Sun Jihai

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sun Jihai
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 30, 1977(1977-09-30)
Age	47
Birthplace	Dalian
Country	China
Horoscope	Virgo

Sun Jihai Biography

Sun Jihai is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on September 30, 1977 in Dalian, China. Sun Jihai (Chinese: Sun Ji Hai (pinyin: Sun Jihai ; Mandarin pronunciation: [sw@n Tci Xaiborn on 30th September, 1977) is a Chinese former footballer who played in the English Premier League. Sun Jihai is among the most popular footballers in China. Sun was the very initial East Asian footballer to score in the Premier League when he scored an assist in the Premier League for Manchester City in October 2002 as well as one of the first Chinese footballer to score a goal in the UEFA Cup. Sun was a part of the Chinese national team which qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the only time the country has played in this World Cup.

The month of February was 2002. Sun was signed by English club Manchester City from Dalian Shide for PS2 million. He was the very first Asian player to join Manchester City. Sun made his debut for Manchester City with a win in the 4-2 loss in the match against Coventry City. His defensive strength and reckless attacking runs attracted many City supporters. He was voted the top player at this club back in August 2002. Then, in October of 2002 Sun was the very first East Asian footballer to score in the Premier League when he headed into the goal of the game in a 2-0 win against Birmingham City.

On 2 July 2008, Sun signed a two-year deal with English Championship club Sheffield United. Sun only managed nineteen minutes in his first match for Sheffield United, getting sent off after picking up two yellows in a friendly. He went on to make his full debut in the opening fixture of the 2008–09 season against Birmingham City. He was sent off during a game against Coventry City after a lunging tackle from behind on opposing player Michael Mifsud. The Football Association charged him for his behavior after receiving a red card even with his past good disciplinary record and handed him an additional one- match ban. Having played regularly until November he succumbed to an injury and subsequently failed to force his way back into the first team and made only a handful of appearances in the FA Cup in the second half of the season. Sun was then released from his contract in July 2009 with Sheffield United claiming he had “failed to settle” in Yorkshire.

In July 2009, Sun was loaned to Sheffield United’s satellite team Chengdu Blades in the Chinese Super League, hoping to make an impact. He steadily established himself at Chengdu and helped them to achieve the club’s best ever league position at seventh place. However, the club was relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match fixing scandal. He returned to Sheffield United after the loan was finished, but his contract ended and was left without a club to play for.

After three years of great success in Dalian Shide, Sun along together with Fan Zhiyi signed for Crystal Palace in the month of August 1998. They became the first Chinese footballers to compete in Crystal Palace’s English leagues. Sun was first introduced to Crystal Palace in a 3-0 defeat to Bury in the opening phase of the 1998-1999 Football League Cup match. Sun was then recalled by Dalian who was struggling in the bottom half of the league during 1998.

Sun Jihai Net Worth

Sun Jihai is one of the richest Association Football Player from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sun Jihai 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sun Jihai started his football career with Dalian Shide in 1995 and made his debut on the 28th of May, 1995 with Sichuan Quanxing. As with many of the best young Chinese players in his generation, he would like to go to his first Chinese young players’ training camps in Brazil which was funded by Jianlibao. But, he wasn’t chosen because he was not considered to have enough potential. Sun displayed remarkable character by not letting the defeat derail his career and working extremely hard to get himself established as a player at his club. Sun enjoyed a long and successful time in Dalian since the club was able to win four league titles and a Chinese FA Cup title during his time with Dalian.

Sun made his debut for the Chinese National Team on December 6, 1996, against Uzbekistan. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup in a group stage game with Costa Rica, Sun picked an injury to his ankle following a back-to-back tackle by Mauricio Solis within 17 minutes. Ineligible to continue playing, Sun was replaced after 25 minutes, but he was not able to participate in the remainder of the games in the group stage. On the 7th of June, 2008, in an match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Qatar, Sun was shown an unintentional red card for dissent as being warming up an extra in the bench. China lost the game by a score of 1-0. He was handed a suspension of five games by FIFA and was not granted any invitations to join the national team following this incident.

At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, Sun damaged his cruciate ligaments in a tackle with Chelsea striker Eiður Guðjohnsen and missed the rest of the season. After recuperating and following a strict physical regimen devised by his father, Sun re-installed his place as a regular in the club’s starting lineup. In the 2006–07 season, Sun was set back yet again by another injury and he made his return on 10 February 2007, against Portsmouth which his side lost 2–1. With the arrival of Sven-Göran Eriksson as the new manager, Sun rarely played in the 2007–08 season. He was replaced by Vedran Ćorluka at right back and Michael Ball played as the defensive substitute instead of Sun.

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Sun founded Beijing Haiqiu Technology Company (HQ Sports) in Feb of 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 and announced 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.

Facts & Trivia

Sun Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Sun Jihai celebrates birthday on September 30 of every year.