{{short description|Singaporean footballer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jeremy Chiang | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Jeremy Chiang Wei Jian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|11|df=yes}}<ref name=profile>{{cite web | title=General Information about the player Jeremy Chiang | url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/29652/Jeremy_Chiang.html | website=national-football-teams.com| access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Singapore]] | height = {{height|cm=182}}<ref name=profile /> | position = [[Right back]] | currentclub = ActiveSG FA (Head coach)<br /> [[Arion Women's Football Club|Still Aerion WFC]] (Head coach) | years1 = 2005 | clubs1 = [[Paya Lebar Punggol]]<ref name=profile /> | caps1 = 13 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2006-2007 | clubs2 = [[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]] | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = [[Home United]] | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2008–2011 | clubs4 = [[Gombak United]] | caps4 = 109 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2012 | clubs5 = [[Home United]] | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2013 | clubs6 = [[Hougang United]] | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2013–2014 | clubs7 = [[Warriors FC]] | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2016 | clubs8 = [[Warriors FC]] | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2010<ref name=profile /> | nationalteam1 = [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2019–present | managerclubs1 = ActiveSG FA | manageryears2 = 2024–present | managerclubs2 = [[Arion Women's Football Club|Still Aerion WFC]] }}
'''Jeremy Chiang Wei Jian''' (born 11 April 1985) is a Singaporean former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[right-back]] for [[Warriors FC]] in the [[S-League]]. Jeremy is now an entrepreneur<ref name=fourfourtwo>{{cite web|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/warriors-lose-chiang-acl-injury|title=Warriors lose Chiang to ACL injury|date=8 May 2014|publisher=[[FourFourTwo ]]|accessdate=16 October 2015|archive-date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112231055/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/warriors-lose-chiang-acl-injury|url-status=dead}}</ref> and head coach with ActiveSG Football Academy (AFA) and [[Arion Women's Football Club|Still Aerion WFC]].
==Playing career==
Jeremy was part of the [[2014 Warriors FC season|Warriors team]] that won the [[2014 S.League]]. He retired from the game because of a ACL injury in 2014.<ref name=espn>{{cite web |last=Leong |first=Kelvin |title=Jeremy Chiang returns to S.League with Warriors FC after 2014 retirement |url=https://www.espn.com.sg/soccer/story/_/id/37474217/jeremy-chiang-returns-sleague-warriors-fc-2014-retirement |date=10 Jun 2016 }}</ref> He went on to be [[The New Paper]]’s [[S.League]] pundit after retiring.<ref name=TODAY>{{cite news |title=S.League wants explanation from player who gave betting tips |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/sleague-wants-explanation-player-who-gave-betting-tips |publisher=TODAY |date=13 Jun 2016 }}</ref>
In 2016, Jeremy returned to top-flight football with the [[Warriors FC]].<ref name=TODAY /> However, he got into trouble as he offered betting tips as in The New Paper (TNP) for all of the week's S.League matches.<ref name=TODAY /> The [[Football Association of Singapore]] requested both the player and the club to provide an explanation.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAS’ Reply To Media Query Regarding Jeremy Chiang |url=https://www.fas.org.sg/fas-reply-to-media-query-regarding-jeremy-chiang/ |publisher=[[Football Association of Singapore|FAS]] |date=13 Jun 2016 }}</ref>
In a club statement, the Warriors FC said that the predictions were made prior to the signing with the club. After signing with the club, Jeremy had informed TNP that he would stop providing his free voluntary predictions with immediate effect.<ref name=TODAY />
==Coaching career==
Jeremy joined ActiveSG Football Academy in 2017. He went on to become the head coach in 2019, helming programmes at Toa Payoh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Our Head Coaches! - Jeremy Chiang |url=https://www.facebook.com/activesgfa/posts/2451606001636153/?paipv=0&eav=AfZHd7FpvdzWEwvR4Nm1jHM8rGv1rKSkogpIsb-VY_2_ScBTY34514BtSll3NP0Dwlg&_rdr |date=15 Feb 2022 |work=ActiveSG FA}}</ref>
In 2024, Jeremy was appointed as the head coach of the [[Arion Women's Football Club|Still Aerion WFC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Deloitte Women’s Premier League Club Guide |url=https://www.fas.org.sg/2024-deloitte-womens-premier-league-club-guide/ |publisher=[[Football Association of Singapore|FAS]] |date=8 Mar 2024 }}</ref> The [[2024 Aerion Women's FC season|club]] finished fourth after losing 6-0 to [[Lion City Sailors FC (women)|Lion City Sailors]] in their final game of the [[2024 Women's Premier League (Singapore)|2024 season]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kwek |first=Kimberly |date=16 February 2024 |title=Lion City Sailors set sights beyond S’pore after third straight Deloitte Women’s Premier League title |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/lion-city-sailors-set-their-sights-beyond-s-pore-after-third-straight-deloitte-women-s-premier-league-title#:~:text=SINGAPORE%20–%20It%20was%20a%20familiar,0%20victory%20over%20Still%20Aerion. |publisher=[[The Straits Times]]}}</ref>
==Outside football== Jeremy opened a cafe The WEJS with Walid Lounis and their spouses after suffering a serious injury in early 2014.<ref>{{cite news |author=Teng Kiat |title=S.League duo show that footballers can cook too |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/s-league-duo-show-that-footballers-can-cook-too-030228146.html |date=4 Sep 2014 |work=[[Yahoo!]] }}</ref>
He also started his own business Churros Factory with his wife in 2014.<ref name=espn /><ref name=ondeh>{{cite news |last=Tan |first=Julie |title=Ondeh ondeh churros, anyone? |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/others/ondeh-ondeh-churros-anyone |work=[[The New Paper]] |date=21 Sep 2017 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Jeremy is married with Png Suyi.<ref name=ondeh /> They have a daughter, Sasha and a son. Like his father, he is also a defender who played for ActiveSG FA elite team and then the Junior Development Centre (JDC) Under-11 team.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mas Hidayat |title=NEXT-GEN STORIES: Like father like son - Jeremy and Jaevis Chiang share more than the same surname |url=https://www.activesgcircle.gov.sg/read/ex-national-footballer-jeremy-and-his-son-jaevis-chiang-share-more-than-the-same-surname |work=Unleash The Roar! |date=24 Jul 2023 }}</ref>
== Honours ==
=== Club === '''Warriors FC''' *[[S.League]]: 2014
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==External links== * {{NFT player|29652}} * {{soccerway|jeremy-chiang/73429}} * {{instagram|jer_chiang}} <!-- per [[WP:ELMINOFFICIAL]], choose one official website only -->
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