Li Yang (; born 22 July 1997) is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing as a defender for Chengdu Rongcheng and the China national team.

Club career Li Yang would represent Jiangsu in the 2015 China National Youth Games, where they came runners-up at the end of the tournament. He would go abroad to Portugal to continue his development where he played for Gondomar and then Coimbrões. At Coimbrões he would be promoted to their senior team where he made his debut on 21 January 2018 in a Campeonato de Portugal league game against Canelas 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 3-2 victory. This would be followed by a transfer to Primeira Liga club Vitória who loaned him out to Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua on 8 July 2019, however his return to China only saw him play a single game against Tianjin TEDA F.C. in the Chinese FA Cup that ended in a 3-1 victory.

On 4 April 2023 he would join fellow top tier club Wuhan Three Towns for the start of the 2023 Chinese Super League campaign. He made his debut on 15 April 2023 in a league game against Shanghai Port in a 2-0 defeat. This was followed by his first goal, which was against Qingdao Hainiu on 29 April 2023 in a league game that ended in a 3-0 victory. After a season, Li transferred to another top tier club in Chengdu Rongcheng on 20 February 2024. He made his debut on 2 March 2023 in a league game against Qingdao Hainiu in a 2-0 victory, where he also scored his first goal for the club in the same match.

Career statistics

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCoimbrões2017–18Campeonato de Portugal1000––10Vitória2019–20Primeira Liga0000––00Shanghai Shenhua (loan)2019Chinese Super League0010––10Gondomar2020–21Campeonato de Portugal1020––30Wuhan (loan)2021Chinese Super League9040––130Guangzhou20223000000–300Wuhan Three Towns2023142003000172Chengdu Rongcheng202414140––18120252903080–40020260000––00 Total431708000581 Career total983140110001233 Notes

Honours Wuhan Three Towns Chinese FA Super Cup: 2023

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