Sun Jihai

Sun Jihai (born 30 September 1977) is a former Chinese football player. He has played for China PR national team.

Sun Jihai
孙继海

Sun playing a Premier League match for Manchester City against Liverpool in April 2007
Personal information
Full name	Sun Jihai [孙继海]
Date of birth	(1977-09-30) 30 September 1977
Place of birth	Zhuanghe, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2002	Dalian Shide	123	(7)
1998–1999	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	23	(0)
2002–2008	Manchester City	130	(3)
2008–2009	Sheffield United	12	(0)
2009	→ Chengdu Blades (loan)	10	(0)
2010–2014	Guizhou Renhe	118	(1)
2015	Chongqing Lifan	28	(0)
2016	Beijing Renhe	9	(0)
Total		453	(11)
National team
1996–2008	China	80	(1)
Honours Representing China AFC Asian Cup Runner-up 2004 China
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sun Jihai
Simplified Chinese	孙继海
Traditional Chinese	孫繼海
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sūn Jìhǎi IPA [swə́n tɕî xài]

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
China PR			League		FA Cup		CSL Cup		Asia		Total
1995	Dalian Shide	Chinese Jia-A League	13	0			-		-		13	0
1996			21	0			-		-		21	0
1997			19	0			-				19	0
1998			18	1			-				18	1
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1998–99	Crystal Palace	First Division	23	0	1	0	1	0	-		25	0
China PR			League		FA Cup		CSL Cup		Asia		Total
1999	Dalian Shide	Chinese Jia-A League	8	1			-		-		8	1
2000			21	2	1	0	-		2	0	24	2
2001			23	3	4	0	-		1	0	28	3
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2001–02	Manchester City	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	-		7	0
2002–03		Premier League	28	2	1	0	2	0	-		31	2
2003–04			33	1	3	0	1	0	5	1	42	2
2004–05			6	0	0	0	1	0	-		7	0
2005–06			29	0	4	0	1	0	-		34	0
2006–07			13	0	1	0	0	0	-		14	0
2007–08			14	0	0	0	2	0	-		16	0
2008–09	Sheffield United	English Championship	12	0	4	0	1	0	-		17	0
China PR			League		FA Cup		CSL Cup		Asia		Total
2009	Chengdu Blades	Chinese Super League	10	0	-		-		-		10	0
2010	Guizhou Renhe		27	0	-		-		-		27	0
2011			20	0	3	0	-		-		23	0
2012			19	0	5	0	-		-		24	0
2013			28	1	5	0	-		6	1	39	2
2014			24	0	2	0	-		5	0	31	0
2015	Chongqing Lifan		28	0	0	0	-		-		28	0
2016	Beijing Renhe	China League One	9	0	0	0	-		-		9	0
Total	China PR		288	8	20	0	0	0	14	1	322	9
	England		165	3	14	0	9	0	5	1	193	4
Career total			453	11	34	0	9	0	19	2	515	13

International

National team
Year	Apps	Goals
1996	5	0
1997	22	0
1998	12	0
2000	2	0
2001	11	0
2002	4	0
2003	3	0
2004	11	1
2005	2	0
2007	5	0
2008	3	0
Total	80	1

International goals

Scores and results list China's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 June 2004	Worker's Stadium, Beijing, China	Malaysia	2–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Honours

Club

Dalian Shide

• Chinese Jia-A League: 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001
• Chinese FA Cup: 2001
• Chinese FA Super Cup: 1997, 2000

Manchester City

• Football League First Division: 2001–02

Guizhou Renhe

• Chinese FA Cup: 2013
• Chinese FA Super Cup: 2014

Individual

• Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: 1998
• Chinese Jia-A League Team of the Year: 1997, 2001
• Chinese FA Super Cup Most Valuable Player: 2014
• English Football Hall of Fame Special Category: 2015
• IFFHS Legends