Yang Li (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yang Li | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 6.9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Jiangsu Suning | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Jiangsu Suning | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014– | China | 63 | (31) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2019 |
Yang Li (simplified Chinese: 杨丽; traditional Chinese: 楊麗; pinyin: Yáng Lì; born 26 February 1993) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Jiangsu Suning in the Chinese Women's Super League. Her impressive form has subsequently drawn comparisons of her to revered Chinese striker Sun Wen.[1]
International career
Yang was first called up to the Chinese women's national team ahead of the 2014 Four Nations Tournament. She scored twice on her debut on 13 October 2014 in a 3–1 win against Mexico during the tournament. At the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Yang was joint top goalscorer with Park Eun-sun with six goals in five games as the team finished third place and qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was ruled out of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup right before the tournament started due to recurring injuries.[2]
Honours
International
China PR national football team
Individual
- AFC Women's Asian Cup Top Goalscorer: 2014
References
- ^ "Young Sun Wen shoulders high expectations". FIFA. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Top scorer Yang left off China's World Cup squad". The Sports Network. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
External links
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- Yang Li at Soccerway
- Profile at Chinese Football Association (CFA) (in Chinese)
- Chinese women's footballers
- Chinese footballers
- Living people
- 1993 births
- China women's international footballers
- People from Lianyungang
- Footballers from Jiangsu
- Women's association football forwards
- Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of China
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Asian Games competitors for China
- Chinese women's football biography stubs