Ming-yang Yang
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 July 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Grasshoppers | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2010 | Fribourg | ||
2011–2012 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
2012–2013 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | Lausanne-Sport | 81 | (1) |
2017 | FC Winterthur | 3 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → FC Jumilla (Loan) | 29 | (0) |
2020– | Grasshoppers | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Switzerland U16 | 4 | (0) |
2012 | Switzerland U18 | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Switzerland U19 | 8 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Switzerland U20 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 August 2020 |
Ming-yang Yang (born 11 July 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Grasshoppers.
Early life
Yang was born in Basel, Switzerland to father Yang Zhihong, a professor of physiology at Fribourg University. His father originates from Wuhan, China and emigrated to Switzerland after he received a medical doctor's degree from Basel University in the 1990s.[1] Yang began his football career with FC Fribourg youth team in 2001. He transferred to Neuchâtel Xamax in 2011 and moved to Lausanne-Sport in 2012.
Club career
Yang was promoted to Lausanne-Sport's first team squad in the summer of 2013. On 14 July 2013, he made his senior debut in a 2–0 away defeat against FC Luzern.[2]
After a short spell with FC Winterthur, on 31 August 2017, Yang joined English Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[3]
References
- ^ Tang, Jallo (2013). 瑞士国青武汉伢. 足球周刊(Soccer Weekly) (in Chinese) (587): 26–28.
- ^ "Défaite du Lausanne-Sport". FC Lausanne-Sport. lausanne-sport.ch. 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Young Players Signed". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1 September 2017.
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Basel-Stadt
- Swiss footballers
- Swiss people of Chinese descent
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Association football midfielders
- FC Lausanne-Sport players
- Swiss Super League players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- FC Jumilla players
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Swiss expatriates in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Swiss expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Segunda División B players
- FC Fribourg players
- Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
- FC Winterthur players
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- Switzerland youth international footballers