Background
Ye Jia was born on 1 December 1981 in Shanghai, China.
叶佳, 葉佳
Ye Jia was born on 1 December 1981 in Shanghai, China.
He is an all-rounded player who can play as an attacking midfielder or a striker on the field He played for amateur football team Shanghai Tiannuo in China Amateur Football League in 2002. After a season, the boss of The9 Zhu June brought Tiannuo and founded professional football team Shanghai Jiucheng 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.
He always was a substitution player in league matches. Rangers Tai Po In 2007-2008, Tai Po was the finalist of the.Ye scored an important goal for the club against South China Associate of Arts and brought the club to the final.
This is the first time of the club to be the finalist of the. 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 South Carolina 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.
As china-born Ye Jia has lived in Hong Kong over 2 years, according to the Fédération internationale de football association Statues, he is eligible for the Hong Kong national football team
Hong Kong coach Tsang Wai Chung selected Ye Jia for the training section before 2010-2011 season in Hong Kong.