Huang Yang


Huang Yang is a Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer and also the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year in 2013. He currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. He is also the captain of the Hong Kong national football team.

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 Then he was loaned by Shenhua to Shanghai Qunying.

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 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. 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. After that Huang Yang completed his second degree and decided to join Kitchee to complete his unfinished dream.

Club career

Kitchee SC

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. On 18 September 2011, he scored his first goal in Hong Kong in his club's 4:2 win over Tai Po.

2011 Barclays Asia Trophy

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 despite the 0–3 loss.

International career

On 2 February 2012, Huang Yang was called up to the Hong Kong national football team by Ernie Merrick for the friendly against Chinese Taipei. On 29 February, he made his debut for Hong Kong against Chinese Taipei.

Career statistics

International

As of 18 December 2019
#DateVenueOpponentResultScoredCaptainCompetition
129 February 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong5–10Friendly
21 June 2012Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong1–00Friendly
310 June 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong1–20Friendly
415 August 2012Jurong West Stadium, Singapore0–20Friendly
516 October 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Kowloon0–30Friendly
614 November 2012Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia1–10Friendly
71 December 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong2–102013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
83 December 2012Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–102013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
97 December 2012Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong2–002013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
109 December 2012Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong0–402013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
116 February 2013Pakhtakor Stadium, Uzbekistan0–002015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1222 March 2013Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong1–002015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
134 June 2013Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–10Friendly
6 September 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar0–00Friendly
1410 September 2013Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong1–00Friendly
1515 October 2013Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong0–402015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1615 November 2013Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates0–402015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
175 March 2014My Dinh National Stadium, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, Vietnam1–302015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
186 September 2014Lach Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam1–30Friendly
199 September 2014Hougang Stadium, Singapore0–00Friendly
2010 October 2014Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong2–10Friendly
2114 October 2014Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong0–70Friendly
2213 November 2014Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan1–202015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
2316 November 2014Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan1–002015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
2419 November 2014Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan0–002015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
256 June 2015Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia0–00Friendly
2616 June 2015Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong2–002018 FIFA World Cup qualification
273 September 2015Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China0–002018 FIFA World Cup qualification
288 September 2015Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong2–302018 FIFA World Cup qualification
299 October 2015Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand0–10Friendly
3024 March 2016Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar0–202018 FIFA World Cup qualification
311 September 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong4–20Friendly
326 October 2016Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia2–00Friendly
3311 October 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong2–01Friendly
346 November 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong3–20EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2
3512 November 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–10EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2
3623 March 2017King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan0–40Friendly
3728 March 2017Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon0–202019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round - Third Round
387 June 2017Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–00Friendly
3913 June 2017Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong1–102019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round - Third Round
405 September 2017Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca City, Malaysia1–102019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round - Third Round
4110 October 2017Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong2–002019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round - Third Round
429 November 2017Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–20Friendly
4314 November 2017Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong0–102019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round - Third Round
4411 October 2018Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–10Friendly
4516 October 2018Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang, Indonesia1–10Friendly
4611 November 2018Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan2–102019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2
4713 November 2018Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan0–002019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2
4816 November 2018Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan5–102019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2
4911 June 2019Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong0–20Friendly
505 September 2019Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia1–102022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5110 September 2019Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong0–202022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5210 October 2019Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq0–202022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5314 November 2019Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong0–002022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5419 November 2019Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong2–002022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5511 December 2019Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea0–202019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
5614 December 2019Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea0–502019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
5718 December 2019Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea0–202019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Honours

Club

;Kitchee