Has Sun Jihai ever played in the Premier League?
Sun Jihai stayed abroad and went there
Sun Jihai is a versatile player who has played in various positions in the center backfield, but is mainly known as a right back. He has represented Manchester City in the English Premier League for a long time, with a record of 130 Premier League appearances, and was the first East Asian player to score in the Premier League, which was the most for an Asian player, and Sun Jihai was also inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.
On February 27, 2002 Sun Jihai moved from Dalian Shide to Manchester City of the Sub-League Premier League for £2 million, and won the League One title with the team the following season and was promoted to the Premier League.
On October 26, 2002, Sun Jihai became the first East Asian player to score in the Premier League. He scored a header against Birmingham City, and on December 9, he scored again against Sunderland.
On New Year's Day 2003, Manchester City played against Everton with Li Tie in the lineup, which was known as the "China Derby".
Sun Jihai scored his team's third goal shortly after coming off the bench in a 5-0 win over TNS in the European Union Cup on August 14, 2003, his first goal in Europe.
On October 16, 2004 he missed almost all of the rest of the season due to a serious injury to himself caused by a shoveling of the ball against Chelsea's Ejur Gudjohnsen.On April 1, 2005 still recovering Sun Jihai renewed his contract for another year.
On November 20, 2005, Sun Jihai played his 100th game for Manchester City against Blackburn Rovers.
On May 3, 2006 Sun Jihai extended his contract with Manchester City for two years until 2008.Sun missed the opening season of the 2006/07 season due to injury.
In the summer of 2008, Sun Jihai, who was about to complete his contract with Manchester City, moved to Sheffield United of the English Championship, but due to injuries and other reasons, he gradually lost his place in the team in early 2009. However, due to injuries and illnesses, Sun Jihai gradually lost his place in the Sheffield United team in early 2009, and in June 2009, Sun Jihai was loaned to Chengdu Sheffield United as a player and assistant coach.
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