Yang Kuo

Yang Kuo
杨阔
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-08) January 8, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Luoyang, Henan, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Henan FC
Number 16
Youth career
Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Shandong Youth 37 (3)
2013 Shandong Luneng 0 (0)
2014–2020 Henan Jianye 102 (1)
2021–2023 Wuhan Three Towns 31 (3)
2024- Henan FC 33 (3)
International career
2015 China U22 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2023
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Kuo (Chinese: 杨阔; born 8 January 1993 in Luoyang, Henan) is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a right-back or midfielder for Henan FC.

Club career

Yang Kuo started his professional football career in the 2011 league season for third tier club Shandong Youth. After two seasons he joined their affiliated club, Shandong Luneng in the 2013 Chinese Super League campaign. After a season with them he was allowed to leave and on 31 December 2013, Yang transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[1] He eventually made his league debut for Henan on 13 April 2014 in a game against Guangzhou R&F,coming on as a substitute for Zhu Yifan in the 70th minute.[2]

On 2 April 2021, Yang joined second tier club Wuhan Three Towns.[3] In his debut season he would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team and aid the club to win the league title and gain promotion as the club entered the top tier for the first time in their history.[4] The following campaign he would be part of the squad that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.[5]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 January 2023.[6]

Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shandong Youth 2011 China League Two 14 0 - - - 14 0
2012 23 3 1 1 - - 24 4
Total 37 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 38 4
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2013 Chinese Super League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Henan Jianye 2014 10 0 0 0 - - 10 0
2015 20 0 2 0 - - 22 0
2016 12 0 0 0 - - 12 0
2017 22 0 1 0 - - 23 0
2018 23 1 0 0 - - 23 1
2019 4 0 0 0 - - 4 0
2020 11 0 1 0 - - 12 0
Total 102 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 106 1
Wuhan Three Towns 2021 China League One 21 2 0 0 - - 21 2
2022 Chinese Super League 10 1 3 0 - - 13 1
Total 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 34 3
Career total 170 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 178 8

Honours

Club

Wuhan Three Towns

References

  1. ^ 建业引援盯河南游子 鲁能93黄金一代主力或回乡 at sports.sina.com 2013-12-31 Retrieved 2014-04-15(in Chinese)
  2. ^ 达维哈默德各两球 富力两获点球4-0建业 at sohu.com 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-15 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ "官方：杨阔、殷亚吉和开赛尔加盟武汉三镇" (in Chinese). m.dongqiudi.net. 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  4. ^ a b "恭喜武汉三镇冲超成功！5大前国脚压阵，下赛季或将上演武汉德比". sohu.com (in Chinese). 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  5. ^ a b "武汉三镇捧起中超冠军火神杯 3年3冠创造三镇奇迹". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  6. ^ 杨阔 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01 Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine