He scored eleven goals for the club which ensured Guangdong Sunray Cave promote to China League One that season.

He made his debut for Guangzhou on 15 May 2011 in a 3–1 win against Henan Construction, coming on as a substitute for Renato Cajá in the 67th minute and also scoring his first goal for the club.

[4] Ye made trials with Hong Kong Premier League side Kitchee and Jiangxi Liansheng after he left Guangzhou Evergrande at the end of 2014 but couldn't stay.

[6] He made his debut for Zhejiang on 9 July 2016 in a 4–0 away defeat against Tianjin Quanjian, coming on for Li Gen in the 63rd minute.

[9] Ye made his senior international debut for China in a 2–2 friendly against Costa Rica on 26 March 2011 in a 2-2 draw and assisted Gao Lin's game-tying goal in the injury time.