Yang Ning

Yang Ning (Chinese 杨宁 born in 1962) is a former Chinese football Goalkeeper who played for Guangdong and the Chinese national team who he represented in the 1984 Asian Cup.

Yang Ning
杨宁
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-04-10) April 10, 1962
Place of birth Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1988 Guangdong
National team
1980–1986 China 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Yang Ning grew up into a football family and quickly rose through the ranks before he graduated into the senior team of Guangdong within the 1978 Chinese league season. The following season he went on to be part of the team that went on to win the 1979 Chinese league title.[1] This soon saw him called up to the Chinese national team in 1980, which made him the youngest goalkeeper ever to be included in the national team.[2] He was then included in the squad that played within the 1982 Asian Games before being the first-choice goalkeeper that came runners-up within the 1984 AFC Asian Cup.[3] After playing in the 1986 Asian Games he retired several years later and moved to San Francisco.

Career statistics

International statistics
Year Competition Apps Goal
1983-1984 Friendly 7 0
1984 Great Wall Cup 2 0
1984 Asian Cup Qualification 4 0
1984 Asian Cup 2 0
Total 15 0

Honours

References
  1. China 1979 at rsssf.com 22 Oct 2009 Retrieved 2012-12-13
  2. 广东足球重镇梅州 客家六虎闪亮国足 at sports.163.com 2007-10-11 Retrieved 2012-12-13
  3. Asian Nations Cup 1984 at rsssf.com 21 Dec 2009 Retrieved 2012-12-13
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