Sun Jihai

Sun Jihai ; lahir 30 September 1977 di Dalian, Liaoning, saat ini bermain untuk Klub China Shaanxi Chanba dan juga sebagai pemain timnas RRC sebagai pemain bertahan atau sebagai gelandang.

Sun Jihai

Informasi pribadi
Nama lengkap	Sun Jihai
Tanggal lahir	30 September 1977
Tempat lahir	Dalian, Liaoning, China
Tinggi	183 m (600 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Posisi bermain	Right Back
Informasi klub
Klub saat ini	Shaanxi Chanba
Karier senior*
Tahun	Tim	Tampil (Gol)
1995–1998 1998–1999 1999–2002 2002–2008 2008–2009 2009 2010	Dalian Wanda Crystal Palace Dalian Shide Manchester City Sheffield United Chengdu Blades Shaanxi Chanba	071 0(1) 023 0(0) 052 0(6) 130 0(3) 012 0(0) 010 0(0) 000 0(0)
Tim nasional‡
1996–2008	China	072 0(1)
* Penampilan dan gol di klub senior hanya dihitung dari liga domestik dan akurat per 8 January 2010 ‡ Penampilan dan gol di tim nasional akurat per 2 June 2008

Ini adalah nama Tionghoa; marganya adalah Sun.

Keunggulan Sun Jihai sebagai pemain sepakbola adalah kecepatan, kekuatan fisik, umpan bola crossing dan kemampuan utuk membantu serangan melalui sayap.

Sun adalah pemain serba bisa karena dapat bermain dalam beberapa posisi seperti pemain bertahan murni, gelandang tengah serta pemain bertahan sayap dan gelandang sayap. Sun menjadi salah satu pemain penting dalam timnas China.

Club career

Dalian Wanda

Sun started his professional career with Dalian Wanda in 1995 and made his first appearance on May 28, 1995. Sun did not intend to start his professional career at such a young age. Like all the top young Chinese players of that generation, he wanted to go to the training camp in Brazil. However, he was not selected as he was not deemed to possess enough potential. Sun Jihai showed great character by not letting this huge disappointment derail him. He worked very hard and eventually enjoyed what is undoubtedly the most successful career of any Chinese football player.

Crystal Palace

After three successful years at Dalian, Sun along with Fan Zhiyi signed for Crystal Palace in 1998. They became the first footballers from China to play in the English leagues. Sun made his debut for Crystal Palace in a 0-3 defeat at Bury in the first leg of the Football League Cup match.

Manchester City

In 2002, Sun signed for Manchester City from Dalian for £2 million. He made his City debut in a 4-2 win over Coventry City.

Sun Jihai enjoyed a great start to his first season in the Premier league. His solid defense and dangerous attacking forays won over many City fans. He was voted the best player at Manchester City for the month of September 2002.

In October 2002, Sun became the first Chinese footballer to score in the Premier League when he headed home the first City goal in their 2-0 win over Birmingham City.

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 Jihai was a regular starter in the Man City line up.

Sun's 2006–07 season was set back yet again by another injury, he made his return on 10 February 2007, against Portsmouth, which Man City lost 2 - 1.

With the arrival of Sven-Göran Eriksson, Sun rarely played in the 2007–08 season. He was replaced by Vedran Ćorluka on the right back position and Michael Ball played as the defensive substitute instead of him.

Sheffield United

On the 2nd of July 2008, Sun Jihai signed a two year deal with Championship club Sheffield United. Sun only managed 19 mins of his first match in a Blades shirt, 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 season against Birmingham City. He was sent off during a game against Coventry City after a lunging tackle from behind on Maltese player Michael Mifsud. The FA charged him for his behavior after receiving a red card but considered his past good record, 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 United claiming he had 'failed to settle' in Yorkshire.

Chengdu Blades

He left Sheff Utd and has signed for Chengdu Blades, hoping to make an impact.

National career

Sun made his international debut for China on 6 December 1996 against Uzbekistan.

At China's first match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup against Costa Rica, Sun picked up an ankle injury after a tackle from behind by Costa Rican defender, Mauricio Solís after just 17 minutes. Unable to play, Sun was replaced after 25 minutes and sat out for the rest of China's matches.

On June 7, 2008, in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Qatar, Sun was shown a straight red card for dissent while he was warming up as a substitute on the bench. China lost the match 0-1.

Club career stats

Last update: 20 August 2009

Penampilan klub			Liga		Piala		Piala Liga		Antar benua		Total
Musim	Klub	Liga	Tampil	Gol	Tampil	Gol	Tampil	Gol	Tampil	Gol	Tampil	Gol
China PR			Liga		Chinese FA Cup		CSL Cup		Asia		Total
1995	Dalian Shide	Jia-A League	13	0
1996			21	0
1997			19	0
1998			18	1
England			Liga		FA Cup		Piala liga		Eropa		Total
1998-99	Crystal Palace	First Division	23	0
China PR			Liga		Chinese FA Cup		CSL Cup		Asia		Total
1999	Dalian Haichang	Jia-A League	8	1
2000			21	2
2001			23	3
England			Liga		FA Cup		Piala liga		Eropa		Total
2001-02	Manchester City	First Division	7	0
2002-03		Premier League	28	2
2003-04			33	3
2004-05			6	0
2005-06			29	2
2006-07			13	0
2007-08			14	0
2008-09	Sheffield United	Championship	11	0
China PR			Liga		Chinese FA Cup		CSL Cup		Asia		Total
2009	Chengdu Blades	Super League	10	0
2010	Shaanxi Chanba	Super League	0	0
Total	China PR		133	7
	Inggris		153	3
Total karier			282	10

External links

• (Inggris) Profil dan statistik Sun Jihai di situs web Soccerbase.com

Didahului oleh: Huang Dongchun

Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year 1998

Diteruskan oleh: Zhang Xiaorui

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