Cao Yang

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Cao Yang
曹阳
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-12-15) December 15, 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth Tianjin, China
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2019 Tianjin Teda 387 (53)
National team‡
2002–2009 China 32 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 March 2013

Cao Yang (simplified Chinese: 曹阳; traditional Chinese: 曹陽; pinyin: Cáo Yáng; born 15 December 1981 in Tianjin) is a Chinese international football player who currently plays as a versatile defender or midfielder.

Club career[]

Cao Yang began his career graduating through the Tianjin Teda youth system eventually joining the senior team when he made his league debut on September 17, 2000 against Yunnan Hongta F.C. in a 2–1 defeat.[1] The following season, he would further progress within the Tianjin Teda team by playing in ten league games for them.[2] A versatile defender with good offensive and defensive ability who could also play in midfield as well as being physically tall, saw Cao firmly establish himself within as a permanent fixture within the Tianjin team by the end of the 2002 league season.[1]

A regular for the club for several seasons he was named as the reserve captain behind Wang Xiao. In the 2008 Chinese Super League season Tianjin Teda where to have one of their most productive seasons when they finished the league fourth and were allowed the chance to play in the AFC Champions League. During their debut appearance in the AFC Champions League Cao Yang had the honor to be named as their captain against Kawasaki Frontale.[3]

International career[]

Cao Yang began his international career playing for the Chinese U-23 team where he was named in the squad to play in the Football at the 2002 Asian Games and saw China knocked out in the Quarter-finals. His performance in the tournament was considered good enough for him to be promoted to the senior team by the Chinese caretaker coach Shen Xiangfu on December 7, 2002 in a friendly game against Syria in a 3–1 victory.[4] With Zhu Guanghu as the national teams coach Cao's international career would start to see him become a regular within the team and he was included in the squad that won the 2005 East Asian Football Championship as well as also being in the squad that took part in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

Career statistics[]

As of 11 November 2018[5]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Others Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Others Total
2000 Tianjin Teda Chinese Jia-A League 1 0 0 0 - - - 1 0
2001 10 0 2 0 - - - 12 0
2002 20 2 0 0 - - - 20 2
2003 22 5 3 0 - - - 25 5
2004 Chinese Super League 21 1 0 0 5 3 - - 26 4
2005 26 7 0 0 2 0 - - 28 7
2006 27 7 4 0 - - - 31 7
2007 27 4 - - - - 27 4
2008 29 7 - - - - 29 7
2009 29 7 - - 3 0 - 32 7
2010 12 1 - - - - 12 1
2011 29 1 3 0 - 7 2 - 39 3
2012 20 1 1 0 - 5 0 1 0 27 1
2013 24 4 0 0 - - - 24 4
2014 13 1 0 0 - - - 13 1
2016 25 3 1 0 - - - 26 3
2017 16 2 1 0 - - - 17 2
2018 26 0 0 0 - - - 26 0
2019 10 1 3 0 - - - 13 1
Career total 387 54 18 0 7 3 15 2 1 0 428 59

Honours[]

Club[]

Tianjin Teda FC

Country[]

  • East Asian Football Championship: 2005

References[]

  1. ^ a b "姓名：曹阳". sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  2. ^ "Cáo, Yáng". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  3. ^ "Kawasaki Frontale V Tianjin Teda" (PDF). the-afc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  4. ^ "中国 3–1 叙利亚". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2002-12-07. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  5. ^ "曹阳". Soda soccer. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  6. ^ "足协杯-王新欣于大宝联手逆转 天津2-1胜山东夺冠". Sports.sina.com.cn. 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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