- Yang Chen
Football player infobox
playername = Yang Chen
杨晨
fullname = Yang Chen
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|1|17
cityofbirth =Beijing
countryofbirth = China
currentclub =
clubnumber =
height = height|m=1.85
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995-1997
1998-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2006-2007
clubs =Beijing Guoan
Eintracht Frankfurt
FC St. Pauli
Shenzhen Jianlibao
Xiamen Lanshi
caps(goals) = 41 0(4)
94 (21)
20 0(2)
49 0(4)
51 0(4)
nationalyears = 1998-2004
nationalteam = China
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 (11)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Yang Chen ( _zh. 杨晨; born
January 17 ,1974 inBeijing ,China ) is a professional football player.Career
In
1997 he left Chinese clubBeijing Guoan forEintracht Frankfurt , then of the Bundesliga.While playing for Frankfurt, Yang became the first Chinese player to score in any one of the five major European football leagues. In his first year at Frankfurt, Yang scored 8 goals in the Bundesliga and helped the team to avoid relegation to 2. Bundesliga. However, in the second year, manager
Felix Magath gave Chen little playing time.Yang transferred in
2002 toFC St. Pauli . He later went back to his home country to play forShenzhen Jianlibao . Yang Chen also played for China at the2002 FIFA World Cup . He is the Chinese player to have come closest to scoring in the World Cup finals when his volley ricocheted off the post in the 3-0 loss to Turkey. He now plays forXiamen Lanshi .External links
* [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=820710.html#coaching+career+beckons+yang Coaching career beckons for Yang] (FIFA.com) Wednesday 2 July 2008
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