Sun Jihai

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

### Club

|colspan=3|Club performance|colspan=2|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|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|||
|1998–99|Crystal Palace|First Division|23|0|1|0|1|0|-|25|0|
|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|||
|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|
|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||

### International

|colspan=3|National team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|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|

### 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||**2**–0|4–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier|

### 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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Sun Jihai
孙继海
- **image**: SunJihai.JPG
- **image size**: 150
- **caption**: Sun playing a Premier League match for Manchester City F.C., Manchester City against Liverpool F.C., Liverpool in April 2007
- **fullname**: Sun Jihai [孙继海]
- **birth place**: Zhuanghe, Dalian, Liaoning, China
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **years1**: 1995–2002
- **years2**: 1998–1999
- **years3**: 2002–2008
- **years4**: 2008–2009
- **years5**: 2009
- **years6**: 2010–2014
- **years7**: 2015
- **years8**: 2016
- **clubs1**: Dalian Shide F.C., Dalian Shide
- **clubs2**: → Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace (loan)
- **clubs3**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **clubs4**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **clubs5**: → Chengdu Tiancheng F.C., Chengdu Blades (loan)
- **clubs6**: Beijing Renhe F.C., Guizhou Renhe
- **clubs7**: Chongqing Lifan
- **clubs8**: Beijing Renhe F.C., Beijing Renhe
- **caps1**: 123
- **goals1**: 7
- **caps2**: 23
- **goals2**: 0
- **caps3**: 130
- **goals3**: 3
- **caps4**: 12
- **goals4**: 0
- **caps5**: 10
- **goals5**: 0
- **caps6**: 118
- **goals6**: 1
- **caps7**: 28
- **goals7**: 0
- **caps8**: 9
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 453
- **totalgoals**: 11
- **nationalyears1**: 1996–2008
- **nationalteam1**: China PR national football team, China
- **nationalcaps1**: 80
- **nationalgoals1**: 1


## Infobox (chinese)

- **order**: st
- **p**: Sūn Jìhǎi