On 10 September 2024, Chinese Football Association announced that Jiao was banned from football-related activities for lifetime for involving in match-fixing.
[1][2] Jiao Zhe started his professional football career in 1999 for top tier side Shandong Luneng after he graduated from their youth team.
[3] In the 2004 league season Jiao Zhe would continue to play a major part in the Shandong Luneng team and under new manager Ljubiša Tumbaković Jiao would even score his first league goal on 15 September 2004 when he scored the equalising goal against Beijing Guoan in a 1–1 draw.
On 19 June 2005, Jiao Zhe would make his international debut against Costa Rica in a 2–2 draw coming on as a subsistute for Wei Xin in a friendly match.
[5] After making several further friendly appearances Jiao Zhe would play in his first competitive game against Vietnam in an Asian Cup Qualifier on 21 January 2009 in a 6–1 win.