Yang Lina (; born 13 April 1994) is a Chinese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Levante Las Planas, on loan from

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club Shanghai Shengli, and the China national team.

Club career

On 13 September 2022, Yang joined French club

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on a season-long loan deal. She arrived just a month after

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joined also the team. In winter she left PSG to join Catalan side Levante Las Planas. Yang had her debut for her new club on Feb 4th, 2023. Levante Las Planas drew 0–0 with Alhama in a

league match. She became a regular starter for the team.

International career

Yang made her debut for the China national team on 17 August 2018 in a 7–0

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win against

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. On 6 October 2018, she scored her first goal in a 2–1 friendly win against

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. In July 2021, she was named in the squad for the

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. In January 2022, Yang was named in the squad for the

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. She played four matches in the tournament as China went on to win their ninth continental title.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yang goal.''

Honours

China *

silver medalist:

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; bronze medalist:

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* EAFF E-1 Championship runner-up:

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* 1994 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Chinese women's footballers 21st-century Chinese sportswomen Chinese Women's Super League players China women's international footballers Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for China Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Paris Saint-Germain FC (women) players Première Ligue players Liga F players Chinese expatriate sportspeople in France Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in France Expatriate women's footballers in Spain 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games FC Levante Las Planas players Asian Games silver medalists in football Asian Games bronze medalists in football {{PRChina-women-footy-bio-stub