Yang Pu
杨璞
Personal information
Date of birth 30 March 1978 (1978-03-30) (age 31)
Place of birth    Beijing, China
Height 1.78 m
Playing position Left-back
Senior career¹
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-2009 Beijing Guoan 212 (15)   
National team
2001-2004 China 34 (0)

¹ Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of December 2009.
* Appearances (Goals)

Yang Pu (born 30 March 1978 in Beijing) is a retired former international Chinese football player. He played his entire professional football career for Beijing Guoan predominately as a left-back where he was also their captain. As a international player his greatest achievement was being a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad where he played in two matches[1][2].

Club career

Yang Pu started his professional football career for Beijing Guoan in the 1998 league season and due to his versatility to also play in midfield he would quickly become a squad regualar. By the 2000 league season he had firmly established himself as their first choice left-back and became an integral member of the team. Despite several management changes he would remain a loyal member to the club and win his first piece of siverware with the 2003 Chinese FA Cup. His loyalty to the club would pay-off when he was named as their captain in the 2007 league season, however due to injury he rarely actually captained the team. At the end of the 2009 league season Yang Pu retired due to a persistant right knee injury, however despite this he was able to lead Beijing Guoan to the league title even though he missed much of the league season[3].

International career

Yang Pu made his senior international debut in friendly against Korea DPR on Augest 3, 2001 in a 2-2 draw[4]. Though predominately a left-back or wingback he was used was in a variety of positions for the Chinese team and this versatility quickly saw him become a regular within the squad. Increasingly pushing for a place in the Chinese starting line-up he would be a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and even play in two group games [5]. With the introduction of Sun Xiang and Yan Song he saw his time limited within the team and he would play his last game against Kuwait on October 13, 2004 in a Fifa World Cup qualifier that China lost 1-0[6].

Honours

• Chinese Super League: 2009
• Chinese FA Cup: 2003

References

External links

• [1] Career Player Profile
• [2] 2002 China Team Player Profile at BBC website
• [3] Player stats at football-lineups website

China Squad

Beijing Guoan F.C. – current squad