Sun Jihai

Sun Jihai (Chinese: 孙继海; pinyin: Sūn Jìhǎi; Mandarin pronunciation: ; 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 2002, 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. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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World Cup 2002 Team             Lineups posted This player China, PR 3 1 LM: 1 OUTs: 1 FA Premier League 2002/2003 Team             Lineups posted This player Manchester City 38 28 RB: 21 LB: 4 Subst: 3 OUTs: 4 5 1 2 FA Premier League 2003/2004 Team             Lineups posted This player Manchester City 38 33 RB: 24 LB: 5 Subst: 4 OUTs: 2 7 og 1 1 FA Premier League 2004/2005 Team             Lineups posted This player Manchester City 38 6 RB: 1 LB: 1 LM: 2 Subst: 2 OUTs: 1 FA Premier League 2005/2006 Team             Lineups posted This player Manchester City 38 29 RB: 6 RM: 1 CM: 4 LM: 5 Subst: 13 3 FA Cup 2005/2006 Team             Lineups posted This player Manchester City 1 1 RM: 1 1 FA Premier League 2006/2007 Team             Lineups posted This player Manchester City 38 13 LB: 1 RM: 7 CM: 2 Subst: 3 OUTs: 4 1 Friendlies 2007 Team             Lineups posted This player China, PR 4 1 LB: 1 AFC Asian Cup 2007 Team             Lineups posted This player China, PR 3 3 RB: 2 CM: 1 FA Premier League 2007/2008 Team             Lineups posted This player Manchester City 38 14 RB: 5 CB: 1 LB: 1 Subst: 7 2 og 1 League Cup 2007/2008 Team             Lineups posted This player Manchester City 3 1 RM: 1 Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2010 Team             Lineups posted This player China, PR 4 2 CM: 1 Subst: 1 1 The Championship 2008/2009 Team             Lineups posted This player Sheffield United 49 12 RB: 6 LB: 5 Subst: 1 OUTs: 2 1 FA Cup 2008/2009 Team             Lineups posted This player Sheffield United 1 1 RB: 1 OUTs: 1 AFC Champions League 2013 Team             Lineups posted This player Beijing Renhe 6 6 CB: 6 2 1 1 AFC Champions League 2014 Team             Lineups posted This player Beijing Renhe 6 5 CB: 5 2 1 1 Chinese Super League 2014 Team             Lineups posted This player Beijing Renhe 10 9 CB: 8 Subst: 1 3 Chinese Super League 2015 Team             Lineups posted This player Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic 14 13 CB: 6 CB3: 7 5