Yang Hao (footballer)

Yang Hao
杨昊
Personal information
Date of birth 19 August 1983 (1983-08-19) (age 28)
Place of birth Beijing, China
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder / Striker
Club information
Current club Guangzhou Evergrande
Number 19
Youth career
1998-2000 Beijing Guoan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001-2010 Beijing Guoan 139 (12)
2011- Guangzhou Evergrande 22 (0)
National team‡
2009- China 22 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2010
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.

Yang Hao (simplified Chinese: 杨昊; traditional Chinese: 楊昊; pinyin: Yáng Hào) (born in Beijing, 19 August 1983) is a Chinese international association football player who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande as a midfielder in the Chinese Super League.

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Club career

Yang Hao started his professional football career with Beijing Guoan after graduating from their youth team during the 2001 Chinese league season. He would gradually establish himself within the following season at Beijing as an attacking midfielder who was also capable in playing as a striker. He however found it difficult to gain a continuous place within the starting eleven until the 2004 league season when he was able to play in 19 league games.[1] His run within the squad was short lived after the introduction of Shen Xiangfu as the clubs new manager at the beginning of the 2005 league season, which saw Yang's playing time severely limited. Only after the introduction of Lee Jang-Soo at the beginning of the 2007 league season did Yang start to become an integral member of the Beijing squad and when he started to settle within the teams midfield by the 2009 league season he would aid the team to the league title.[2]

Yang joined Guangzhou Evergrande on a free transfer in January 2011.

International career

Yang Hao would make his international debut against Iran in a friendly, which China won 1-0 on the 1st of June 2009, where he played in midfield.[3] He would play in several further friendlies and quickly became an integral member of the national team and even go on to score his first goal against Palestine in a 3-1 victory on the 18th of July 2009.[4] The Chinese Head coach Gao Hongbo would make sure that Yang would be a starter for all of China's vital games and included him in the squad that won the 2010 East Asian Football Championship before included him in the squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

Career statistics

Club statistics

Last update: 2 November 2011

Season Team Country Division Apps Goals
2002 Beijing Guoan China 1 7 0
2003 Beijing Guoan China 1 12 1
2004 Beijing Guoan China 1 19 1
2005 Beijing Guoan China 1 9 3
2006 Beijing Guoan China 1 12 1
2007 Beijing Guoan China 1 5 1
2008 Beijing Guoan China 1 21 1
2009 Beijing Guoan China 1 23 3
2010 Beijing Guoan China 1 17 1
2011 Guangzhou Evergrande China 1 22 0

International goals

Results list China's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
18 July 2009 Tianjin  Palestine 1 goal 3-1 Friendly match
12 August 2009 Singapore  Singapore 1 goal 1-1 Friendly match

Honours

Club

Beijing Guoan

Guangzhou Evergrande

Country

China PR national football team

References

  1. ^ http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MA09805&season=2004
  2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china09.html
  3. ^ http://teamchina.sports.sohu.com/20090601/n264291788.shtml
  4. ^ http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=2009-07-18

External links

1 Yang Zhi • 2 Li Xuepeng • 3 Wang Qiang • 4 Zhao Peng • 5 Du Wei (c) • 6 Zhou Haibin • 7 Zhao Xuri • 8 Hao Junmin • 9 Yang Xu • 10 Deng Zhuoxiang • 11 Qu Bo • 12 Guan Zhen • 13 Liu Jianye • 14 Wang Song • 15 Yu Tao • 16 Huang Bowen • 17 Zhang Linpeng • 18 Gao Lin • 19 Yang Hao • 20 Rong Hao • 21 Yu Hai • 22 Zeng Cheng • 23 Li Jianbin • Coach: Gao Hongbo
Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. – current squad