Career
Ruan Yang started his football career when he joined Hangzhou Greentown"s youth academy in 2008. After joining the academy, he became one of players in the football star project and went to Portugal for football training in 2011. He arrived in Portugal on 16 December 2011, he played for Real South Carolina"s youth team alongside Li Yuanyi in the 2011-2012 season.
In the summer of 2012, he trained with Sporting Communist Party B and signed a contract to play for the team
Ruan made his first appearance for Sporting Communist Party B on 6 December 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 2-3 loss against Uniao Madeira. In the winter of 2013, he was loaned to low tier club Amora.
He played three games and scored one goal before he returned to China in March 2013. Ruan then signed with Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown on 1 July 2013.