Yang Xu

Yang Xu

Yang Xu, born in Dalian, Liaoning Province on February 12, 1988, is a professional football player in China. He is a forward in the field. He is one of the few domestic forwards in the Chinese Super League. He is now playing for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Football Club.

At the beginning of his career, Yang Xu joined Liaoning Zhongyu Football Club (later renamed as Liaoning Hongyun Football Club), and successively joined China national youth team, China national youth team, China Olympic team and China national team during the period of Liaozu. In February 2013, he transferred to Shandong Luneng football club. In the middle of 2014 season, Yang Xu joined Changchun Yatai football club on loan for half a year.

In December 2014, Yang Xu was selected into the list for the 2015 Australia Asian Cup.

On February 26, 2017, Shandong Luneng Club announced: by consensus, Yang Xu rented Liaoning Hongyun football club in 2017 season, joined Tianjin Quanjian football club in 2018 season, and bid farewell to Luneng Taishan.

On June 11, 2019, the national football team won the Tajik men's football team 1-0 with Yang Xu. On October 10, 2019, in the 2022 Qatar world cup qualifier Asia Top 40, forward Yang Xu scored four goals in the first half, staged a big four, and finally swept the opponent 7-0. In January 2020, Yang Xu was selected into the technical archives of excellent Chinese players in the league.

Early experience

Yang Xu, whose ancestral home is Jining, Shandong, was born in an ordinary worker's family in Dalian, but there is no sports tradition in his family. Yang Xu is the only child in his family. His parents have always loved him very much. Yang Xu loved playing football when he was a child. Later, he was picked up by the famous football school Dalian Northeast Road Primary School, and met with Wang Dalei, Ma Xiaoxu and other alumni. Later, Yang Xu chose professional football and got his mother's support. Due to his excellent talent, Yang Xu graduated from primary school and entered Dalian railway school. Later, he entered Dalian Yiteng liantie club and started regular football training. In 2003, Yang Xu was bought by Zhang Shuguang, who was the general manager of Liaozu, along with more than a dozen team-mates of the club, and became the backbone of Liaozu reserve team.

Sports career

Liaozu period

On April 16, 2005, in the 4th round of CSL, Liaoning Zhongyu lost 0-1 at home to Shanghai Shenhua, Yang Xu replaced his teammate Zhu Kai in the 17th minute, completing his debut in the CSL. On May 15, 2005, in the 9th round of CSL, Liaoning Zhongyu defeated Shenzhen Jianlibao 3-1 away, Yang Xu scored his first goal in the 55th minute. In the 2005 season, Yang Xu made 11 appearances and scored three goals. In 2006, Yang Xu scored three goals in a single season. Due to his outstanding performance and endless potential, Benfica football club once invited Yang Xu to Portugal for trial training. In 2007, due to the injury in the Toulon cup in the middle of the season, Yang Xu's condition declined. In addition to winning the penalty in the away match against Henan Jianye, there were not many highlights. In 2008, due to successive injuries, Yang Xu was still in a low state. On November 12, 2008, Liaoning Hongyun scored two goals in the 27th round of CSL's 4-4 home draw with Shanghai Shenhua, helping the home team, which was once four goals behind, to complete a surprising reversal. But at the end of the season, the team still failed to relegate, and Yang Xu was unfortunately relegated to the first division of China Football League with Liaozu. In 2009, Yang Xu gradually recovered the state and confidence of the game under the guidance of the then Liaoning football coach Ma Lin. This season, Liaoning Hongyun rallied to win the championship of China a league in 2009. With 15 goals, Yang Xu won the silver boot of China a and became the local top scorer of China a league this season. On April 4, 2010, in the second round of China Super League match, Liaoning Hongyun reversed Shaanxi Zhongjian 2-1 at home, Yang Xu scored a single goal in the 79th minute to finish the final. On August 1, 2010, in the 16th round of CSL, Liaoning Hongyun won Changchun Yatai 5-1 at home, Yang Xu scored a hat trick. 21 days later, in the 20 th round of CSL, Liaoning Hongyun beat Shandong Luneng 2-0, Yang Xu scored two more goals. In the 2010 season, Yang Xu continued the hot state of the previous year, scoring 11 goals in a single season, ranking fourth in the shooter list. In 2011, Yang Xu scored nine goals in a single season, including two goals against Dalian Shide. Under the leadership of Yang Xu and his teammate Yu Hanchao, Liaoning Hongyun won the second place in the Chinese Super League. In 2012, the state of Liaoning Hongyun dropped. As the team's leading forward, Yang Xu carried the team's attack flag and scored 8 goals in a single season. On April 7, 2012, when Liaoning Hongyun defeated Qingdao Zhongneng 2-0 in the fifth round of CSL, Yang Xu kicked two cities in succession to help the team win. In July 2012, Hoffenheim football club, a German football league team, tried to introduce Yang Xu through its agent. However, due to Liaozu's relegation dilemma, the request was finally rejected by Liaozu. In October 2012, German media revealed that Dusseldorf football club, the same Bundesliga team, fell in love with Yang Xu, but the senior management of Liaozu said they did not know about it.

