Huang Yang
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 October 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Shanghai, China | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kitchee | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2000 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
2000 | São Paulo | ||
2000 | Portuguesa | ||
2000–2005 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Shanghai Shenhua | 0 | (0) |
2005–2006[1] | → Shanghai Qunying (loan) | 24 | (0) |
2011– | Kitchee | 63 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2005 | China Universiade | 6 | |
2012– | Hong Kong | 33 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2012. |
Huang Yang | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 黃洋 | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 黄洋 | ||||||||||
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Huang Yang (Chinese: 黄洋, born 30 October 1983) is a professional Hong Kong footballer and also the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year in 2013. He currently plays for Kitchee in the Hong Kong Premier League.
Early career
Huang Yang played for Shanghai Shenhua's youth academy when he was about 15. He was a member of the team that trained in Brazil with São Paulo FC and Portuguesa. He played for China as captain in the 2005 Summer Universiade[2] Then he was loaned by Shenhua to Shanghai Qunying.[3]
University
He attended Donghua University and played football at the same time. When he graduated he gave up professional football to start work. A year later Donghua's university football team re-called him as an alumnus when Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU) arrived in Shanghai for a friendly. At the time the HKPU wanted to recruit Chinese students with football talent and Huang Yang thus joined to study at HKPU.[4] In the three years since he joined, Hong Kong Polytechnic University won the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong's soccer competition twice, including in 2011, when Huang Yang was captain and scored the winning penalty.[5] After that Huang Yang completed his second degree and decided to join Kitchee to complete his unfinished dream.[6]
Club career
Kitchee SC
He finished his studies in summer 2011 and Kitchee recruited him for the 2011-12 Hong Kong First Division League season. As he has already spent 3 years in Hong Kong as a student, he qualifies as a Hong Kong player. On 18 September 2011, he score his first goal in the Hong Kong First Division League in his club's 4:2 win over Tai Po FC.
2011 Barclays Asia Trophy
The first game he played for Kitchee was against Chelsea FC in the 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy. He was the player who managed Kitchee's only shot at the Chelsea goal. He then played in the third place play-off against Blackburn Rovers. He received good reviews despite the 0–3 loss.
International career
On 2 February 2012, Huang Yang was called up to the Hong Kong national football team by Ernie Merrick for the friendly against Chinese Taipei.[7] On 29 February, he made his debut for Hong Kong against Chinese Taipei.
Career statistics
International career
As of 5 March 2014
References
- ↑ (simplified Chinese)2006年中甲联赛上海群英队运动员参赛情况一览表
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))傑志開操新援亮相 Wen Wei Po. 5 July 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))傑志新兵黃洋最受注目 2011年7月1日 04:20:13 大公報
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))傑志吞3蛋 新兵黃洋搶鏡 31 July 2011 Sina.com.hk
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))體壇傳真:奪冠 Apple Daily. 27 February 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))難忘鬥英超兵 黃洋無悔投傑志 文: 張家偉西班牙直擊 The Sun. 22 August 2011.
- ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))黃洋梁子成首入港足 Ta Kung Pao. 3 February 2012.