Career
He is the brother of football player Wang Gang who currently plays for Shandong Luneng Taishan but is currently on loan at South Carolina (U.S.) Covilhã. Wang Yang started his career playing for the Shanghai Shenhua youth team before being promoted to the senior team at the beginning of the 2011 Chinese Super League season. He would soon be loaned out to top tier Lithuanian side Sūduva half way through their league season and make his debut for the club on July 7, 2011 in a 2011-2012 Union of European Football Associations Europa League qualifying game against Elfsborg in a game that Sūduva lost 3-0.
As the Lithuanian 2011 A Lyga season continued Wang Yang was rarely used and only made one league appearance against Šiauliai on July 24 in a 1-0 defeat before he eventually returned to China at the end of the season.
Upon his return to Shenhua he would make his debut for the club as a substitute against Shandong Luneng in a league game on April 28, 2012 that Shenhua drew 0-0.
