Sun Jihai (Chinese: 孙继海; pinyin: Sūn Jìhǎi; Mandarin pronunciation:[swə́n tɕî xàɪ]; born 30 September 1977) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played in the English Premier League. Sun is one of the most well-known footballers in East Asia, as he is the first East Asian footballer to score in the Premier League when he scored a goal for Manchester City in October 2002,[1] and also the first Chinese footballer to score in the UEFA Cup. Sun was a member of the China national team that qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the country's only appearance at the World Cup finals.
Sun founded Beijing Haiqiu Technology Company (HQ Sports) in February 2016, while he still played for Beijing Renhe in the China League One division. Subsequently, in December of the same year, Sun ended his 22 years of professional football career by announcing his official retirement in a public event. Also at the same occasion, Sun announced the successful first round funding of his company, led by China Media Capital (CMC), Tencent and Yuan Xun Fund. HQ Sports has now developed to a staff force of more than 100 and with focus on Sports Technology, Media and Datatainment business in China and Worldwide.[2]
^"Man City back to winning ways". BBC. 26 October 2002. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
^Flintham, Jack (1 October 2022). "Former Man City star Sun Jihai now worth £20m away from football". Manchester Evening News.
SunJihai (Chinese: 孙继海; pinyin: SūnJìhǎi; Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́n tɕî xàɪ]; born 30 September 1977) is a Chinese former professional footballer...
early 2000s when Dai Xiuli lived in England and watched Chinese defender SunJihai play for Manchester City. In 2007, they acquired Chinese club Shaanxi...
Shanghai Zobon. He was considered a trailblazer in his native homeland when SunJihai and he became the first two Chinese footballers to play in the English...
their group. He was among four renowned Asian players including Ali Daei, SunJihai and Phil Younghusband to be chosen for the seeds for the upcoming Asian...
as killed in action but whose bodies had never been recovered. Born: SunJihai, Chinese footballer with 80 appearances for the China national team; in...
Cup Winners' Cup finals. Several of China's greatest players, including SunJihai, Hao Haidong and Li Ming, made their names with Dalian Shide. Dalian also...
Shao Jiayi (1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 24) 17 TSV 1860 München 7 2DF SunJihai (1977-09-30)30 September 1977 (aged 26) 62 Manchester City FC 8 3MF Zheng...
United – 2006–07 Li Tie – Everton – 2002–04 Li Weifeng – Everton – 2002–03 SunJihai (123) – Manchester City – 2002–08 Nico Yennaris – Arsenal – 2011–12 Zheng...
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Shao Jiayi (1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 22) 18 Beijing Guoan 7 2DF SunJihai (1977-09-30)30 September 1977 (aged 24) 59 Manchester City 8 3MF Li Tie...
Shao Jiayi (1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 27) 33 Energie Cottbus 7 2DF SunJihai (1977-09-30)30 September 1977 (aged 29) 66 Manchester City 8 3MF Li Tie...
The SunJihai & The European Garden for City Youth Training Football Base is a future football academy based in Chongqing in China. The brainchild of...
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