Yang Chen (footballer, born 1989)

Yang Chen (simplified Chinese: 杨晨; traditional Chinese: 楊晨; pinyin: Yáng Chén; born 14 November 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chengdu Better City in the China League One.

Not to be confused with Yang Chen (footballer, born 1974) or Yang Chen (footballer, born 1991).
This is a 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
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chengdu Better City
Number 23
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– Chengdu Better City 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2019

Club career

Yang Chen started his professional football career in 2009 when he was promoted to China League One side Nanchang Hengyuan's first team squad.[1] On 28 March 2009, he made his senior debut in the opening match of the season which Nanchang Hengyu beat Pudong 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 Institute of Technology 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 Renhe.[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 Yunnan Lijiang.[7]

On 21 February 2019, Yang transferred to fellow League Two side Chengdu Better City.[8]

Career statistics
As of 31 December 2019.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shanghai Shenxin2009China League One130---130
2010Chinese Super League30---30
201113133--164
20122000--20
20130000--00
Total 311300000341
Hebei Zhongji (loan)2013China League Two19920--219
Meizhou Hakka20149120--111
20157031--101
Total 161510000212
Shenzhen Ledman2016China League Two19110--201
201726320--283
201823610--246
Total 68104000007210
Chengdu Better City2019China League Two17000--170
Career total 15121144000016525

Honours

Club
Meizhou Hakka

Individual
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References
  1. 2009赛季中甲联赛南昌八一队球员名单. Sina (in Chinese). 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  2. 中甲-马丁梅开二度 南昌主场3-0中邦登榜首. Sohu (in Chinese). 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  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). 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  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). 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  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). 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  6. 人人战车，承载荣耀. sznews.com (in Chinese). 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  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). 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  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. 杨晨. sodasoccer (in Chinese).
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