Jiang Kun
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jiang Kun | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2003 | Bayi Football Team | 81 | (7) |
| 2004 | Sichuan Guancheng | 10 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Shanghai United | 50 | (10) |
| 2007– | Shanghai Shenhua | 146 | (10) |
| 2009 | → Henan Construction (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | China PR | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Jiang Kun (Chinese: 姜坤; pinyin: Jiāng Kūn; born 2 August 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing for the Shanghai Shenhia in the Chinese Super League. He has also been capped four times by China.
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 joined 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 United F.C. and Shenhua
In the 2005 Chinese Super League season he moved to the newly promoted Shanghai United F.C. to gain more playing time, which he achieved by having a successful spell as a regular member of the team.[1] 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.[6] 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.
International career
In 2006 his impressive displays for Shanghai United F.C. brought a call to the senior national team and he would make 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.[7] 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jiang Kun". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ↑ "China 2000". Rsssf.com. 2003-06-19. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ↑ "Chinese military football team disbanded". English.people.com.cn. 2003-12-29. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ↑ "比赛结果 申花SVA1-1四川冠城". Csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2004-05-26. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ↑ "球员资料 姜坤 2004". Csldata.sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ↑ "Gimenez to coach newly combined Shanghai Shenhua". Chinaview.cn. 2007-02-07. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
- ↑ "France 3-1 China". Teamchina.freehostia.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
External links
- Jiang Kun at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player Profile at Shanghai Shenhua Website
- Official Shanghai Shenhua Website
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