Yang Liyu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Liyu
杨立瑜
Yang Liyu in June 2023
Personal information
Full name Yang Liyu
Date of birth (1997-02-13) 13 February 1997 (age 27)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2019

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.

Club career

Yang 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

On 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

On 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

On 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

Yang 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

Club statistics

As of 2 November 2024 [18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Appearances in Campeonato de Portugal play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

International statistics

National team
Year Apps Goals
2017 3 0
2018 0 0
2019 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Club

Guangzhou Evergrande

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Gondomar 0-1 Anadia" (in Portuguese). zerozero.pt. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ a b "China » Super League 2019 » 30. Round". worldfootball.net. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ Yang Liyu at Soccerway