He is the flagship figure of China's football professionalization reform, has let fans around the world witness the style of Chinese players, he is the legendary star of Manchester City, a veteran of the Premier League, once revered by the "Blue Moon" fans as the "founder" of the team's merits before the rise, he can be called the "immortal evergreen tree" of Chinese football, the age of 38 is still galloping at the forefront of Chinese professional football; he is the protagonist of this issue of "Football Palm", once the "Chinese Sun": Sun Jihai.
Sun Jihai
Player profiles
Name: Sun Jihai
Alias: Jihai Sun (English)
Birthday/Age: September 30, 1977 (age 44)
Nationality: Chinese
Place of Birth: Dalian (Liaoning Province, China)
Position: Right-back, left-back, centre-back, back-back
Height: 183cm
Weight: 75kg
Dominant foot: Right foot
Nickname: Chinese Sun, Invincible Prince
Relationships: Zhang Enhua (club teammate), Li Ming (club teammate), Fan Zhiyi (club/national team teammate), Ma Mingyu (national team teammate), Shaun Wright Phillips (club teammate), Qu Bo (club teammate), Chi Shangbin (club coach), Venables (club coach), Kevin Keegan (club manager), Eriksson (club coach), Thaksin (club president), Milutinovic (national team manager)
Youth Team: Dalian Wanda (China)
National team debut: 03 November 1996, China vs Uzbekistan (Asian Cup)
Career trajectory: Dalian Wanda (Dalian Shide), Crystal Palace (League One), Dalian Shide (Dalian Wanda), Manchester City (League One/Premier League), Sheffield United (Championship), Chengdu Sheffield United (Chinese Super League), Guizhou Renhe (Chinese Super League), Chongqing Lifan (Chinese Super League), Beijing Renhe (China League)
Major Honors: 1 Asian Cup Runner-up, 1 Asian Games Third Place, 1 League One Champion, 4 A League A Champions, 2 FA Cups, 2 Super Bowls, 1 Chinese Football Super Cup, 1998 Chinese Football Rookie of the Year, Member of the English Football Hall of Fame, Chinese Premier League Club China Ambassador
Technical features
Sun Jihai FM2010 property diagram
Through the FM2010 attribute chart, it can be seen that Sun Jihai has shown good ability values in the attributes of technology, body and spirit, which can be described as a rare midfield all-round "warrior" among Chinese professional players, which can be called the first batch of world-class players hatched by China's football professionalization reform; next, we will enter Sun Jihai's football world together.
The road is long and obstructed, but the line is coming; the king's house is difficult to move, and the man will triumph over the heavens
On September 30, 1977, the protagonist of this article, Sun Jihai, was born in a sports family in Dalian, Liaoning Province, Sun Jihai's father Sun Liangzong was a decathlete athlete when he was young, and after retiring, he became a famous physical training expert in China, and had worked in the training department of Dalian Sports School for a long time.
Xiao Sun Jihai's innate athletic talent was soon discovered by his father Sun Liangzong, at first athletics was Sun Jihai's main training project, but a chance made this Dalian boy become acquainted with football from then on, in a national primary and secondary school students athletics competition, Sun Jihai, who had outstanding physical fitness, was once the Chinese men's football national coach Ma Shaohua at a glance, and began to practice football.