Huang Yang
Huang Yang (Chinese: 黄洋, born 30 October 1983) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. He was the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year in 2013. He is also the captain of the Hong Kong national football team.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Huang Yang | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Shanghai, China | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive 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 | 144 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | China Universiade | 6 | (0) |
| 2012– | Hong Kong | 57 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 December 2019 | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃洋 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄洋 | ||||||||||
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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
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 could be registered as a local player. 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 from the fans despite the 0–3 loss. On 18 September 2011, he scored his first goal in Hong Kong in his club's 4–2 win over Tai Po.
On 4 January 2020, Huang made his 250 appearances for the club in the Sapling Cup match against Rangers.
International career
On 2 February 2012, Huang was called up to the Hong Kong national football team by Ernie Merrick for the friendly against Chinese Taipei.[7] On 29 February 2012, he made his debut for Hong Kong against Chinese Taipei.
On 11 October 2016, Huang scored his first international goal for Hong Kong in the friendly against Singapore.
Starting from the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2 in November 2018, Huang has become the captain of Hong Kong.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 11 October 2020.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Senior Shield | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kitchee | 2011–12 | Hong Kong First Division League | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Hong Kong Premier League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 144 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 267 | 6 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the AFC Cup
- Appearances in the Hong Kong League Cup
- Appearances in the 2012–13 Hong Kong Season Play-off
- Appearances in the AFC Champions League qualification & AFC Cup
- Appearances in the Hong Kong League Cup, Hong Kong Sapling Cup & 2015–16 Hong Kong Season Play-off
- Appearances in the AFC Champions League qualification
- Appearances in the AFC Champions League
- Appearances in the Hong Kong Sapling Cup
International
- As of 18 December 2019
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2012 | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 1 | |
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Honours
Club
- Kitchee
- Hong Kong Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Hong Kong First Division: 2011–12, 2013–14
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2016–17, 2018–19
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2017–18, 2019–20
- Hong Kong League Cup: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16
Individual
References
- (in Chinese)2006年中甲联赛上海群英队运动员参赛情况一览表
- (in Chinese)傑志開操新援亮相 Wen Wei Po. 5 July 2011.
- (in Chinese)傑志新兵黃洋最受注目 Archived 19 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine 2011年7月1日 04:20:13 大公報
- (in Chinese)傑志吞3蛋 新兵黃洋搶鏡 Archived 16 July 2012 at Archive.today 31 July 2011 Sina.com.hk
- (in Chinese)體壇傳真：奪冠 Apple Daily. 27 February 2011.
- (in Chinese)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.
- (in Chinese)黃洋梁子成首入港足 Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ta Kung Pao. 3 February 2012.
External links
- Huang Yang at Soccerway
- Huang Yang on Instagram
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Yapp Hung Fai |
Hong Kong national football team captain 2018– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |