Xu Yang (footballer born 1979)

Xu Yang
徐洋
Personal information
Date of birth 5 June 1979 (1979-06-05) (age 32)
Place of birth Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height 1.85 m
Playing position Defensive midfielder, Defender
Club information
Current club Shanghai Shenhua
Number 4
Youth career
1994-1998 Shenyang Haishi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999-2007 Changsha Ginde 103 (3)
2008-present Shanghai Shenhua 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 January 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 January 2010

Xu Yang (Chinese: 徐洋; pinyin: Xú Yáng) (born 5 June 1979 in Shenyang, Liaoning) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua as a defender in the Chinese Super League.

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Club career

Shenyang Haishi/Changsha Ginde

Xu Yang started his football career playing for was his local youth team Shenyang Haishi and would graduate to their senior team in the 1999 league season to begin his professional football career.[1] He would slowly establish himself as a squad regular until the 2001 league season when he played in 13 league games to establish himself within the squad.[2] The following seasons would see him as a first choice regular able to play as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back and when the club moved away from Shenyang to Changsha as well as renaming themselves Changsha Ginde, he would join them.

Shanghai Shenhua

After eight seasons he would transfer to Shanghai Shenhua as a reliable replacement for existing centre-back Li Weifeng.[2] Xu Yang has however had limited playing time for Shanghai Shenhua with Du Wei and Yanko Valkanov as the preferred the first choice centre back pair.[3]

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