Shandong Luneng period

on February 27, 2013, Shandong Luneng Football Club officially announced that Yang Xu officially transferred to Shandong Luneng at the price of 20 million yuan. On August 10, 2013, in the 20th round of China Super League match, Shandong Luneng home 3-2 Shanghai Shenhua, Yang Xu scored in the 89th minute to help the team complete the reversal. In 2014, due to the introduction of strong foreign aid such as aloisio and montillo by Shandong Luneng, Yang Xu, as a local striker, has fewer and fewer opportunities to play. Most of the time, he can only represent Luneng in the Reserve League of China Super League. On July 25, 2014, Changchun Yatai football club announced that it would rent Luneng high center Yang Xu for half a year. In an interview with reporters, Yang Xu said that the purpose of joining Changchun Yatai during the intermission of the league is to maintain a high competitive state and prepare for the Asian Cup next year. In the second half of the season, Yang Xu scored two goals for Changchun Yatai, and finally helped the team to avoid relegation. In 2015, Yang Xu returned to Shandong Luneng after his loan expired. Due to the hard training during the winter break, Yang Xu maintained a good competitive state at the beginning of the season. In the first four official matches of Shandong Luneng this season, Yang Xu contributed three goals, two assists and one creation point. In the case of Diego Tardelli and other famous foreign aid's weak attack, Yang Xu took up the team's offensive banner alone. In addition, in the Asian Champions League, Yang Xu has the performance of scoring in a row. On February 24, 2015, in the first round of the Asian Champions League, Shandong Luneng defeated Pingyang industry 3-2. The substitute Yang Xu scored 2 goals and 1 assist in the half, helping the team to reverse. On April 17, 2015, in the sixth round of CSL, Shandong Luneng lost 2-3 to Tianjin TEDA, Yang Xu scored two yuan. Five days later, in the fifth round of Shandong Luneng's 3-1 home defeat of Pingyang industry, Yang Xu scored twice again, and was officially rated as the best player of the second round by FIFA after the match. After the Asian championship, Yang Xu continued to be in good condition in the CSL. On May 23, 2015, in the 11th round of the CSL, Shandong Luneng beat Shanghai Shenhua 2-0 at home, Yang Xu scored two goals alone again. At 19:35 p.m. on August 16, 2015, Shandong Luneng beat Chongqing Lifan 3-0 at home in the 23rd round of CSL. This game is also Yang Xu's own

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China Super League. In 2016, Luneng beat Adelaide United away to advance to the championship. Yang Xu, in excellent condition, scored another goal and scored three goals in two qualification matches, becoming a meritorious player of the team. Yang Xu played 95 times and scored 25 goals in Luneng Taishan.

Tianjin Quanjian period

on February 26, 2017, Shandong Luneng Club announced: by consensus, Yang Xu rented Liaoning Hongyun football club in 2017 season, joined Tianjin Quanjian football club in 2018 season, and bid farewell to Luneng Taishan.

Shanghai Shenhua period

on July 15, 2020, he joined Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Football Club.

National team career

On October 11, 2003, in the first preliminary match of the Asian Youth Football Championship (U-17 Asian Youth League), China's national youth team won 23-0 over Macao, China. Yang Xu played for China's national youth men's football team for the first time and scored seven goals in the match. Four days later, Yang Xu scored another goal in the 7-0 victory over Chinese Taipei team in the second Warring States period. In September 2004, Yang Xu joined the Chinese national youth team in the 11th U-17 Asian Youth Championship held in Shizuoka, Japan. In this competition, Yang Xu scored three goals in six games, becoming the number one shooter of the team, and finally helped the Chinese national youth team to win the championship. In November 2004, Yang Xu was selected by Klausen, who was the coach of the national youth team at that time, and was transferred to the "2008 Olympic Star" football team to train in Germany. on 18 January 2005,

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