Yang Liyu

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yang Liyu
杨立瑜

| image = File:Yang Liyu June 2023.jpg

| caption = Yang Liyu in June 2023

| fullname = Yang Liyu

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chongqing, China

| height = {{height|m=1.81}}

| position = Right winger

| currentclub = Beijing Guoan

| clubnumber = 17

| youthyears1 = 2010–2013

| youthclubs1 = Hubei Youth

| youthyears2 = 2013–2015

| youthclubs2 = Wuhan Zall

| youthyears3 = 2015–2016

| youthclubs3 = Gondomar

| years1 = 2016–2017

| clubs1 = Gondomar

| caps1 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2017

| clubs2 = → Tianjin Teda (loan)

| caps2 = 26

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2018–2022

| clubs3 = Guangzhou FC

| caps3 = 115

| goals3 = 20

| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = Beijing Guoan

| caps4 = 46

| goals4 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016

| nationalteam1 = China U-19

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| nationalyears2 = 2017–2020

| nationalteam2 = China U-23

| nationalcaps2 = 17

| nationalgoals2 = 6

| nationalyears3 = 2017–

| nationalteam3 = China

| nationalcaps3 = 4

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = 2 November 2024

| ntupdate = 11 June 2019

| medaltemplates =

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}}

Yang Liyu ({{zh|s=杨立瑜|t=楊立瑜|p=Yáng Lìyú}}; born 13 February 1997) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.

Club career

Yang Liyu started his football career when he joined Campeonato de Portugal side Gondomar from Wuhan Zall in 2015. He made his debut for the club on 8 May 2016 in a 1–0 loss against Anadia, where he was sent off in 56th minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.zerozero.pt/jogo.php?id=4880415|title=Gondomar 0-1 Anadia|publisher=zerozero.pt|date=2016-05-08|access-date=2017-03-05|language=pt}} He was officially promoted to the first team squad in the summer of 2016. He played six league matches for the club in the 2016-17 season.

=Tianjin Teda=

On 26 January 2017, Yang was loaned out to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda for one season.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-01-26/doc-ifxzyxmt1317230.shtml|title=泰达官宣签约3名U21内援 97国青主力门将加盟|publisher=sports.sina.com|date=2017-01-26|access-date=2017-03-05|language=zh}} He made his debut for the club on 4 March 2017 in a 2–0 away loss against Shandong Luneng.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-03-04/doc-ifycaafp1869554.shtml|title=中超-刘彬彬替补破僵西塞破门鲁能2-0胜泰达|publisher=sports.sina.com|date=2017-03-04|access-date=2017-03-05|language=zh}} He scored his first goal for the club on 9 August 2017 in a 3–1 away loss against Yanbian Funde.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-08-09/doc-ifyixiar8693805.shtml|title=杨立瑜:球队失利首球失去意义作为射手就是进球|publisher=sports.sina.com|date=2017-08-09|access-date=2017-08-10|language=zh}} He scored his second goal for the club on 27 September 2017 in a 3–1 home win against Guizhou Hengfeng.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-09-27/doc-ifymkwwk6437908.shtml|title=中超-阿奇姆彭迪亚涅破门泰达3-1贵州取两连胜|publisher=sports.sina.com|date=2017-09-27|access-date=2017-12-20|language=zh}} Yang refused to extend his loan with the club at the end of the 2017 season.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-12-20/doc-ifyptkyk5459705.shtml|title=杨立瑜离队潘喜明解约泰达正抓紧物色新队员|publisher=sports.sina.com|date=2017-12-20|access-date=2017-12-20|language=zh}}

