Ye Jia (, born ), is a former

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-born

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professional

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. He is an all-rounded player who can play as an

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or a striker on the field. He is currently the assistant coach of

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club

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Early life

Ye Jia was born on 1 December 1981 in

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. He played for

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team Shanghai Tianna in China Amateur Football League in 2002. After a season, another local club

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bought Shanghai Tianna, turned professional and started to participate in

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, so Ye Jia became a professional football player.

Club career

Shanghai The 9

As his first professional team experience, Ye Jia did not contemplate breaking into the first team immediately but looked up to senior players like Ebelio Ordóñez. He always was a substitution player in league matches.

Tai Po

In the 2007–2008 season, Tai Po was the finalist of the

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. Ye scored an important goal for the club against

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and brought the club to the final. This is the first time of the club to be the finalist of the FA Cup. Tai Po got 3 straight wins against

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and

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in the 2008–2009 season. As Ye was suspended for the first match, he played as a striker in the next 2 matches, giving 2 assists and a goal for the club. He also scored for the club in the semi-finals of FA Cup against

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and Tai Po got into the final. In the 2009–2010 season, Ye scored 7 goals in the first 6 matches. Moreover, in the match against

, he scored 4 goals.

South China

At the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Ye joined

as an amateur player.

International career

As a Chinese national, according to the

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Statues, he became eligible for the

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following two years of residency in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's coach

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selected Ye Jia for the training section before the start of the 2010–11 season.香港足隊公布31人長期集訓

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, 24 July 2010

Career statistics

International

:''Updated 28 July 2011''

Honours

;Tai Po * Hong Kong First Division: 2013–14, 2015–16 *

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: 2008–09 *

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong Pr ...

: 2012–13

References

External links

Player information on HKFA site

(in Chinese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ye, Jia 1981 births Living people Footballers from Shanghai Chinese footballers Hong Kong footballers Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Tai Po FC players Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Hong Kong Rangers FC players South China AA players Shanghai Zobon F.C. players Hong Kong international footballers Association football midfielders Association football forwards Hong Kong League XI representative players