Yang Mingrui
Chinese footballer (born 2007)
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Yang Mingrui (simplified Chinese: 杨铭锐; traditional Chinese: 楊銘銳; pinyin: Yáng Míngruì; born 5 April 2007) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Dalian Yingbo.
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Yang Mingrui in April 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yang Mingrui | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Yingkou, Liaoning, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dalian Yingbo | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2024 | Dalian Pro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Dalian Yingbo | 19 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | China U17 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 November 2025 | |||
Youth career
Yang Mingrui was born on 5 April 2007 in Bayuquan District, Yingkou, in the province of Liaoning.[1] He became interested in football after seeing his elder cousin play the sport when Yang was in fourth grade. Over the next two years, his passion for football influenced his parents to eventually move from Yingkou to Dalian, Liaoning, in pursuit of better quality of football training for Yang. In this process, his father resigned from his previous workplace and found a new job in logistics in Dalian. Yang graduated from Dongbei Road Primary School, and joined the youth academy of Dalian Yifang thereafter. He later became the captain of his age group, and competed in the first edition of the China Youth Football League.[2]
In October 2025, Yang Mingrui won a gold medal with the Liaoning U18 at the under-18 men's football event of the 2025 National Games of China, after winning against Shandong U18 in the final.[3][4]
Club career
Dalian Yingbo
On 11 July 2024, seven months after the dissolution of Dalian Pro,[5] Yang signed for China League One club Dalian Yingbo.[6] Just two days later, he made his senior debut in a 2–0 league victory over Suzhou Dongwu.[7] During the 2024 China League One season, Dalian Yingbo were promoted to the 2025 Chinese Super League after securing the runner-up position,[8] while Yang made no further appearances for the entire rest of the season.[9]
On 29 March 2025, Yang made his first start for Dalian Yingbo in their 2–0 home win against Changchun Yatai, playing 62 minutes of the match.[10] In featuring for his side in the match, Yang became the first 2007-born footballer to play in the Chinese Super League.[11] On 1 November, he scored his first professional goal, breaking the deadlock in a 2–2 away draw against Meizhou Hakka.[12][13]
International career
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 November 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dalian Yingbo | 2024 | China League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Chinese Super League | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | |||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
Honours
Liaoning U18