Born in
Tianjin, Yang originally started his career with the
Tianjin Locomotive youth team. He would then move to the
Shandong Luneng youth team in 2000 where he graduated through the various youth squads. He would eventually graduate to the senior team and for several seasons was used as an understudy and would later make his league debut on November 4, 2004 against
Shenyang Ginde in a 4-1 win. After that game he retained his place within the team and despite his age Yang would start in the
2004 Chinese FA Cup final, which the club won 2-1 against
Sichuan Guancheng. The following season Yang established himself as the first choice goalkeeper throughout the season and while Shandong finished the season in third Li Leilei was brought into the squad at the beginning of the 2006 league season to add more experience towards the team. On 27 February 2015, he transferred to
China League One side
Hebei China Fortune. In his debut season with the club Yang would immediately establish himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper and went on to win promotion to the
Chinese Super League in his first season with the club. ==International career==