Xu Jiajun (; born 29 May 1995) is a Chinese

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currently playing as a defender or

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for

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side Taizhou Yuanda.

Club career

Xu started his professional football career in June 2016 when he was loaned to

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...

side Shenyang Urban from

Hebei China Fortune Hebei Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Langfang, Hebei and their home stadium is the La ...

. He moved aboard to

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...

side

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along with Wang Bin in July 2017. On 27 October 2017, he made his debut for the club in a 5–0 away defeat against Beerschot Wilrijk, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 79th minute. In July 2018, Xu transferred to Super League side Beijing Renhe, he was loaned to

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for the rest of the season. On 11 February 2019, Xu transferred to League Two newcomer Taizhou Yuanda.

Career statistics

Club

References

1995 births Living people Footballers from Maoming Chinese footballers Chinese expatriate footballers Association football defenders China League Two players China League One players Belgian First Division B players Hebei F.C. players Liaoning Shenyang Urban F.C. players K.S.V. Roeselare players Taizhou Yuanda F.C. players Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub