Yan Song (footballer)

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Yan Song
阎嵩
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-03-20) 20 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth
China
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2007
Dalian Shide
185 (27)
2008–2009
Hangzhou Greentown
51 (5)
2010
Jeju United
0 (0)
2011–2012
Dalian Shide
11 (0)
2012–2013
Shanghai Shenhua
3 (0)
2014–2015
Dalian Transcendence
15 (2)
International career
2002–2007
China
19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2012

Yan Song (simplified Chinese: 阎嵩; traditional Chinese: 閻嵩; pinyin: Yán Sōng) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He began his senior career with

Dalian Transcendence
.

Club career

Yan Song started his professional football career with Dalian Shide F.C. in the 1999 league season and made an immediate impact in establishing himself within the team by playing in twenty league games and scoring four goals.[1] The following season under a new manager in Milorad Kosanović Yan's career within the club thrived; he went on to win his first league title with the club.[2] Over the next several seasons Yan continued to establish himself as the team's attacking left-winger, winning four league championships and twice winning the Chinese FA Cup with Dalian Shide overall.[3]

Yan Song transferred to Zhejiang Lücheng at the beginning of the 2008 Chinese Super League season where he established himself as a regular playing in twenty-six league games and scoring four goals.

In February 2010 Yan moved to South Korea to join

Shanghai Shenhua
halfway through the 2012 league season.

In February 2014, Yan transferred to

Dalian Transcendence.[4]

International career

Yan Song made his international debut on 12 December 2002 when the Head coach

Fifa world cup qualifiers and AFC Asian Cup squads.[6] Since 2007 he has lost his position within the national team to Mao Jianqing and Du Zhenyu
preferred within the subsequent squads.

Honours

Club

Country

References

  1. ^ a b "Yán, Sōng". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  2. ^ "China 2000". RSSSF. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Seven China Jia A Championships won by Dalian". english.runsky.com. 24 March 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  4. ^ "大连超越组队完毕海南备战 胡兆军阎嵩火线加盟". sina.com. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  5. ^ "China PR 2-2 Bahrain". teamchina.freehostia.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Haan beefs up Chinese offence ahead of must-win Hong Kong match". fifa.com. 8 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

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