{{short description|Chinese footballer and coach}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chen Jingang <br> 陈金刚 | image = | caption = | fullname = Chen Jingang | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|2|4}} | birth_place = [[Tianjin]], China | death_date = | height = {{height|m=1.81}} | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | years1 = 1977–1987| clubs1 = [[Tianjin Teda F.C.|Tianjin City]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1988–1989| clubs2 = [[Tianjin II]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1979–1983| nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]]| nationalcaps1 = 19 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | manageryears1 = 1997| managerclubs1 = [[Tianjin Teda F.C.|Tianjin Teda]] | manageryears2 = 1998| managerclubs2 = [[China PR national under-20 football team|China U-20]] | manageryears3 = 2004–2006| managerclubs3 = [[Changchun Yatai]] | manageryears4 = 2017–2019| managerclubs4 = [[Changchun Yatai]] }}
'''Chen Jinjang''' ({{zh|s=陈金刚}}; born February 4, 1958) is a Chinese coach and a former international [[association football|football]] player. As a player, he was predominantly remembered for his time at [[Tianjin Teda F.C.|Tianjin City]] while internationally he played for [[China national football team|China]] in the [[1980 Asian Cup]]. After retiring, he moved into management, where he moved back to Tianjin with [[Tianjin Teda F.C.]] before having a short spell as the [[China PR national under-20 football team|Chinese U-20]] coach and then [[Changchun Yatai]].
== Playing career == Chen Jingang played for the [[Tianjin Teda F.C.|Tianjin City]] youth, where he went on to graduate into the senior team by the 1977 league season. At Tianjin he went on to establish himself as a vital player within the team and soon aid the team to the 1980 league title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html|title=China 1980|date=22 Oct 2009|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref> This then saw him called up to the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] and was included in the squad that took part in the [[1980 Asian Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/special/00051SKL/chenjingangwiki.html|title=陈金刚|publisher=sports.163.com|date=|accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref> After a disappointing tournament, the manager [[Su Yongshun]] kept faith with Chen and included him in the squad that took part [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)|1982 Fifa World Cup qualifiers]] where China missed out on qualifying after losing 2-1 to [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]] in the final play-off round.
== Career statistics == === International statistics ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;" |- !Competition!!Year!!Apps!!Goal |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Great Wall Cup]]''' |1980–1982||2||1 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]''' |1980–1982||4||0 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Asian Cup]]''' |1980||1||1 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)|World Cup Qualifier]]''' |1980–1981||9||2 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Asian Games]]''' |1982||3||0 |- |rowspan=1|'''Total''' |||19||4 |- |- |}
== Honours == ===Player=== '''Tianjin City''' *[[Chinese Jia-A League]]: 1980
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==External links== *[https://archive.today/20140519140310/http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/A1250E544684FE35.html Player profile at sodasoccer] *[http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/player.php?id=chenjingang Team China Stats]
{{China League One managers}} {{China squad 1980 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Tianjin Teda F.C. managers}}
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