Ye Jia

Ye Jia
Ye Jia playing for Tai Po
Personal information
Full name Ye Jia
Date of birth (1981-12-01) December 1, 1981
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder/ Striker
Youth career
2002 Shanghai Tiannuo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Shanghai Jiucheng
2006–2007 Hong Kong Rangers
2007–2017 Tai Po 111 (21)
National team‡
2010–2011 Hong Kong 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2010
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2017
Ye Jia
Traditional Chinese 葉佳
Simplified Chinese 叶佳

Ye Jia (simplified Chinese: 叶佳; traditional Chinese: 葉佳; pinyin: Yè Jiā; Jyutping: jip6 gaai1, born December 1, 1981), is a former Chinese born Hong Kong professional football player. He was an all-rounded player who can play as an attacking midfielder or a striker on the field.

Early life

Ye Jia was born on 1 December 1981 in Shanghai, China. He played for amateur football team Shanghai Tiannuo in China Amateur Football League in 2002.[1] After a season, the boss of Zhu Jun bought Tiannuo and founded professional football team Shanghai Jiucheng in China League Two, so Ye Jia became a professional football player.

Club career

Shanghai Jiucheng

As his first professional team experience, Ye Jia did not contemplate breaking into the first team immediately but looked up to senior players like Ebelio Ordóñez. He always was a substitution player in league matches.

Tai Po

In 2007-2008, Tai Po was the finalist of the FA Cup.Ye scored an important goal for the club against South China AA and brought the club to the final. This is the first time of the club to be the finalist of the FA Cup.
Tai Po got 3 straight wins against Tuen Mun Progoal, Sheffield United (HKG) and TSW Pegasus in the season 2008-2009. As Ye was suspended for the first match, he played as a striker in the next 2 matches, giving 2 assists and a goal for the club. He also scored for the club in the semi-finals of FA Club against Kitchee SC and Tai Po got into the final.

In the year 2009-2010, Ye scored 7 in the first 6 matches. Moreover, in the match against Tuen Mun Progoal he scored 4 goals.

International career

As a Chinese national, according to the FIFA Statues, he became eligible for the Hong Kong national football team following two years of residency in Hong Kong. Hong Kong coach Tsang Wai Chung selected Ye Jia for the training section before 2010–11 season in Hong Kong.[2]

Career statistics

International career

As of 28 July 2011
# Date Venue Opponent Result Goals Competition
1 4 October 2010 Balewadi Stadium, Pune, India  India 1–0 0 Friendly
2 17 November 2010 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Paraguay 0–7 0 Friendly
3 9 February 2011 Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 0–2 0 Friendly
4 3 June 2011 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong  Malaysia 1–1 0 Friendly
5 23 July 2011 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam  Saudi Arabia 0–3 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 28 July 2011 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong  Saudi Arabia 0–5 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Tai Po

References

  1. ↑ (in Chinese) 全国足球业余丙级队联赛总决赛东区参赛队介绍, Sina, 20 October 2002
  2. ↑ (in Chinese) 香港足隊公布31人長期集訓, Ta Kung Pao, 24 July 2010

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