Liu Yang (footballer, born 1991)

Liu Yang (Chinese: 刘洋; born 9 February 1991) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Chinese Super League side Cangzhou Mighty Lions.

Liu Yang
刘洋
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991
Place of birth Bengbu, Anhui, China
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cangzhou Mighty Lions
Number 23
Youth career
Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Shandong Luneng 17 (0)
2014 Wuhan Zall 14 (0)
2015–2018 Beijing Renhe 44 (0)
2019–2021 Tianjin TEDA 43 (0)
2021- Cangzhou Mighty Lions 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Club career

In 2011, Liu Yang started his professional footballer career with Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League.[1] He would eventually make his league debut for Shandong on 29 October 2011 in a game against Shenzhen Ruby, coming on as a substitute for Han Peng in the 90th minute.[2] Under the Head coach Henk ten Cate, Liu would start to become a regular within the squad, however the club finished in a disappointing twelfth in the 2012 Chinese Super League campaign and under the new manager Radomir Antić he would lose his place within the first team.[3]

On 30 December 2013, Liu transferred to China League One side Wuhan Zall with a fee of ¥3,500,000.[4] After only one season and the chance to join another top tier club, Liu left Wuhan to join Guizhou Renhe where he would make his debut in a league game on 7 March 2015 against Liaoning Whowin F.C. that ended in a 1–0 defeat.[5] While he would establish himself as a regular within the team by making twenty eight appearances within the league he was unfortunately a member of the squad that saw the club relegated at the end of the 2015 league season.[6] At the beginning of the 2016 league season the club would move cities to Beijing and rename themselves Beijing Renhe.[7] Zhu would stay with the team and at the end of the 2017 league season he was part of the squad that gained promotion back into the top tier.

Liu moved to Chinese Super League side Tianjin TEDA in February 2019.[8] He would make his debut in a league game on 8 March 2019 against Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. that ended in a 1–0 defeat.[9] After two seasons he would join fellow top tier club Cangzhou Mighty Lions on 8 April 2021.[10] He would make his debut in a league game on 21 April 2021 against Qingdao F.C. in a 2-1 defeat.[11] Despite the loss he would go on to establish himself a regular within the team by making 22 league appearances throughout the season.

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 January 2023.[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shandong Luneng2011Chinese Super League1000-0010
201216030--190
20130000--00
Total 170300000200
Wuhan Zall2014China League One14010--150
Guizhou Renhe /
Beijing Renhe		2015Chinese Super League28010--290
2016China League One3020--50
20179010--100
2018Chinese Super League4010--50
Total 440500000490
Tianjin TEDA2019Chinese Super League27000--270
202016050--210
Total 430500000480
Cangzhou Mighty Lions2021Chinese Super League22020--240
202211000--110
Total 330200000350
Career total 151016000001670

References
  1. 2011中超山东鲁能球员名单 at sohu.com 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2014-04-10 (in Chinese)
  2. 韩鹏携奥比纳破门 山东3-2送深足降级 at sohu.com 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2014-04-10 (in Chinese)
  3. "China 2012". RSSSF. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  4. 卓尔官方宣布签约鲁能90后新星 签3年转会费350万 at sports.sina.com 2013-12-30 Retrieved 2014-04-10(in Chinese)
  5. "BEIJING CHENGFENG VS. LIAONING HONGYUN 0 - 1". soccerway.com. 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  6. "China 2015". RSSSF. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  7. "关于贵州人和足球俱乐部主要股权转让并更名的公示". fa.org.cn. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  8. 五星连珠！泰达终于官宣 郑凯木荣昊苏缘杰来投 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  9. "GUANGZHOU FC VS. TIANJIN JINMEN TIGER 1 - 0". soccerway.com. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  10. "继续十点宣！官方：前天津津门虎球员刘洋加盟沧州雄狮". m.dongqiudi.net. 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  11. "QINGDAO FC VS. CANGZHOU MIGHTY LIONS 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  12. 刘洋 at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
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