Jiang Chen (; born 24 June 1986 in

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

) is a Chinese

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player.

Club career

On 6 May 2004 he made his professional debut, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for

Sichuan Guancheng Sichuan First City () is a defunct Chinese football club, which was located in Chengdu, Sichuan where they played in the Chengdu Sports Centre. They were founded in 1953 and spent a large part of their history within the top tier of Chinese foo ...

against

Qingdao Hailifeng Qingdao Hailifeng F.C. (), previously named Qingdao JVC Zhengyi, Qingdao Benda and Hefei Chuangyi was a former professional association football club in the Chinese Football Association Jia League. The club was engaged in "bribery and private bus ...

in the

Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. Its current holders are Shandong Taishan, having beaten Shanghai Port in 2021 for a record seventh titl ...

. On 27 January 2006 Sichuan Guancheng was disbanded and consequently, on 5 July, Jiang moved to

Tianjin Teda Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin, and their home stadium is t ...

. On 5 August 2009 he joined

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side

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

on a season-long loan deal after trialling with the team. On 17 October 2009 he made his debut for the Phoenix as a late substitute against

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.North Queensland Fury - Wellington Phoenix Match Summary
/ref> On 29 December 2009, he was released early from his loan contract with the Phoenix and returned to his parent club.

International career

Jiang has had a strong youth career playing striker for both the China U-23 football team and the China U-17 football team. In May 2007, he made his debut for the China U-23 team and has since scored 6 goals in 12 appearances.

References

External links

Wellington Phoenix profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Chen 1986 births Living people Chinese men's footballers A-League Men players Chinese expatriate men's footballers Chinese expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Footballers from Dalian Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Sichuan First City F.C. players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Wellington Phoenix FC players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Chinese Super League players Men's association football forwards