Player stats against each opponent club
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Liaoning Kaixin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Changchun Yatai | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Shanghai Shenhua | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Melbourne Victory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Zhejiang | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jeju United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Shanghai Shenxin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Chengdu Tiancheng | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Wuhan Yangtze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tianjin Quanjian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Shandong Taishan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jeonbuk Motors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Beijing Guoan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Yanbian Funde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Seongnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Shanghai Port | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Dalian Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Player stats against each opponent national team
| Team | MP | W | D | L | G | A | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yang Cao is a professional defender. Yang Cao has scored 21 goals in 195 professional appearances. A commanding presence at the back, Yang Cao has made 195 career appearances, contributing 21 goals from defensive positions. Yang Cao stands 182 cm tall, weighs 77 kg.
