He Yang (; born 23 February 1983 in

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

) is a former Chinese international

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Club career

While He Yang graduated from the Tianjin Teda youth team during the 2002 league season he struggled to break into the first team until the 2003 league season when he made thirteen league appearances. Often coming on as a substitute throughout much of his career he had difficulty in establishing himself as regular and was often criticised for his lack of concentration within defence, nevertheless he remained with Tianjin even when he was completely dropped from the senior team in the 2008 league season. When the 2009 league season began centre-back Wang Xiao was injured early within the campaign and the coach

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immediately recalled He Yang back into the team as his replacement, with another chance to prove himself within the team He Yang showed considerable maturity and physical ability that was missing in his earlier career. He Yang would suddenly rise to prominence and establish himself as an integral member within the team, even scoring his debut goal against

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on May 16, 2009 in a 1–1 draw. When

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came into the team as the new coach He Yang would remain an integral part of the team and go on to help Tianjin come runners-up of the

2010 Chinese Super League The 2010 Chinese Super League season (also known as Pirelli Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the seventeenth season of a Professional sports, professional asso ...

season. On 11 February 2015, He transferred to

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side

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

. After two seasons he moved to another League One club in

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on 14 January 2017. This was followed by a move to fourth tier club

Chengdu Better City Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Chengdu, Sichuan, that competes in . Chengdu Rongcheng plays its home matches at the Phoenix Hill Football Stadium, located within Jinniu District. The club's fou ...

in the

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season where he played an integral part in seeing the club gain successive promotions. At the end of the

2020 China League One The 2020 China League One ( zh, 2020中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 17th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The season was scheduled to begin on 29 Febru ...

season his contract would expire with Chengdu after three seasons with the club. On 24 February 2021, He would announce his retirement from professional football.

International career

He Yang would make his international debut in a friendly against

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in a 1–0 win on 1 June 2009 where he played the game as a right-back. He would then be included in the squad that won the

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but did not play within any of the games.

Career statistics

Club statistics

Honours

Club

Tianjin Teda F.C. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club (), previously Tianjin TEDA (), is a Chinese professional football club based in Tianjin, that competes in . Tianjin Jinmen Tiger plays its home matches at the TEDA Soccer Stadium, located within Binhai. The f ...

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Country

East Asian Football Championship EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as the East Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and the EAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international football competition in East Asia for member nations of the East ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

References

External links

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Player stats at sohu.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:He, Yang 1983 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Tianjin China men's international footballers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia F.C. players Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Men's association football defenders