Ming-yang Yang

Ming-yang Yang

Personal information
Full name	Ming-yang Yang Simplified Chinese: 杨明阳
Date of birth	(1995-07-11) 11 July 1995
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lausanne-Sport
Number	21
Youth career
2001–2010	Fribourg
2011–2012	Neuchâtel Xamax
2012–2013	Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Lausanne-Sport	55	(0)
International career‡
	Switzerland U16	4	(0)
	Switzerland U18	3	(0)
2013–	Switzerland U19	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 September 2015

Ming-yang Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨明阳; traditional Chinese: 楊明陽; pinyin: Yáng Míngyáng; born 11 July 1995 in Basel) is a Chinese-Swiss football player currently playing for Swiss Challenge League side Lausanne-Sport.

Early life

Yang was born in Basel, Switzerland to father Yang Zhihong (Simplified Chinese: 杨志宏), a professor of physiology at Fribourg University. His father originates from Wuhan, the People's Republic of China and emigrated to Switzerland after he received a doctor's degree in medical from Basel University in 1990s. Yang began his football career with FC Fribourg youth team in 2001. He transferred to Neuchâtel Xamax in 2011 and moved to Lausanne-Sport in 2012.

Club career

Yang was promoted to Lausanne-Sport's first team squad in the summer of 2013. On 14 July 2013, he made his senior debut in a 2–0 away defeat against FC Luzern.