Sun Jihai is known as "Sun Sun" is not because of his achievements and contributions have much, because the English surname Sun Jihai surname is "SUN" and this word, in English is exactly the meaning of the sun, so it was called "Sun Sun". And throughout the Chinese soccer players, Sun Jihai's personal strength and achievements can indeed be called "Sun Sun". Sun Jihai is also known as the "Chinese Sun" and the "Invincible Prince".
Sun Jihai began his soccer career in 1995 with Dalian Wanda in the domestic A League. In the summer of 1998, together with Fan Zhiyi of the national soccer team, he moved to Crystal Palace of the then English League One. He was later selected for the Chinese national team several times
, in the World Cup qualifiers, play well, so that Chinese soccer for the first time to enter the World Cup, and on behalf of the national team to participate in the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, February 26, 2002, Dalian Shide held a press conference in Beijing, Sun Jihai formally joined the English League One club Manchester City with a transfer fee of 2 million pounds, a record of Asian players transfer record, flew to the United Kingdom on the same day! In Manchester City
Sun Jihai scored his first goal in the Premier League with a header in the away match against Birmingham.
On October 23, 2015, Chinese player Sun Jihai, who played for Manchester City in the English Premier League, was officially inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, and Sun Jihai became the first Chinese player to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame.
On December 11, 2016, Sun Jihai officially announced his retirement. In his 21-year career, Sun Jihai won four (96, 97, 00, 01) A-League titles, two (96, 00) Supercup titles, two (01, 13) FA Cup titles, one (14) Super Cup title, and one League One title (during the 01-02 season with Manchester City).
