Alex Yang
_(cropped).jpg) Yang in June 2025 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alex Xi Yang | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 June 2005 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Shanghai Port | |||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2024 | Espanyol | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Espanyol B | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | L'Hospitalet | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2025 | Qingdao West Coast | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2026– | Shanghai Port | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | China U20 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | China U22 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2026– | China | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:16, 1 April 2026 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Alex Xi Yang (Chinese: 杨希; born 13 June 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Shanghai Port. Born in Spain, he plays for the China national team.
Early life
[edit]Yang was born on 13 June 2005 in Barcelona, Spain to Chinese parents. At the age of twelve, he switched from seven-a-side football to eleven-a-side football.[1]
Club career
[edit]As a youth player, Yang joined the youth academy of Spanish side Espanyol and was promoted to the club's reserve team in 2022. In 2024, he signed for Spanish side L'Hospitalet. Ahead of the 2025 season, he signed for Chinese side Qingdao West Coast.[2]
On 5 February 2026, Yang joined the 2025 Chinese Super League winner Shanghai Port.[3]
Style of play
[edit]Yang plays as a defender. Right-footed, he is known for his crossing ability[4] and his ability to contribute offensively.[5]
Honours
[edit]China U23
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup runner-up: 2026
Hubei U20
References
[edit]- ↑ "全村骄傲，未来希望，都是普通的行路人而已" [The pride of the whole village and the hope for the future are all ordinary passers-by] (in Chinese). Titan Sports. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ Alex Yang at Soccerway
- ↑ "官方：U23国脚杨希加盟上海海港" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ↑ "因为这批"小孩哥"，我们又爱中国足球了" [Because of these "little brothers", we love Chinese football again] (in Chinese). Tencent QQ. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ↑ "U20国足新阵型解析：杨希的进攻才华能否助力球队逆袭" [Analysis of the new formation of the U20 national football team: Can Yang Xi's offensive talent help the team to counterattack?] (in Chinese). Sohu. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Alex Yang at Soccerway
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Barcelona
- Chinese men's footballers
- China men's international footballers
- China men's youth international footballers
- China men's under-20 international footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spanish people of Chinese descent
- Men's association football defenders
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- RCD Espanyol B footballers
- CE L'Hospitalet players
- Qingdao West Coast F.C. players
- Shanghai Port F.C. players
- Chinese Super League players