Jiang Zilei would play for Shanghai SIPG youth team and would be promoted to the senior team by the end of the 2017 Chinese Super League campaign before going on loan to second tier football club Wuhan Zall on 14 July 2018.
[1] He would make his senior debut in a league game on 28 October 2018 against Nei Mongol Zhongyou that ended in a 3-0 victory.
[2] In his loan period he would go on to be part of the team that gained promotion to the top tier by winning the 2018 China League One division.
[3] On 26 February 2019, Jiang would make his loan period permanent and transferred to Wuhan Zall.
[6] He would go on to establish himself within the team and helped the club gain promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One season.