Ye Jia
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Ye Jia is an Chinese professional football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player for Hong Kong First Division League
Hong Kong First Division League
Hong Kong First Division League is the top division football league in Hong Kong which was established in 1908, the oldest in Asia. It does not affiliate to any football leagues in the People's Republic of China.-Competition format:...

 side NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po. He is an all-rounded player who can play as an attacking midfielder or a striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 on the field.

Early life

Ye Jia was born in 1 December 1981 in Shanghai
Shanghai
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, China
People's Republic of China
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. He played for amateur football team Shanghai Tiannuo
Pudong Zobon F.C.
Pudong Zobon F.C. is a professional football club based in Shanghai, China who currently plays in the Chinese Yi League. They play their home games in the 20,000 seater Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium and was founded in 2003 by Zhu Jun, the CEO of The9 Limited...

 in China Amateur Football League in 2002. After a season, the boss of The9
The9
The9 Limited corporation is a Shanghai-based online game operator which had the exclusive license to operate and distribute World of Warcraft in China , a license they secured after successfully aiding Webzen Games in distributing Mu Online in China...

 Zhu Jun
Zhu Jun (businessman)
Jun Zhu is a Chinese industrialist and businessman and the Chairman of Nasdaq listed company the Nine City . He is also being famous as the chairman of the Shanghai Shenhua football club.-Early life:...

 brought Tiannuo and founded professional football team Shanghai Jiucheng
Pudong Zobon F.C.
Pudong Zobon F.C. is a professional football club based in Shanghai, China who currently plays in the Chinese Yi League. They play their home games in the 20,000 seater Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium and was founded in 2003 by Zhu Jun, the CEO of The9 Limited...

 in China League Two, so Ye Jia became the professional football player.

Shanghai Jiucheng

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
Ebelio Ordóñez
Ebelio Agustín Ordóñez Martínez is an Ecuadorian footballer not attached to any club.-Club career:Ordoñez started playing professionally for 9 de Octubre. He spent about a year playing there and already got interest from many teams because of his versatile position. He was sold to Panamá in the...

. He always was a substitution player in league matches.

Tai Po

In 2007-2008, Tai Po was the finalist of the FA Cup.Ye scored an important goal for the club against South China AA 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 (HKG) and TSW Pegasus in the season 2008-2009. 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 Club against Kitchee SC and Tai Po got into the final.

In the year 2009-2010, Ye scored 7 in the first 6 matches. Moreover, in the match against Tuen Mun Progoal, he scored 4 in that match.

International career

As china-borned
Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China
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 Ye Jia has lived in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 over 2 years, according to the FIFA Statues, he is eligible for the Hong Kong national football team
Hong Kong national football team
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. Hong Kong cocah Tsang Wai Chung
Tsang Wai Chung
Tsang Wai Chung is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and he was head coach of South China and Hong Kong national football team.On 17 September 2008, Tsang asked to leave due to health reasons. He temporarily left the responsibility of head coach and worked as team adviser...

 selected Ye Jia for the training section before 2010–11 season in Hong Kong
2010–11 in Hong Kong football
-Overview:* In July 2010, Birmingham City F.C. played an exhibition match in Hong Kong.* 22 January 2011: Ng Wai Chiu returned to Hong Kong First Division League and joined South China.-Friendly matches in first half season:-2011 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup:...

.

International career

As of 28 July 2011
# Date Venue Opponent Result Goals Competition
1 4 October 2010 Balewadi Stadium, Pune
Pune
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, India
India
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1–0 0 Friendly
2 17 November 2010 Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

0–7 0 Friendly
3 9 February 2011 Shah Alam Stadium
Shah Alam Stadium
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, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
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0–2 0 Friendly
4 3 June 2011 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in Hong Kong. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It occupies about 43,000 meter square and its construction costed over $230 million...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

1–1 0 Friendly
5 23 July 2011 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of Ettifaq FC. The stadium has a capacity of 26,000 people. It is named after Muhammad bin Fahd, who is a the Governor of the Eastern Province...

, Dammam
Dammam
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0–3 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
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6 28 July 2011 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in Hong Kong. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It occupies about 43,000 meter square and its construction costed over $230 million...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

0–5 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
This page provides the summaries of the AFC Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.- Format :In this round the eight winners from the first round joined the 22 AFC sides seeded 6–27 in the AFC World Cup rankings. The teams were drawn into 15 home-and-away ties...


Honours

 Hong Kong Tai Po
  • Hong Kong FA Cup
    Hong Kong FA Cup
    Hong Kong FA Cup is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. The current season is the 33rd edition of the event...

    • Winner: 2008–09
      Hong Kong FA Cup 2008–09
      2008–09 Hong Kong FA Cup is the 35th season of Hong Kong FA Cup.-Calendar:-Bracket:The draw was made on 17 April 2009.-First round:------------...


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