Ming-yang Yang

Ming-yang Yang (born 11 July 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Ming-yang Yang
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 74
Youth career
2001–2010 Fribourg
2011–2012 Neuchâtel Xamax
2012–2013 Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Lausanne-Sport 81 (1)
2017 FC Winterthur 3 (0)
2017–2020 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2018–2019 → FC Jumilla (Loan) 29 (0)
National team
Switzerland U16 4 (0)
Switzerland U18 3 (0)
2013–2014 Switzerland U19 8 (0)
2014–2016 Switzerland U20 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:09, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Yang was born in Basel, Switzerland to father Yang Zhihong, a professor of physiology at Fribourg University. His father originates from Wuhan, China and emigrated to Switzerland after he received a medical doctor's degree from Basel University in the 1990s.[1] Yang began his football career with FC Fribourg youth team in 2001. He transferred to Neuchâtel Xamax in 2011 and moved to Lausanne-Sport in 2012.

Club career

Yang was promoted to Lausanne-Sport's first team squad in the summer of 2013. On 14 July 2013, he made his senior debut in a 2–0 away defeat against FC Luzern.[2]

After a short spell with FC Winterthur, on 31 August 2017, Yang joined English Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[3]

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References
  1. Tang, Jallo (2013). 瑞士国青武汉伢. 足球周刊（Soccer Weekly） (in Chinese) (587): 26–28.
  2. "Défaite du Lausanne-Sport". FC Lausanne-Sport. lausanne-sport.ch. 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  3. "Young Players Signed". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1 September 2017.
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