Yang Chen (footballer, born 1989)

Not to be confused with Yang Chen (footballer, born 1974) or Yang Chen (footballer, born 1991).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Chen
杨晨
Personal information
Full name Yang Chen
Date of birth (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Shanghai Shenxin 31 (1)
2013 → Hebei Zhongji (loan) 19 (9)
2014–2015 Meizhou Hakka 16 (1)
2016–2018 Shenzhen Ledman 68 (10)
2019–2020 Chengdu Better City 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020

Yang Chen (simplified Chinese: 杨晨; traditional Chinese: 楊晨; pinyin: Yáng Chén; born 14 November 1989) is a Chinese footballer.

Club career

Yang Chen started his professional football career in 2009 when he was promoted to China League One side Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan's first team squad.[1] On 28 March 2009, he made his senior debut in the opening match of the season which Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan beat Shanghai Zobon 3–0.[2] He played 13 matches for the club in the 2009 season as Nanchang finished the second in the China League One and won promotion to the Chinese Super League. On 4 May 2011, Yang scored his two goals in a 3–1 win over Beijing BIT in the first round of 2011 Chinese FA Cup.[3] He scored his first league goal on 23 October 2011 in a 3–1 away win against Shaanxi Baorong Chanba.[4]

Yang was loaned to China League Two side Hebei Zhongji in March 2013.[5] He was the top scorer of the league, scoring nine goals in 19 appearances as Hebei finished the runners-up in the 2013 China League Two and promoted to the second tier. Yang transferred to another League Two club Meizhou Hakka in February 2014. He played two seasons for the club and won the champions of 2015 China League Two. Yang moved to League Two new club Shenzhen Renren in 2016.[6] He scored club's first goal in the professional league on 30 April 2016 in a 1–0 home win against Lijiang Jiayunhao.[7]

On 21 February 2019, Yang transferred to fellow League Two side Chengdu Better City.[8] He would go on to win promotion with the club as they came runners-up at the end of the 2019 China League Two season.[9]

Career statistics

As of 31 December 2020.[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shanghai Shenxin 2009 China League One 13 0 - - - 13 0
2010 Chinese Super League 3 0 - - - 3 0
2011 13 1 3 3 - - 16 4
2012 2 0 0 0 - - 2 0
2013 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 34 1
Hebei Zhongji (loan) 2013 China League Two 19 9 2 0 - - 21 9
Meizhou Hakka 2014 9 1 2 0 - - 11 1
2015 7 0 3 1 - - 10 1
Total 16 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 21 2
Shenzhen Ledman 2016 China League Two 19 1 1 0 - - 20 1
2017 26 3 2 0 - - 28 3
2018 23 6 1 0 - - 24 6
Total 68 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 72 10
Chengdu Better City 2019 China League Two 17 0 0 0 - - 17 0
2020 China League One 2 0 0 0 - - 2 0
Total 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Career total 153 21 14 4 0 0 0 0 167 25

Honours

Club

Meizhou Hakka

Individual

References

  1. ^ 2009赛季中甲联赛南昌八一队球员名单. Sina (in Chinese). 25 March 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ^ 中甲-马丁梅开二度 南昌主场3-0中邦登榜首. Sohu (in Chinese). 28 March 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. ^ 足协杯-小将杨晨梅开二度 南昌3-1力克北理工晋级. Sina (in Chinese). 4 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ 南昌保级路归功特帅盛赞之人 他的偶像是穆里尼奥. Sina (in Chinese). 23 October 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. ^ 河北中基队足协杯参赛名单 前国足23岁中锋领衔强阵. Sina (in Chinese). 29 March 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. ^ 人人战车，承载荣耀. sznews.com (in Chinese). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. ^ 中乙丽江主帅吐槽比赛净时间少:场上主角已不是球员. Sina (in Chinese). 30 April 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. ^ 官宣| 王超龙、杨晨加盟成都兴城足球俱乐部 at dongqiudi.com 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-02-22 (in Chinese)
  9. ^ "China 2019 > China League Two". RSSSF. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  10. ^ 杨晨. sodasoccer (in Chinese). Archived 2018-10-16 at the Wayback Machine