Jia Boyan

Jia Boyan
	Jia Boyan in May 2025
Personal information
Date of birth	30 November 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth	Luoyang, Henan, China
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Nantong Zhiyun
Number	37
Youth career
	Shanghai Luckystar
2016–2020	Shanghai SIPG
2023-2024	Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2021	Shanghai SIPG
2020	→ China U19 (loan)
2022–2024	Grasshopper
2022–2023	→ NK Dubrava (loan)
2024–	Nantong Zhiyun
International career‡
2019	China U16
	China U20
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 March 2026; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 July 2021

Jia Boyan (Chinese: 贾博琰; born 30 November 2003) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a forward for China League One club Nantong Zhiyun.

Club career

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] During his first year there, he was mostly playing for the U19 squad.^[5] He made his debut for the first team in the second round of the Croatian Football Cup, where he shot the first goal in the second minute in a 2-3 defeat to HNK Gorica.

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 June 2023^[6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shanghai SIPG	2020	Chinese Super League	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	2021	Chinese Super League	2	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^[a]	0	–		–		8	1
Grasshopper	2021–22	Swiss Super League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
NK Dubrava (loan)	2021–22	2. HNL	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
NK Dubrava (loan)	2022–23	2. HNL	17	1	1^[b]	1	–		–		18	2
Career total			27	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	29	3

Notes

↑ Appearances in the Chinese FA Cup
↑ Appearances in the Croatian Football Cup

References

↑ "贾博琰的中超之路:上港03级队长马赛回旋一球成名" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ "16岁零275天，贾博琰创造上港中超历史最年轻登场球员" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ "Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
↑ "官宣：中国新星贾博琰加盟草蜢，租借前往杜布拉瓦". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
↑ "Loan Watch". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
↑ Jia Boyan at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

External links

Jia Boyan at WorldFootball.net

[CFAC-7] Appearances in the Chinese FA Cup

[hrc-8] Appearances in the Croatian Football Cup

[1] "贾博琰的中超之路:上港03级队长马赛回旋一球成名" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[2] "16岁零275天，贾博琰创造上港中超历史最年轻登场球员" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[3] "Next Generation 2020: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[4] "官宣：中国新星贾博琰加盟草蜢，租借前往杜布拉瓦". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

[5] "Loan Watch". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[6] Jia Boyan at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

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