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Chinese footballer and manager
Yang Pu
?璞
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Full name
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Yang Pu
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Date of birth
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(
1978-03-30
)
30 March 1978
(age 46)
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Place of birth
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Beijing
, China
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Height
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1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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Position(s)
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Full back
/
Defensive midfielder
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Current team
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Beijing Guoan
(Head of Youth department)
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1994–1998
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Beijing Victory
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Years
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Team
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Apps
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(
Gls
)
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1998–2009
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Beijing Guoan
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212
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(15)
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Total
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212
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(15)
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2001–2004
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China
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34
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(0)
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2009–
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Beijing Guoan
(Head of Youth department)
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 2009
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Yang Pu
(
simplified Chinese
:
?璞
;
traditional Chinese
:
楊璞
;
pinyin
:
Yang Pu
; born 30 March 1978 in
Beijing
) is a Chinese
football manager
and former player, He is currently the head of Youth department of
Beijing Guoan
.
He played his entire professional football career for
Beijing Guoan
as a holding midfielder, left back and left winger where he was also their captain. As an international player he represented the
Chinese national team
and was a participant at the
2002 FIFA World Cup
squad where he played in two matches.
[1]
[2]
Club career
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Yang Pu started his professional football career for
Beijing Guoan
in the 1998 league season and due to versatility to also play as a midfield he would quickly become a squad regular. 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 silverware 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 persistent 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
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Yang Pu made his senior international debut in friendly against his ancestral country
North Korea
on August 3, 2001 in a 2-2 draw.
[4]
Though predominantly a left back or left midfielder he was used was in a variety of positions for the
Chinese football 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
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Player
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Beijing Guoan
[7]
References
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External links
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