Jiang Bo (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jiang Bo | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hangzhou Greentown F.C. | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996-2001 | Liaoning Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Huludao Whowin | ||
| 2003-2006 | Nanjing Yoyo | ||
| 2007-present | Hangzhou Greentown F.C. | 98 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012- | China | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 Feb 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 Feb 2012 | |||
Jiang Bo (Chinese: 姜波; born on January 25, 1982 in China) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Hangzhou Greentown F.C. as a goalkeeper in the Chinese Super League.
Club career
Huludao Whowin
Jiang Bo began his football career playing for his hometown football club Liaoning FC's youth team. He would go on to be promoted to the clubs second team who were allowed to play within the second tier of the Chinese football pyramid with the team calling themselves Huludao Whowin. Jiang's only season at the club would see him go on to aid the club finish sixth within the league at the end of the season.[1]
Nanjing Yoyo
In the 2003 league season Liaoning FC would decide to sell Huludao Whowin to the SVT Group who formed a new club called Nanjing Yoyo. This saw the whole squad move to Nanjing as part of the deal and Jiang would stay with Nanjing Yoyo for several seasons where he was unable to aid the team achieve anything more than mid-table mediocrity throughout his time with the club.
Hangzhou Greentown
At the beginning of the 2007 league season recently promoted side to the top tier Hangzhou Greentown were looking for a second choice goalkeeper and Jiang was brought in to fill this position and play understudy to Qi Xiaoguang.[2] The following season Jiang was promoted to the teams first choice goalkeeper after he showed some impressive performances during his stint as understudy and played in the majority of the season, making twenty-six league appearances at the end of the 2008 league season.[3] The 2009 league season saw Jiang continue his role as the teams main goalkeeper, however Hangzhou struggled throughout the league season often finding themselves near the bottom of the league table and fighting off relegation. Hangzhou survived relegation the following season but the new manager Wu Jingui decided to promote rising goalkeeper Han Feng as the teams first choice goalkeeper to start the 2010 league season. Jiang would go on to win back his place as the clubs starting goalkeeper at the end of the season and help guide the club to a fourth place finish and entry into the 2011 AFC Champions League for the first time. Within the AFC Champions League Jiang would play in all six games for the club as they crashed out within the group stages.
References
External links
- Jiang Bo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Player stats at Sohu.com
- Player profile at Sodasoccer.com
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