 Along with his older brother Jiang Hong he also became a goalkeeper and started his career playing for Bayi Football Team before moving to Tianjin Teda, Shanghai International and Shanghai Stars.After a short stint as an assistant coach for Shanghai Stars he moved away from football until October 17, 2010 saw him detained by the police for his involvement in fixing a league game against Tianjin Teda F.C.on November 30, 2003 and was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment on June 13, 2012.