*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:01, 31 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:01, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
Yang Yilin would play for the Shandong Taishan youth team where he was sent out to Sao Paulo, Brazil for training before he was allowed to join fourth tier Spanish club Estudiantes de Murcia. With them he would make his senior debut on 27 August 2018 in a league game against UCAM Murcia B that ended in a 1-0 defeat.[1] He would return to Shandong after a season and then eventually loaned out to second tier club Meizhou Hakka on 13 February 2020.[2] At Meizhou he would make his first appearance for them on 13 September 2020 in a league game that saw them win 2-0 against Liaoning Shenyang Urban.[3] On his return to Shandong he would be dropped to the reserve team throughout the 2021 Chinese Super League season. On 29 April 2022, Yang returned to Meizhou on a permanent transfer.[4]