Han Jiabao (Chinese: 韩家宝) is a Chinese professional

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who currently plays for Liaoning Shenyang Urban in the

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as a

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Club career

Han Jiabao would start his career in the 2006 Chinese league season with

Dalian Yiteng Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and their home s ...

and see them win promotion to the second tier at the end of the season. Within the 2007 league season he would then go on to play in eleven games and scored one goal, however in the following season while Han played in a further twelve games he couldn't prevent the club from relegation at the end of the 2008 campaign. After having a personally impressive season in 2010 where he scored five goals he would attract the interests of top-tier club

Dalian Shide F.C. Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then late ...

and the beginning of the 2011 league season and made his debut for them on June 26, 2011, against

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in a 2–1 defeat. By the beginning of the 2012 league season Han was unable to add any more appearances for Dalian Shide and he was loaned out to third-tier club

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. In March 2013, Han was loaned to

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side Qingdao Hainiu until 31 December 2013. In March 2014, Han transferred to

side Dalian Transcendence. On 15 July 2016, Han transferred to

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side

Henan Jianye Henan Songshan Longmen Football Club (), previously known as Henan Jianye Football Club (), is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team ...

. On 23 January 2017, Han moved to fellow League Two side Shenzhen Ledman.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.''韩家宝
at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2015-11-01

Honours

Club

Qingdao Hainiu *

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References

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Han Jiabao
at Worldfootball.net 1990 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Dalian Zhejiang Yiteng F.C. players Dalian Shide F.C. players Hebei F.C. players Qingdao F.C. players Dalian Transcendence F.C. players Henan Songshan Longmen F.C. players Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Association football midfielders {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub