Jiang Kun (footballer)

Jiang Kun (Chinese: 姜坤; pinyin: Jiāng Kūn; born 2 August 1979 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a Chinese professional footballer. He has also been capped four times by China.

Jiang Kun
姜坤
Personal information
Full name Jiang Kun
Date of birth (1979-08-02) 2 August 1979
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 Bayi Football Team 111 (10)
2004 Sichuan Guancheng 10 (1)
2005 Shanghai Jiucheng 23 (6)
2006 Shanghai United 27 (4)
2007–2015 Shanghai Shenhua 173 (12)
2009 → Henan Construction (loan) 27 (1)
2016 Qingdao Huanghai 9 (1)
2017 Wuhan Chufeng Heli
2018–2019 Wuhan Three Towns 12 (2)
National team‡
2006–2007 China PR 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2012
In this Chinese name, the family name is Jiang.

Club career

Bayi Football Team

Jiang Kun started his professional football career in 1997 with Bayi Football Team (who were named August 1 Zhenbang at the time) after graduating from their youth team.[1] He would gradually establish himself as a regular within the team and help them receive promotion to the top tier in the 2000 league season.[2] At the end of the 2003 league season Bayi Football Team disbanded and Jiang Kun was free to transfer to any other club.[3]

Sichuan Guancheng

Jiang Kun would decide to join another top tier club Sichuan Guancheng at the beginning of 2004 Chinese Super League season. He would have a solid start to his Sichuan career when he was immediately named as a first choice regular and would even score his first goal by the third league game against Shanghai Shenhua on May 26, 2004 in 1-1 draw.[4] Results were not kind to Sichuan and he found himself increasingly dropped from the team and by the end of the season he would only play in ten league games.[5]

Shanghai

In the 2005 league season he moved to the newly promoted second tier club Shanghai Jiucheng and would make his competitive debut in a league game on March 4, 2005 against Nanjing Yoyo in a 1-1 draw.[6] This was followed by his first goal for the club against Yanbian FC in a league game on March 19, 2005 that Shanghai Jiucheng won 2-0.[7] By the end of the season Jiang had established himself as a vital member of the team by playing in 23 games and scoring 6 goals.[1] Off the field the club's owner Zhu Jun acquired top tier club Shanghai United F.C. and hoped to merge both the two teams, however this wasn't possible due to the transfer rules in Chinese football. Instead Jiang along with four other players joined Shanghai United F.C. while Shanghai Jiucheng was sold off to a new owner.

In the 2007 season Shanghai United F.C. was dissolved to allow them to join neighbouring Super League team Shanghai Shenhua, allowing both teams to merge.[8] All the players from Shanghai United F.C. would move to Shanghai Shenhua and despite the inflamed squad Jiang Kun was one of the few consistent first choice players within the team. This continued the following season, however despite the significantly reduced squad by the beginning of the 2009 league season he was loaned out to Henan Construction. He played 27 league games and scored 1 goal in Season 2009.

Qingdao Huanghai

On 5 February 2016, Jiang transferred to China League One club Qingdao Huanghai.[9]

International career

Jiang was called up to the Chinese senior national team where he made his debut on June 7, 2006 in a friendly against France in a 3-1 defeat coming on as a late substitute for Zhao Junzhe.[10] In preparation for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup he would make several further friendly appearances, however the Chinese Head coach Zhu Guanghu decided that his performances were not good enough to be included in the squad to go to the tournament.

References
  1. "Jiang Kun". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  2. "China 2000". Rsssf.com. 2003-06-19. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  3. "Chinese military football team disbanded". English.people.com.cn. 2003-12-29. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  4. "比赛结果 申花SVA1-1四川冠城". Csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2004-05-26. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  5. "球员资料 姜坤 2004". Csldata.sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  6. "主帅胡云峰披挂上阵先建功 有有客场平新军九城". sports.sohu.com. 2005-03-05. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  7. "九城击败延边获中甲首胜 角球配合建功门将救险". sports.sohu.com. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  8. "Gimenez to coach newly combined Shanghai Shenhua". Chinaview.cn. 2007-02-07. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  9. 青岛黄海官宣老将姜昆加盟 at sports.sina.com 2016-02-05 Retrieved 2016-02-05
  10. "France 3-1 China". Teamchina.freehostia.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
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