Yang Kuo started his professional football career in the 2011 league season for third tier club Shandong Youth.
After two seasons he joined their affiliated club, Shandong Luneng in the 2013 Chinese Super League campaign.
After a season with them he was allowed to leave and on 31 December 2013, Yang transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.
[1] He eventually made his league debut for Henan on 13 April 2014 in a game against Guangzhou R&F,coming on as a substitute for Zhu Yifan in the 70th minute.
[4] The following campaign he would be part of the squad that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.