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Chongqing, China | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beijing Guoan | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Hubei Youth | ||
| 2013–2015 | Wuhan Zall | ||
| 2015–2016 | Gondomar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Gondomar | 7 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Tianjin Teda (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2018–2022 | Guangzhou FC | 115 | (20) |
| 2023– | Beijing Guoan | 46 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | China U-19 | 13 | (7) |
| 2017–2020 | China U-23 | 17 | (6) |
| 2017– | China | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2019 | |||
Club career
editYang Liyu started his football career when he joined Campeonato de Portugal side Gondomar from Wuhan Zall in 2015. He made his debut for the club on 8 May 2016 in a 1–0 loss against Anadia, where he was sent off in 56th minute.[1] He was officially promoted to the first team squad in the summer of 2016. He played six league matches for the club in the 2016-17 season.
Tianjin Teda
editOn 26 January 2017, Yang was loaned out to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda for one season.[2] He made his debut for the club on 4 March 2017 in a 2–0 away loss against Shandong Luneng.[3] He scored his first goal for the club on 9 August 2017 in a 3–1 away loss against Yanbian Funde.[4] He scored his second goal for the club on 27 September 2017 in a 3–1 home win against Guizhou Hengfeng.[5] Yang refused to extend his loan with the club at the end of the 2017 season.[6]
Guangzhou Evergrande
editOn 24 December 2017, Yang transferred to fellow top tier side Guangzhou Evergrande.[7] He made his debut for the club on 14 February 2018 in a 1–1 home draw against Buriram United in the 2018 AFC Champions League, coming on as a substitute for Alan Carvalho in the 80th minute.[8] He scored his first goal for the club on 11 August 2018 in a 3–2 away loss against Changchun Yatai.[9] He scored his second goal for the club on 2 September 2018 in a 2–1 win against Shanghai Shenhua, scoring the winner.[10] The following season he would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team that went on to win the 2019 Chinese Super League title.[11] He made 137 appearances and scored 22 goals for Guangzhou across 5 seasons.
Beijing Guoan
editOn 30 March 2023, Yang joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.[12] On 15 April 2024, Yang made his debut for Guoan in a 1-1 home draw against Meizhou Hakka. [13] On 20 April 2024, he scored his first goal for Guoan in a 1-1 away draw against Wuhan Three Towns. [14]
International career
editYang was called up to the Chinese national team by Marcello Lippi for the first time in November 2017 for the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[15] He made his international debut on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw against South Korea.[16][17]
Career statistics
editClub statistics
edit- As of 2 November 2024 [18]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gondomar | 2015-16 | Campeonato de Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Tianjin Teda (loan) | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 28 | 2 | |||
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 2018 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | - | 39 | 6 | ||||
| 2020 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | - | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 20 | 5 | ||||
| 2022 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 32 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 115 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 22 | ||
| Beijing Guoan | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 26 | 6 | |||
| 2024 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 23 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 46 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 193 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 221 | 33 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Campeonato de Portugal play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
International statistics
edit| National team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
editClub
editIndividual
edit- Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2019
References
edit- ^ "Gondomar 0-1 Anadia" (in Portuguese). zerozero.pt. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "泰达官宣签约3名U21内援 97国青主力门将加盟" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "中超-刘彬彬替补破僵西塞破门 鲁能2-0胜泰达" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "杨立瑜:球队失利首球失去意义 作为射手就是进球" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "中超-阿奇姆彭迪亚涅破门 泰达3-1贵州取两连胜" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "杨立瑜离队潘喜明解约 泰达正抓紧物色新队员" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "圣诞宣!恒大正式签3名U23 邓涵文杨立瑜唐诗加盟". Sina.com (in Chinese). 24 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "高拉特破门杨立瑜首秀 亚冠主场1-1平武里南联". Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. (in Chinese). 14 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "杨立瑜：没赢首球没意义 医院看望王寿挺再次致歉". Sina (in Chinese). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "上一秒地狱下一秒天堂！杨立瑜从被嘘到获全场呼喊". Sina (in Chinese). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ a b "China » Super League 2019 » 30. Round". worldfootball.net. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "官方：德索萨、阿代米、恩加德乌、韩佳奇等8人加盟北京国安" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "国安1-1梅州，张稀哲点射救主，叶楚贵爆射破门，阿代米造点". Dongqiudi. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "三镇1-1国安，刘殿座失误送杨立瑜破门，埃德米尔森献绝平". Dongqiudi. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "杨立瑜:97年龄段想和张玉宁比 明年要争最佳新人". Sina. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "杨立瑜:国足首秀提升自信心 近距离向老大哥学习". Sina. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "国足最年轻射手：不中意18号 望奥运会圆梦". Tencent. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ Yang Liyu at Soccerway