Jia Boyan (Chinese: 贾博琰; born 30 November 2003) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a forward for Druga HNL club NK Dubrava on loan from Swiss Super League club Grasshopper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2003-11-30) 30 November 2003 (age 18) | ||
| Place of birth | Luoyang, Henan, China | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Grasshopper Club Zürich | ||
| Number | - | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shanghai Luckystar | |||
| 2016–2020 | Shanghai SIPG | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Shanghai SIPG | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | → China U19 (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2022– | Grasshopper | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → NK Dubrava (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | China U16 | 2 | (2) |
| China U20 | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 July 2021 | |||
Jia Boyan would play for the Shanghai SIPG youth teams where he personally scored 17 goals in the 2018 U15 National Championship.[1] He would soon be promoted to the senior team by Head coach Vítor Pereira for the 2020 Chinese Super League season where he made his debut on 31 August 2020 in a league game against Tianjin TEDA F.C. in a 4-1 victory where he came on as a substitute for Marko Arnautović.[2] At 16 years old and 275 days, Jia became the third youngest player in Chinese Super League history, and was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020".[3]
On 16 February 2022, Jia joined Swiss Super League club Grasshoppers and was immediately loaned to Druga HNL club NK Dubrava.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shanghai SIPG | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| China U19 (loan) | 2020 | China League Two | 7 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | |
| Grasshopper | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| NK Dubrava (loan) | 2021–22 | 2. HNL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||