Li Yang (footballer, born 1997)
Chinese association football player
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Li Yang (Chinese: 李扬; born 22 July 1997) is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing as a defender for Chengdu Rongcheng and the China national team.
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Li in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 22 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Yancheng, Jiangsu, China | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chengdu Rongcheng | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Gondomar | ||
| 2017–2018 | Coimbrões | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Coimbrões | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Vitória | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Shanghai Shenhua (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Gondomar | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Wuhan FC (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2022 | Guangzhou FC | 30 | (0) |
| 2023 | Wuhan Three Towns | 14 | (2) |
| 2024– | Chengdu Rongcheng | 43 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | China U22 | 6 | (1) |
| 2026– | China | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
Club career
Li Yang would represent Jiangsu in the 2015 China National Youth Games, where they came runners-up at the end of the tournament.[1] He would go abroad to Portugal to continue his development where he played for Gondomar and then Coimbrões. At Coimbrões he would be promoted to their senior team where he made his debut on 21 January 2018 in a Campeonato de Portugal league game against Canelas 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 3-2 victory.[2] This would be followed by a transfer to Primeira Liga club Vitória who loaned him out to Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua on 8 July 2019, however his return to China only saw him play a single game against Tianjin TEDA F.C. in the Chinese FA Cup that ended in a 3-1 victory.[3]
On 4 April 2023 he would join fellow top tier club Wuhan Three Towns for the start of the 2023 Chinese Super League campaign.[4] He made his debut on 15 April 2023 in a league game against Shanghai Port in a 2-0 defeat.[5] This was followed by his first goal, which was against Qingdao Hainiu on 29 April 2023 in a league game that ended in a 3-0 victory.[6] After a season, Li transferred to another top tier club in Chengdu Rongcheng on 20 February 2024.[7] He made his debut on 2 March 2023 in a league game against Qingdao Hainiu in a 2-0 victory, where he also scored his first goal for the club in the same match.[8]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coimbrões | 2017–18 | Campeonato de Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vitória | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shanghai Shenhua (loan) | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gondomar | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wuhan (loan) | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| Guangzhou | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | |
| Wuhan Three Towns | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2024 | Chinese Super League | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Chinese Super League | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 98 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 3 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in 2023–24 AFC Champions League
- Appearances in the Chinese FA Super Cup
- Seven appearances in 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite, one appearance in qualification
Honours
Wuhan Three Towns
