In an exciting moment on September 13, Ligue 1 women's soccer giants Paris Saint-Germain officially announced that Chinese women's soccer star Yang Lina has officially joined the team with a contract valid until June 2023. With Yang Lina joining the team, China's women's soccer team has added another feather to its cap on the international stage, as she will be reunited with her compatriot Li Mengwen at Paris Saint-Germain women's soccer team. Currently, the lineup of Chinese women's soccer players who have traveled to Europe's top five leagues has grown to ten.
Born on April 13, 1994, Yang Lina is a Shanghai girl who currently plays for the Shanghai Agricultural and Commercial Bank (SACB) women's soccer team. She started her soccer career in 2008 as a member of the Shanghai Women's Youth Football Team, and in 2010 she joined the Shanghai Women's Adult Football Team, and in June 2012 she was selected to join China's U19 Women's Football Team to prepare for the upcoming Women's World Junior Championship in Japan, and in April 2015 she became a member of the national team to prepare for the Women's World Cup in Canada in the same year.
On August 10, 2018, Yang Lina's name appeared on the 20-player Chinese women's soccer roster for the Asian Games.In July 2021, she was honored to be named to the Chinese women's soccer roster for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In September of the same year, she helped United win the adult women's soccer championship at the Games.In February 2022, Yang Lina won the Asian Cup with the Chinese women's soccer team.
Yang Lina is an all-around midfielder who specializes in the back position and has become a mainstay of the Chinese women's soccer team in recent years. Nowadays, many Chinese women's soccer players have chosen to go abroad, and Yang Lina will not be alone in Paris, as her national teammate Li Mengwen has already joined Paris before her. She will have the opportunity to play alongside Li Mengwen in France.
So far, 10 Chinese women's soccer players have embarked on the journey to stay in the ocean:
Wang Frost - Louisville Athletic USA
Carrie Tang - CFF Madrid, Spain
Li Mengwen - Paris Saint-Germain, France
Lena Yang - Paris Saint-Germain, France
Zhang Linyan - Grasshopper Switzerland
Shen Mengyu - Scottish Celtic
Monroe Shen - Scottish Celtic
Zhao Yujie - Denmark
Yang Shuhui - Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia
Lili Tu - Icelandic FHL (Icelandic Second Division)
