Yang Liyu (simplified Chinese: 杨立瑜; traditional Chinese: 楊立瑜; pinyin: Yáng Lìyú; born 13 February 1997) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yang Liyu | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-02-13) 13 February 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Chongqing, China | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Hubei Youth | ||
| 2013–2015 | Wuhan Zall | ||
| 2015–2016 | Gondomar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Gondomar | 7 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Tianjin Teda (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2018– | Guangzhou Evergrande | 63 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | China U-20 | 13 | (7) |
| 2017– | China U-23 | 17 | (6) |
| 2017– | China | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2020 | |||
Yang Liyu started his football career when he joined Campeonato de Portugal side Gondomar from Wuhan Zall in 2015. He made his debut for the club on 8 May 2016 in a 1–0 loss against Anadia, where he was sent off in 56th minute.[1] He was officially promoted to the first team squad in the summer of 2016. He played six league matches for the club in the 2016-17 season.
On 26 January 2016, Yang was loaned out to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda for one season.[2] He made his debut for the club on 4 March 2017 in a 2–0 away loss against Shandong Luneng.[3] He scored his first goal for the club on 9 August 2017 in a 3–1 away loss against Yanbian Funde.[4] He scored his second goal for the club on 27 September 2017 in a 3–1 home win against Guizhou Hengfeng.[5] Yang refused to extend his loan with the club at the end of the 2017 season.[6]
On 24 December 2017, Yang transferred to fellow top tier side Guangzhou Evergrande.[7] He made his debut for the club on 14 February 2018 in a 1–1 home draw against Buriram United in the 2018 AFC Champions League, coming on as a substitute for Alan Carvalho in the 80th minute.[8] He scored his first goal for the club on 11 August 2018 in a 3–2 away loss against Changchun Yatai.[9] He scored his second goal for the club on 2 September 2018 in a 2–1 win against Shanghai Shenhua, scoring the winner.[10] The following season he would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team that went on to win the 2019 Chinese Super League title.[11]
Yang was called up to the Chinese national team by Marcello Lippi for the first time in November 2017 for the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[12] He made his international debut on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw against South Korea.[13][14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gondomar | 2015-16 | Campeonato de Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Tianjin Teda (loan) | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 28 | 2 | |||
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 2018 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | - | 39 | 6 | ||||
| 2020 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | - | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 18 | ||
| Career total | 95 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 9 | ||
| National team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |
Guangzhou Evergrande
Guangzhou F.C. – current squad | |
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