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Jia Xiuquan (; born 9 November 1963) is a
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and former international player.


Player career


Club career

As a player, Jia Xiuquan predominately played the majority of his career for Bayi Football Team. During his time at Bayi, he saw them win two league titles, his first title in 1981 and his second in the 1986 league season. He would also personally win the
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Golden Ball award in 1983, 1984 and 1986. After achieving these honours he was one of the first Chinese players to attract interest from foreign teams. Jia would eventually transfer to Yugoslav First League team
FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...
where he moved in 1988 together with
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. They were among the pioneers among Chinese players in
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, as by then, only Xie Yuxin and
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, playing with
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(Netherlands) and
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(Germany) respectively, had been playing in Europe since 1987.Saga over As Dong Joins Man Utd
at china.org.cn, 18 January 2007, Retrieved 5 April 2012
Jia and Liu came to Belgrade during the winter break of the 1987–88 season. Jia played 10 matches in the league during the second half of the 1987–88 season, with Partizan finishing second that season one point behind their eternal rivals
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. He played one of the matchesAll-time Partizan players stats - Liu Haiguang #351
at FK Partizan official website Retrieved 27 July 2012
On 26 October 1988, Jia played in the
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second round first leg against Italian giants AS Roma, coming on as a substitute for Fadil Vokrri in the 46th minute, which made him the first Chinese footballer to play in the
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. Partizan beat Roma 4–2 at home, but later they lost 0–2 in Italian capital, making it an away-goals loss. That domestic season, the
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, the league had a surprising winner,
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, with Partizan finishing in a disappointing 6th position, however the club compensated by winning the
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that year, with Jia playing in two Cup matches. In the league that season Jia played 6 matches. In total, along with the 11 friendlies where he scored one goal, with Partizan Jia played a total of 34 matches having scored one goal. Afterward Jia will move to
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n club Malaysia Royal Police FA. He was invited to Japanese outfit
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by
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in 1992; however, he chose
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at the recommendation of club's assistant coach
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. He played in the
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with the club finishing in 5th place at the end of the season. Jia played with Gamba Osaka in the inaugural season of the
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in
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and he made 25 league appearances during that season, with Gamba Osaka finishing in 7th place. Jia was the first ever Chinese player to play in the J.League.


International career

In 1982, he would make his debut for the Chinese national team, however he would rise to prominence in the
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where China finished runners up and Jia was personally named as the Asian Cup Most Valuable Player. A constant regular within the team Jia would captain the team from 1987 until 1992 where he led China in an unsuccessful
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qualifying campaign as well as the
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and
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, eventually achieving 55 caps for his country. He was also part of the Chinese team at the
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.


Management career


Early management career

After he retired, Bayi Football Team offered Jia a chance to rejoin them and coach them for a short period, however his presence within the team was unable to lift them from a spending much of the season near the bottom of the league. With
Shaanxi Guoli Harbin Guoli Football Club () is a defunct football club who played in Harbin, Heilongjiang and their home stadium was the 50,100 seater Jiaodaruisun Stadium. Founded on February 28, 1996 as Shaanxi National Power F.C. in Xi’an, Shaanxi, they ...
, Jia managed a newly formed team starting at the bottom of the Chinese league system and would lead them to promotion to the second tier in the 1997 league season. This caught the attention of the
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and offered him the
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, however his reign with them was uninspired and the team were unable to qualify for any major tournaments.


Chinese youth teams

In 2000 Shanghai Shenhua were willing to give Jia a chance to join them as a trainer before Bayi asked Jia to join them again. Once again he spent much of his time trying to keep Bayi in the top tier of the league system. However, despite achieving this he left them at the end of the 2002 league season where they finished a disappointing 13th. Jia would later accept a position for the
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however this was short lived and he resigned in February 2004. Once again he took another training position with Shanghai but because English Head Coach
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resigned before the start of the beginning of the league season Jia acted as the head coach through the majority of the season, Shanghai ultimately ended the season finishing 10th. In 2005 Jia returned to the Chinese under-23 team as a permanent manager to compete for the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.


Shanghai Shenhua

At the beginning of the 2008 league season Henan Jianye offered Jia the chance to manage them in the top tier, Jia took this position but had a poor start to the season and was replaced with
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. In September 2008 Jia was again offered the chance to manage Shanghai Shenhua, this time on a permanent basis and took Shanghai to second in the league. At the end of the 2009 Jia was dismissed by the club again after a disappointing season with the team ranking 5th. Later he was reported to be arrested for receiving bribes during his stint at Chinese youth team.


Allegations of match-fixing

On 20 January 2010, Jia was arrested and questioned on allegations of match-fixing during his tenures with Shaanxi Guoli and the Chinese youth teams. His character would be questioned by the Chinese media and old stories about his coaching abilities, his cozy relationship with the Chinese FA, criticisms from former players and staff as well as his willingness to allow Shanghai Shenhua's chairman Zhu Jun's to interference on team management would all be recycled during his arrest. On 21 January 2010 Chinese FA member Yang Yimin was also arrested on allegations of match-fixing. The allegations against each men would expose an extremely close friendship between Jia and Yang Yimin especially during their time working with each other with the Chinese youth teams. On 4 March 2010, Jia was released from prison and had all allegations against him dropped. Yang Yimin would later be found guilty for his involvement in a match-fixing ring that saw him sentenced to 10 years in prison on 18 February 2012.


Henan Jianye

On 2 June 2014, Jia was appointed as the new manager of Henan Jianye.


Career statistics


Club statistics


International


International goals


Honours

Bayi * National League Division 1: 1981, 1986 Partizan *
Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...
: 1988–89 China *
1984 AFC Asian Cup The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Singapore between 1 December and 16 December 198 ...
: Silver Medal Individual *
Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese, commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Associ ...
Golden Ball: 1983, 1984, 1986 *
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MVP:
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*
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top scorer:
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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jia, Xiuquan 1963 births Living people Footballers from Dalian Chinese footballers Association football forwards Bayi Football Team players FK Partizan players PDRM FA players Gamba Osaka players Yugoslav First League players Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Asian Games competitors for China Olympic footballers of China China international footballers 1984 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games 1992 AFC Asian Cup players Chinese expatriate footballers Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Yugoslavia Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Expatriate footballers in Japan Chinese football managers Shanghai Shenhua F.C. non-playing staff Shanghai Shenhua F.C. managers Henan Songshan Longmen F.C. managers Chinese Super League managers China women's national football team managers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup managers