He Jia ( zh, s=何佳, t=何佳, p=Hé Jiā; born 16 August 1951) is a former Chinese footballer.

Club career

He was born in 1951 in

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

. He began his career at

. In 1979, He captained Guangdong in the

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Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, scoring in the second leg. In 1982, Jia left Guangdong, moving to

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in the process. Following the influx of mainland Chinese players into the Hong Kong First Division, He joined

South China South China ( zh, s=, p=Huá'nán, j=jyut6 naam4) is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is ...

in 1983.

International career

On 15 June 1975, He made his debut for

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in a 1–0 win against

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. He played three times for China at the

1976 AFC Asian Cup The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. The field of six ...

, scoring once. On 6 October 1977, He scored the opening goal against the

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in China's first game of their first tour to the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first.''

References

1951 births Footballers from Guangzhou Men's association football midfielders Chinese men's footballers China men's international footballers Guangdong Winnerway F.C. players South China AA players Hong Kong First Division League players Chinese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong 1976 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Living people 20th-century Chinese sportsmen Asian Games bronze medalists in football {{PRChina-footy-midfielder-stub