Yang Ning Explained

Yang Ning
杨宁
Birth Date:10 April 1962
Birth Place:Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Height:1.83m (06feet)
Years1:1978–1988
Nationalyears1:1980–1986
Nationalteam1:China
Nationalcaps1:15
Nationalgoals1:0

Yang Ning (Chinese 杨宁 born in 1962) is a Chinese former football goalkeeper who played for Guangdong and the Chinese national team who he represented in the 1984 Asian Cup.

Career

Yang Ning grew up into a football family and quickly rose through the ranks before he graduated into the senior team of Guangdong within the 1978 Chinese league season. The following season he went on to be part of the team that went on to win the 1979 Chinese league title.[1] This soon saw him called up to the Chinese national team in 1980, which made him the youngest goalkeeper ever to be included in the national team.[2] He was then included in the squad that played within the 1982 Asian Games before being the first-choice goalkeeper that came runners-up within the 1984 AFC Asian Cup.[3] After playing in the 1986 Asian Games he retired several years later and moved to San Francisco.

Career statistics

International statistics

Year CompetitionAppsGoal
1983–1984Friendly70
1984Great Wall Cup20
1984Asian Cup Qualification40
1984Asian Cup20
Total150

Honours

1979

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html China 1979
  2. http://sports.163.com/07/1011/15/3QHKN6EB00051C8P.html 广东足球重镇梅州 客家六虎闪亮国足
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/84asch.html Asian Nations Cup 1984