Jia Boyan (; born 30 November 2003) is a Chinese

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Nantong Zhiyun Nantong Zhiyun Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Rugao, Jiangsu, that competes in . Nantong Zhiyun plays its home matches at the Rugao Olympic Sports Center, located within Rugao. The club was founded on 13 March ...

Club career

Jia Boyan would play for the

Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Port Football Club (), previously Shanghai SIPG (), is a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, that competes in . Shanghai Port plays its home matches at the Pudong Football Stadium, located within Pudong. Their owners a ...

youth teams where he personally scored 17 goals in the 2018 U15 National Championship. He would soon be promoted to the senior team by Head coach Vítor Pereira for the

2020 Chinese Super League The 2020 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2020 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The season was scheduled to begin o ...

season where he made his debut on 31 August 2020 in a league game against

Tianjin TEDA F.C. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club (), previously Tianjin TEDA (), is a Chinese professional football club based in Tianjin, that competes in . Tianjin Jinmen Tiger plays its home matches at the TEDA Soccer Stadium, located within Binhai. The f ...

in a 4-1 victory where he came on as a substitute for

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. At 16 years old and 275 days, Jia became the third youngest player in Chinese Super League history, and was included in

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's "Next Generation 2020". On 16 February 2022, Jia joined

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club

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and was immediately loaned to

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga (), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League. The 1. NL is ope ...

club

NK Dubrava NK Dubrava, known as Dubrava Tim Kabel for sponsorship reasons, or simply Dubrava, is a Croatian football club based in the Dubrava neighborhood in eastern Zagreb. Formed in 1945, the club spent its entire history in lower leagues. Its biggest s ...

. During his first year there, he was mostly playing for the U19 squad. He made his debut for the first team in the second round of the

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, where he shot the first goal in the second minute in a 2-3 defeat to

HNK Gorica Hrvatski nogometni klub Gorica (), commonly referred to as HNK Gorica, is a Croatian football club based in the town of Velika Gorica, located just south of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They play their home matches at the Gradski stadion Velik ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jia, Boyan 2003 births Living people People from Luoyang Footballers from Henan Chinese men's footballers China men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Shanghai Port F.C. players Grasshopper Club Zurich players NK Dubrava players Nantong Zhiyun F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League Two players 21st-century Chinese sportsmen First Football League (Croatia) players Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia