Huang Yang

Huang Yang (Chinese: 黄洋, born 30 October 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in China, he represented Hong Kong internationally.

Huang Yang
黄洋

Huang with Kitchee in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Huang Yang
Date of birth	(1983-10-30) 30 October 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Shanghai, China
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1998–2000	Shanghai Shenhua
2000	São Paulo
2000	Portuguesa
2000–2005	Shanghai Shenhua
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Shanghai Shenhua	0	(0)
2005–2006[1]	→ Shanghai Qunying (loan)	24	(0)
2011–2024	Kitchee	170	(2)
Total		194	(2)
International career‡
2012–2023	Hong Kong	71	(1)
Managerial career
2023–2024	Kitchee (assistant coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2023

Huang Yang
Traditional Chinese	黃洋
Simplified Chinese	黄洋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Yáng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping wong4 joeng4

Huang was the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year in 2013.

Early career

Huang played for Shanghai Shenhua's youth academy when he was 15. He was a member of the team that trained in Brazil with São Paulo FC and Portuguesa. He played for China as captain at the 2005 Summer Universiade.^[2] and was loaned by Shenhua to Shanghai Qunying.^[3]

University

Huang attended Donghua University and played football at the same time. When he graduated he gave up professional football to start work. A year later, Donghua's football team re-called him as an alumnus when Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU) arrived in Shanghai for a friendly. At the time, the HKPU wanted to recruit Chinese students with football talent and Huang thus joined to study at HKPU.^[4] In the three years since he joined, Hong Kong Polytechnic University won the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong's football competition twice, including in 2011 when Huang was captain and scored the winning penalty.^[5] After that, Huang completed his second degree and decided to join Kitchee to complete his unfinished dream.^[6]

Club career

Kitchee

Huang finished his studies in the summer of 2011 and Kitchee recruited him for the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season. As he has already spent 3 years in Hong Kong as a student, he could be registered as a local player. The first game he played for Kitchee was against Chelsea in the 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy. He was the player who managed Kitchee's only shot at the Chelsea goal. He then played in the third place play-off against Blackburn Rovers. He received good reviews from the fans despite the 0–3 loss. On 18 September 2011, he scored his first goal in Hong Kong in his club's 4–2 win over Tai Po.

On 4 January 2020, Huang made his 250th appearance for the club in the Sapling Cup match against Rangers.

On 26 May 2024, Huang made his final appearance for the club in the final match of the 2023–24 Hong Kong Premier League against Lee Man, and announced his retirement from professional football. The club retired his number 19 after the season.^[7]

International career

On 2 February 2012, Huang was called up to the Hong Kong national football team by Ernie Merrick for the friendly against Chinese Taipei.^[8] On 29 February 2012, he made his debut for Hong Kong against Chinese Taipei.

On 11 October 2016, Huang scored his first international goal for Hong Kong in the friendly against Singapore.

Starting from the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2 in November 2018, Huang has become the captain of Hong Kong.

On 14 January 2024, Huang announced his retirement from international football having earned 71 caps and scored one goal, making him one of the most capped players in the Hong Kong national football team.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Senior Shield		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kitchee	2011–12	Hong Kong First Division League	17	1	3	1	2	0	6[a]	0	2[b]	0	30	2
	2012–13		16	1	5	1	2	0	8[a]	0	2[c]	1	33	3
	2013–14		19	0	3	0	1	0	9[a]	0	0	0	32	0
	2014–15	Hong Kong Premier League	15	0	1	0	3	0	9[d]	0	4[b]	0	32	0
	2015–16		13	0	1	0	2	1	8[d]	0	11[e]	0	35	1
	2016–17		19	0	3	0	3	0	2[f]	0	0	0	27	0
	2017–18		16	0	3	0	1	0	4[g]	0	3[h]	0	27	0
	2018–19		14	0	3	0	2	0	7[d]	0	2[h]	0	28	0
	2019–20		15	0	1	0	1	0	—		6[h]	0	23	0
	2020–21		9	0	—		—		5[g]	0	5[h]	0	19	0
	2021–22		4	0	1	0	—		4[g]	0	1[h]	0	10	0
	2022–23		3	0	1	0	2	0	—		5[h]	0	11	0
	2023–24		10	0	1	0	0	0	2[g]	0	5[h]	0	18	0
Career total			170	2	26	2	21	1	67	0	41	1	317	6

Notes

1. Appearances in the AFC Cup
2. Appearances in the Hong Kong League Cup
3. Appearances in the 2012–13 Hong Kong season play-off
4. Appearances in the AFC Champions League qualification & AFC Cup
5. Appearances in the Hong Kong League Cup, Hong Kong Sapling Cup & 2015–16 Hong Kong season play-off
6. Appearances in the AFC Champions League qualification
7. Appearances in the AFC Champions League
8. Appearances in the Hong Kong Sapling Cup

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong	2012	10	0
	2013	6	0
	2014	8	0
	2015	5	0
	2016	6	1
	2017	8	0
	2018	5	0
	2019	9	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	3	0
	2022	6	0
	2023	5	0
Total		71	1

