Li Yang (footballer, born 1997)

Li Yang (born 22 July 1997) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a defender for Chengdu Rongcheng.

Club career
Li Yang would represent Jiangsu in the 2015 China National Youth Games, where they came runners-up at the end of the tournament. He would go abroad to Portugal to continue his development where he played for Gondomar and then Coimbrões. At Coimbrões he would be promoted to their senior team where he made his debut on 21 January 2018 in a Campeonato de Portugal league game against Canelas 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 3-2 victory. This would be followed by a transfer to Primeira Liga club Vitória who loaned him out to Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua on 8 July 2019, however his return to China only saw him play a single game against Tianjin TEDA F.C. in the Chinese FA Cup that ended in a 3-1 victory.

On 4 April 2023 he would join fellow top tier club Wuhan Three Towns for the start of the 2023 Chinese Super League campaign.

Career statistics

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Honours
Wuhan Three Towns
 * Chinese FA Super Cup: 2023