Yang Xu
杨旭
Personal information
Full name Yang Xu
Date of birth (1988-02-12) 12 February 1988
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2001–2002 Dalian Yiteng
2003–2004 Liaoning Whowin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2013 Liaoning Whowin 171 (52)
2013–2016 Shandong Luneng 74 (14)
2014 → Changchun Yatai (loan) 11 (2)
2017–2019 Tianjin Tianhai 53 (17)
2017 → Liaoning Whowin (loan) 9 (0)
2020–2023 Shanghai Shenhua 50 (4)
International career
2003–2005 China U-17
2009–2019 China 54 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yang Xu (simplified Chinese: 杨旭; traditional Chinese: 楊旭; pinyin: Yáng Xù; born 12 February 1988) is a former Chinese professional footballer who last played for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

Club career

Liaoning Whowin

Yang Xu started his football career when he made his debut for Liaoning Whowin on 16 April 2005 in a 1–0 loss against Shanghai Shenhua.[1] He scored his first goal for the club on 5 May 2005 in a 3–1 win against Shenzhen Jianlibao.[2] By the end of the 2005 season, Yang scored three league goals in 11 appearances and saw his club finish in a tenth-place position. The following season would see Yang continue to establish himself with the squad by making a further 20 league appearances and scoring three goals; however, most of his appearances came from the bench.[3] By the 2008 season, he was still a squad player trying to establish himself as the main striker within the team; however, he was unable to help Liaoning avoid relegation at the end of the season. Staying with the club, Yang was promoted to first-choice striker at the start of the 2009 league season and he would repay them with 15 league goals in 22 appearances, making him the second best goalscorer in the league.[4] His goals would aid Liaoning to win the division title and immediate promotion back to the top flight.

Shandong Luneng

On 27 February 2013, Yang transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng. In July 2014, he was loaned to Changchun Yatai for the rest of the 2014 season.

Tianjin Quanjian

On 26 February 2017, Yang transferred to fellow top-tier side Tianjin Quanjian and was immediately loaned to his former club Liaoning Whowin for one season.[5] He made his first appearance since returning to the club on 3 March 2017 in a 1–1 draw against Guizhou Zhicheng.[6] He returned to Quanjian ahead of the 2018 season, scoring 18 goals in 62 appearances across 2 seasons.

Shanghai Shenhua

On 15 July 2020, Yang joined Shanghai Shenhua on a free transfer following the disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai.[7] On 18 September 2020, he scored his first goal for the club, a penalty in a 1-1 draw against Guangzhou R&F in the first round of 2020 Chinese FA Cup, and Shenhua subsequently lost 5-3 in the penalty shootout. As a prolific centre forward throughout his career, Yang suffered from goal drought in his first 2 seasons at Shenhua. On 8 June 2022, Yang finally scored his first league goal for the club in a 2-0 win over derby rivals Shanghai Port.[8]

On 11 April 2023, Yang announced his retirement from professional football via livestream.

International career

Yang was called up to the Chinese national team and made his international debut on 30 September 2009 in a 4–1 win against Botswana.[9] Despite playing for a second-tier side he would be tried out in several friendlies before he was given his chance to play in a qualifying match for the AFC Asian Cup in a 2–1 win against Vietnam on 17 January 2010 where he also scored his debut goal.[10] On 30 March 2011, he scored twice in a 3–0 win against Honduras and on 23 July 2011, he scored a hat-trick in a 7–2 win against Laos.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 20 October 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liaoning Whowin2005Chinese Super League1130000--113
200620300---203
2007190----190
2008143----143
2009China League One2315----2315
2010Chinese Super League2711----2711
201129900---299
201228842---3210
Total 171524200000017554
Shandong Luneng2013Chinese Super League22410---234
20147000-20-90
201528742-560[lower-alpha 1]03715
201617310-84-267
Total 741462001510009526
Changchun Yatai (loan)2014Chinese Super League11200---112
Tianjin Tianhai201825910-71-3310
201928810---298
Total 5317200071006218
Liaoning Whowin (loan)2017Chinese Super League9000---90
Shanghai Shenhua202016011-00-171
202114061---201
202220410---214
Total 50482000000586
Career total 3688920600221100410106

International statistics

National team
YearAppsGoals
200910
201073
2011106
201220
201372
201452
2015118
201641
201700
201810
201966
Total5428

International goals

As of 10 October 2019[12]
Scores and results list China's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 January 2010Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam1–02–12011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.17 November 2010Tuodong Stadium, Kunming, China Latvia1–01–0Friendly
3.18 December 2010Zhuhai Sports Center, Zhuhai, China Estonia3–03–0
4.29 March 2011Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China Honduras2–03–0
5.3–0
6.23 July 2011Tuodong Stadium, Kunming, China Laos1–27–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.3–2
8.4–2
9.28 July 2011New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos6–16–1
10.28 July 2013Olympic Stadium, Songpa-gu, South Korea Australia3–14–32013 EAFF East Asian Cup
11.10 September 2013Olympic Stadium, Tianjin, China Malaysia2–02–0Friendly
12.4 September 2014Anshan Sports Centre Stadium, Anshan, China Kuwait1–13–1
13.10 October 2014Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China Thailand3–03–0
13 December 2014Chenzhou Sports Center Stadium, Chenzhou, China Kyrgyzstan3–04–0Friendly1
4–0
17 December 2014Evergrande Football Base, Qingyuan, China2–02–0
3 January 2015Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Campbelltown, Australia Oman4–14–1
14.27 March 2015Helong Stadium, Changsha, China Haiti1–12–2Friendly
15.16 June 2015Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu, Bhutan Bhutan1–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
16.3–0
17.5–0
18.12 November 2015Helong Stadium, Changsha, China2–012–0
19.4–0
20.6–0
21.8–0
22.24 March 2016Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China Maldives2–04–0
23.11 June 2019Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China Tajikistan1–01–0Friendly
30 August 2019NFTC Stadium, Xianghe, China Myanmar1–04–1Friendly1
24.10 September 2019National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives Maldives3–05–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
25.10 October 2019Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China Guam1–07–0
26.3–0
27.4–0
28.5–0
1:Non FIFA 'A' international match

Honours

Club

Liaoning Whowin

Shandong Luneng

International

China national under-17 football team

China PR national football team

References

  1. ↑ "杨旭心态正处子秀挺成功 辽足喜获未来锋线杀手". sports.sina.com.cn. 2005-04-17. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  2. ↑ "辽小虎陈兴独中两元 健力宝1–3辽宁遇五连败 评". sports.sohu.com. 2005-05-15. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  3. ↑ "球员资料-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  4. ↑ "中甲射手榜：南昌外援18球称王 辽足新国脚穿银靴". sports.sina.com. 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  5. ↑ "鲁能官方宣布杨旭转会权健 2017赛季先租借辽足". Sina. 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  6. ↑ "中超-石笑天染红耶拉维奇点杀 贵州主场1–1辽足" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  7. ↑ "上海申花连宣三人！马丁斯回归、天海两旧将加盟". Chinanews. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  8. ↑ "中超-巴索戈杨旭进球 申花2-0两连胜送海港两连败" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  9. ↑ "China PR 4–1 Botswana". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  10. ↑ "China PR 2–1 Vietnam". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  11. ↑ 杨旭 at sodasoccer.com Archived 2020-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Matches of Yang Xu
  13. ↑ "中甲最终积分榜：辽宁冠军南昌冲超成功 四川降级". sports.sina.com.cn. 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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