Chen Jinjang (Chinese: 陈金刚; born February 4, 1958) is a Chinese coach and a former international football player. As a player, he was predominantly remembered for his time at

Tianjin City Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popula ...

while internationally he played for China in the 1980 Asian Cup. After retiring, he moved into management, where he moved back to Tianjin with Tianjin Teda F.C. before having a short spell as the Chinese U-20 coach and then

Changchun Yatai Changchun Yatai Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Changchun, Jilin and their home sta ...

Playing career

Chen Jingang played for the

youth, where he went on to graduate into the senior team by the 1977 league season. At Tianjin he went on to establish himself as a vital player within the team and soon aid the team to the 1980 league title. This then saw him called up to the Chinese national team and was included in the squad that took part in the 1980 Asian Cup. After a disappointing tournament the manager

Su Yongshun Su Yongshun ( Chinese: 苏永舜; born 1934 in China) is a Chinese retired football manager. Career As a player, Su's team qualified for the University Games held in the Soviet Union but China decided not to send a team for fear of humiliation ...

kept faith with Chen and included him in the squad that took part 1982 Fifa World Cup qualifiers where China missed out on qualifying after losing 2-1 to

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in the final play-off round.

Career statistics

International statistics

Honours

Player

Tianjin City *

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese, commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Assoc ...

: 1980

References

External links

Player profile at sodasoccerTeam China Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Jingang 1958 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Tianjin China international footballers Chinese football managers Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Changchun Yatai F.C. managers 1980 AFC Asian Cup players Association football forwards