Jiang Zilei (; born 10 September 1997) is a Chinese

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currently playing as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Nantong Zhiyun Nantong Zhiyun Football Club () is a professional China, Chinese Association football, football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Nant ...

Club career

Jiang Zilei would play for

Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Port FC (), previously named Shanghai SIPG, is a professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Pudong, Shanghai, and their home sta ...

youth team and would be promoted to the senior team by the end of the

2017 Chinese Super League The 2017 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 14th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their seventh consecutive title o ...

campaign before going on loan to second tier football club

Wuhan Zall Wuhan Yangtze River Football Club, formerly Wuhan Zall 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 ...

on 14 July 2018. He would make his senior debut in a league game on 28 October 2018 against Nei Mongol Zhongyou that ended in a 3-0 victory. In his loan period he would go on to be part of the team that gained promotion to the top tier by winning the

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division. On 26 February 2019, Jiang would make his loan period permanent and transferred to Wuhan Zall. On 10 March 2021, Jiang joined second tier football club

. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 25 April 2021 against

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in a 1-1 draw. He would go on to establish himself within the team and helped the club gain promotion to the top tier at the end of the

2022 China League One The 2022 China League One ( zh, 2022中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 19th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. Format On 12 May 2022, the Chinese Football ...

season.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

China League One The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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* 1997 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders China League One players Chinese Super League players Shanghai Port F.C. players Wuhan Yangtze River F.C. players {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub