Wang Liang (footballer, born 1979)

Wang Liang (Chinese: 王亮; pinyin: Wáng Liàng) (born April 1, 1979) is a Chinese football player as a right back or right midfielder.

Not to be confused with Wang Liang (footballer, born 1989).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Liang
王亮
Personal information
Full name Wang Liang
Date of birth (1979-04-01) April 1, 1979
Place of birth Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right back, Right midfielder
Youth career
Liaoning F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Liaoning F.C. 128 (5)
2006–2011 Shandong Luneng Taishan 43 (0)
2008 → Liaoning F.C. (loan) 18 (0)
2012–2016 Liaoning Whowin 48 (1)
International career‡
2000–2006 China 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2010

Club career

Wang Liang started his career with Liaoning F.C. making his debut in 1999. The following season he would establish himself as a regular playing in 17 games.[1] He would eventually play for Liaoning for seven season before transferring to Shandong Luneng Taishan where he had a mixed period, winning the China Super League with them but unable to establish himself as a regular. He would move back to Liaoning after two seasons with Shandong on loan. Liaoning were relegated in the Chinese Super League 2008 season and Wang Liang returned to Shandong.

International career

Wang Liang began his senior international football career on July 28, 2000 in a friendly against South Korea that China lost 1-0.[2] After several friendlies he could not establish himself within the Chinese team and it was not until Zhu Guanghu became the Chinese Head coach did Wang become a consistent member within the team. He would experience some success with the team when he won the 2005 East Asian Football Championship, however when qualification for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup came about Zhu decided to drop Wang for the experienced Sun Jihai and the versatility of Cao Yang.

Honours

Club

Shandong Luneng[1]

Country

References
  1. "Wang, Liang". National-football-teams.com. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  2. "姓名：China PR 0-1 Korea Republic". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2000-07-28. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
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