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scored	Captain	Competition
2012
1	29 February 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	5–1	0		Friendly
2	1 June 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–0	0		Friendly
3	10 June 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–2	0		Friendly
4	15 August 2012	Jurong West Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	0–2	0		Friendly
5	16 October 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Kowloon	Malaysia	0–3	0		Friendly
6	14 November 2012	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–1	0		Friendly
7	1 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Guam	2–1	0		2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
8	3 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Australia	0–1	0		2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
9	7 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	2–0	0		2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
10	9 December 2012	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	North Korea	0–4	0		2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2
2013
11	6 February 2013	Pakhtakor Stadium, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	0–0	0		2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
12	22 March 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Vietnam	1–0	0		2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
13	4 June 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Philippines	0–1	0		Friendly
	6 September 2013	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	0–0	0		Friendly
14	10 September 2013	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–0	0		Friendly
15	15 October 2013	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	United Arab Emirates	0–4	0		2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
16	15 November 2013	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	0–4	0		2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2014
17	5 March 2014	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam	Vietnam	1–3	0		2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18	6 September 2014	Lach Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam	Vietnam	1–3	0		Friendly
19	9 September 2014	Hougang Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	0–0	0		Friendly
20	10 October 2014	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	2–1	0		Friendly
21	14 October 2014	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Argentina	0–7	0		Friendly
22	13 November 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	North Korea	1–2	0		2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
23	16 November 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	1–0	0		2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
24	19 November 2014	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Guam	0–0	0		2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
2015
25	6 June 2015	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	0–0	0		Friendly
26	16 June 2015	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Maldives	2–0	0		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
27	3 September 2015	Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China	China	0–0	0		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
28	8 September 2015	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Qatar	2–3	0		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	9 October 2015	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	0–1	0		Friendly
2016
30	24 March 2016	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	0–2	0		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
31	1 September 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Cambodia	4–2	0		Friendly
32	6 October 2016	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	2–0	0		Friendly
33	11 October 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	2–0	1		Friendly
34	6 November 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Guam	3–2	0		EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2
35	12 November 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	North Korea	0–1	0		EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2
2017
36	23 March 2017	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Jordan	0–4	0		Friendly
37	28 March 2017	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Lebanon	0–2	0		2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round – third round
38	7 June 2017	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Jordan	0–0	0		Friendly
39	13 June 2017	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	North Korea	1–1	0		2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round – third round
40	5 September 2017	Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca City, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–1	0		2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round – third round
41	10 October 2017	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Malaysia	2–0	0		2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round – third round
42	9 November 2017	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Bahrain	0–2	0		Friendly
43	14 November 2017	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Lebanon	0–1	0		2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying round – third round
2018
44	11 October 2018	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Thailand	0–1	0		Friendly
45	16 October 2018	Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–1	0		Friendly
46	11 November 2018	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Chinese Taipei	2–1	0	(c)	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2
47	13 November 2018	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	North Korea	0–0	0	(c)	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2
48	16 November 2018	Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Mongolia	5–1	0	(c)	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Round 2
2019
49	11 June 2019	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	0–2	0	(c)	Friendly
50	5 September 2019	Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	1–1	0	(c)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
51	10 September 2019	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Iran	0–2	0	(c)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
52	10 October 2019	Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq	Iraq	0–2	0	(c)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
53	14 November 2019	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Bahrain	0–0	0	(c)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
54	19 November 2019	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Cambodia	2–0	0	(c)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
55	11 December 2019	Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea	South Korea	0–2	0	(c)	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
56	14 December 2019	Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan, South Korea	Japan	0–5	0	(c)	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
57	18 December 2019	Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea	China	0–2	0	(c)	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2021
58	3 June 2021	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain	Iran	1–3	0	(c)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
59	11 June 2021	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain	Iraq	0–1	0	(c)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
60	15 June 2021	Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain	Bahrain	0–4	0	(c)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2022
61	1 June 2022	Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	0–2	0	(c)	Friendly
62	8 June 2022	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India	Afghanistan	2–1	0	(c)	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
63	11 June 2022	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India	Cambodia	3–0	0	(c)	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
64	14 June 2022	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India	India	0–4	0	(c)	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
65	21 September 2022	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Myanmar	2–0	0	(c)	Friendly
66	24 September 2022	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Myanmar	0–0	0		Friendly
2023
67	23 March 2023	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	Singapore	1–1	0	(c)	Friendly
68	28 March 2023	Sultan Ibrahim Stadium, Johor, Malaysia	Malaysia	0–2	0		Friendly
69	15 June 2023	Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–1	0	(c)	Friendly
70	19 June 2023	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Thailand	0–1	0	(c)	Friendly
71	7 September 2023	National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	1–1	0		Friendly

Honours

Kitchee

• Hong Kong Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
• Hong Kong First Division: 2011–12, 2013–14
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
• Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2017–18, 2019–20
• Hong Kong League Cup: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Hong Kong Community Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
• Hong Kong AFC Play-Off: 2015–16
• HKPLC Cup: 2023–24

Individual

• Hong Kong Footballer of the Year: 2013
• EAFF Championship Most Valuable Player: 2019