On September 13th, Paris Saint-Germain, the giant of France's first division women's soccer club, officially revealed that Chinese women's soccer team's new star Yang Lina officially joined the team, signing a contract until June 2023. Along with Yang Lina's joining, the Chinese women's soccer team has added another international player who has been playing in Europe's top five leagues, and she will be reunited with her national teammate Li Mengwen in Paris. The total number of Chinese women's soccer players who have stayed abroad has now reached ten.
Born on April 13, 1994, Yang Lina is a Shanghai citizen who currently plays for the Shanghai Agricultural and Commercial Bank (SACB) women's soccer team. Yang Lina has been a member of the Shanghai women's youth team since 2008, and has been a member of the adult team since 2010. in June 2012, she was selected to join China's U19 women's soccer team to prepare for the Women's World Junior Championship in Japan, and in April 2015, she joined the China women's soccer team to prepare for the Women's World Cup in Canada in the same year.
On August 10, 2018, Yang Lina was included in the 20-player roster of the Chinese women's soccer team for the Asian Games.In July 2021, she was named to the roster of the Chinese women's soccer team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In September of the same year, Yang Lina won the 14th National Games Women's Soccer Team Adult Division Championship with the United Team.In February 2022, she won the 2022 Women's Asian Cup Championship with the team.
Yang Lina, a versatile midfielder who specializes in the back, has become a core player for the Chinese women's soccer team in the center forward position in recent years. Recently, a number of women's soccer players have chosen to start their careers abroad, Yang Lina will not be alone in Paris, because her national teammate Li Mengwen has already joined the big Paris. Yang Lina will be reunited with Li Mengwen in France.
At present, the number of Chinese women's soccer players staying in the ocean has reached ten, as follows ↓
Wang Frost, Louisville Athletic, USA
Carrie Tang, CFF, Madrid, Spain
Mengwen Li, Paris Saint-Germain, France
Lena Yang, Paris Saint-Germain, France
Zhang Linyan, Swiss Grasshopper
Shen Mengyu, Celtic Scotland
Monroe Shen, Celtic Scotland
Yujie Zhao, Kiehl, Denmark
Yang Shuhui, Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia
Tu Linli, Icelandic FHL (Icelandic Second Division)
