[2] Initially starting as a midfielder, Ji would be moved as a forward and go on to score six goals within the 2009 China League One season as the team came runners-up within the division and gain promotion to the top tier for the first time in their history.
[3] Within the top tier of Chinese football, Ji would struggle to gain much game time and actively paid for his own flight to pursue a move to Indonesia before joining Meizhou Hakka in the third tier.
[1] The move would see a revival in his career and he would win the 2015 China League Two division title with them and promotion to the second tier.
[4] Ji decided to rejoin his previous club at the start of the 2016 league season, Nanchang Hengyuan who had returned to Shanghai and renamed themselves Shanghai Shenxin F.C.
[5] On 14 February 2018, Ji joined third tier club Nantong Zhiyun.