Ye Jia

Ye Jia
Ye Jia
Traditional Chinese	葉佳
Simplified Chinese	叶佳
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yè Jiā
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Jip6 Gaai1

Ye Jia
	Ye Jia playing for Tai Po
Personal information
Full name	Ye Jia
Date of birth	1 December 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth	Shanghai, China
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Striker
Club information
Current team	South China
Number	18
Youth career
2002
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Shanghai The 9
2006–2007	Rangers
2007–2017	Tai Po
2019–	South China
National team‡
2010–2011	Hong Kong
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2017

Ye Jia (simplified Chinese: 叶佳; traditional Chinese: 葉佳; pinyin: Yè Jiā; Jyutping: jip⁶ gaai¹, born (1981-12-01)1 December 1981), is a former Chinese-born Hong Kong professional football player who currently plays as an amateur player for Hong Kong First Division club South China. He is an all-rounded player who can play as an attacking midfielder or a striker on the field.

Early life[]

Ye Jia was born on 1 December 1981 in Shanghai, China. He played for amateur football team in China Amateur Football League in 2002.^[1] After a season, another local club Shanghai The 9 bought , turned professional and started to participate in China League Two, 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 FA Cup. Ye scored an important goal for the club against South China 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 Tuen Mun Progoal, Sheffield United and Pegasus 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 Kitchee 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 Tuen Mun Progoal, he scored 4 goals.

South China[]

At the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Ye joined South China as an amateur player.^[2]

International career[]

As a Chinese national, according to the FIFA Statues, he became eligible for the Hong Kong national football team following two years of residency in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's coach Tsang Wai Chung selected Ye Jia for the training section before the start of the 2010–11 season.^[3]

Career statistics[]

International[]

Updated 28 July 2011

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	4 October 2010	Balewadi Stadium, Pune, India	India	1–0	Friendly
2	17 November 2010	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Paraguay	0–7	Friendly
3	9 February 2011	Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	0–2	Friendly
4	3 June 2011	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Malaysia	1–1	Friendly
5	23 July 2011	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Saudi Arabia	0–3	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	28 July 2011	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Saudi Arabia	0–5	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Tai Po

References[]

^ (in Chinese) 全国足球业余丙级队联赛总决赛东区参赛队介绍, Sina, 20 October 2002
^ "「焦點球員」葉頌朗缺陣南華反勝黃大仙晉峰狂數深水埗". Sportsroad.hk. Retrieved 8 September 2019. (in Chinese)
^ (in Chinese) 香港足隊公布31人長期集訓, Ta Kung Pao, 24 July 2010

External links[]

[1] (in Chinese) 全国足球业余丙级队联赛总决赛东区参赛队介绍, Sina, 20 October 2002

[2] "「焦點球員」葉頌朗缺陣南華反勝黃大仙晉峰狂數深水埗". Sportsroad.hk. Retrieved 8 September 2019. (in Chinese)

[3] (in Chinese) 香港足隊公布31人長期集訓, Ta Kung Pao, 24 July 2010

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