=Guangzhou Evergrande=

On 24 December 2017, Yang transferred to fellow top tier side Guangzhou Evergrande.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2017-12-24/doc-ifypyuva7633941.shtml|title=圣诞宣!恒大正式签3名U23 邓涵文杨立瑜唐诗加盟|website=Sina.com |date=2017-12-24|access-date=2017-12-24|language=zh}} He made his debut for the club on 14 February 2018 in a 1–1 home draw against Buriram United in the 2018 AFC Champions League, coming on as a substitute for Alan Carvalho in the 80th minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/news.aspx?fid=110&ftid=45680|title=高拉特破门杨立瑜首秀亚冠主场1-1平武里南联|website=Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. |date=2018-02-14|access-date=2018-02-22|language=zh}} He scored his first goal for the club on 11 August 2018 in a 3–2 away loss against Changchun Yatai.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2018-08-12/doc-ihhqtawx3831487.shtml|title=杨立瑜：没赢首球没意义医院看望王寿挺再次致歉|website=Sina|date=2018-08-12|access-date=2018-08-13|language=zh}} He scored his second goal for the club on 2 September 2018 in a 2–1 win against Shanghai Shenhua, scoring the winner.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2018-09-03/doc-ihiqtcan1550405.shtml|title=上一秒地狱下一秒天堂！杨立瑜从被嘘到获全场呼喊|website=Sina|date=2018-09-03|access-date=2018-09-18|language=zh}} The following season he would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team that went on to win the 2019 Chinese Super League title.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/chn-super-league-2019-spieltag/30/|title=China » Super League 2019 » 30. Round|publisher=worldfootball.net|date=2019-12-01|access-date=2022-10-07|language=}} He made 137 appearances and scored 22 goals for Guangzhou across 5 seasons.

=Beijing Guoan=

On 30 March 2023, Yang joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/3353514.html|title=官方：德索萨、阿代米、恩加德乌、韩佳奇等8人加盟北京国安|publisher=Dongqiudi|date=30 March 2023|access-date=30 March 2023|language=zh}} On 15 April 2024, Yang made his debut for Guoan in a 1-1 home draw against Meizhou Hakka. {{cite news|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/3384851.html|title=国安1-1梅州，张稀哲点射救主，叶楚贵爆射破门，阿代米造点|publisher=Dongqiudi|date=2023-04-15|access-date=2024-11-08}} On 20 April 2024, he scored his first goal for Guoan in a 1-1 away draw against Wuhan Three Towns. {{cite news|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/3397209.html|title=三镇1-1国安，刘殿座失误送杨立瑜破门，埃德米尔森献绝平|publisher=Dongqiudi|date=2023-04-20|access-date=2024-11-08}}

International career

Yang was called up to the Chinese national team by Marcello Lippi for the first time in November 2017 for the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.{{cite web|title=杨立瑜:97年龄段想和张玉宁比明年要争最佳新人|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/national/2017-12-01/doc-ifyphxwa7076640.shtml|publisher=Sina|date=1 December 2017|access-date=11 December 2017}} He made his international debut on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw against South Korea.{{cite web|title=杨立瑜:国足首秀提升自信心近距离向老大哥学习|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/national/2017-12-11/doc-ifypnqvn2916112.shtml|publisher=Sina|date=11 December 2017|access-date=11 December 2017}}{{cite web|title=国足最年轻射手：不中意18号望奥运会圆梦|url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20171217/005045.htm|publisher=Tencent|date=17 December 2017|access-date=26 December 2017}}

Career statistics

=Club statistics=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3"\|Gondomar \|2015-16 \|rowspan="2"\|Campeonato de Portugal \|0	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|1{{efn\|name=C de P\|Appearances in Campeonato de Portugal play-offs}}	0	1	0
2016-17	6	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|6	0
colspan="2"\|Total !6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Tianjin Teda (loan) \|2017 \|rowspan=6\|Chinese Super League \|26	2	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|28	2
rowspan=6\|Guangzhou Evergrande \|2018 \|18	2	2	0	colspan=2
\|2	0	1{{efn\|name=CFASC\|Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup}}	0	23	2
2019 \|27	4	2	1	colspan=2
\|10	1	colspan="2"
\|39	6
2020 \|18	0	1	0	colspan=2
\|4	0	colspan="2"
\|23	0
2021 \|20	5	0	0	colspan=2
\|0	0	colspan="2"
\|20	5
2022 \|32	9	0	0	colspan=2
\|0	0	colspan="2"
\|32	9
colspan="2"\|Total !115	20	5	1	0	0	16	1	1	0	137	22
rowspan=3\|Beijing Guoan \|2023 \|rowspan=2\|Chinese Super League \|24	5	2	1	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|26	6
2024 \|22	2	1	1	colspan=2
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|23	3
colspan="2"\|Total !46	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	9
colspan=3 \| Career total !193\|\|29\|\|10\|\|3\|\|0\|\|0\|\|16\|\|1\|\|2\|\|0\|\|221\|\|33