Chinese soccer player Sun Jihai announced retirement Saturday. Sun, now 39, is the first Chinese player to score in the English Premier League.
中國足球運動員孫繼海星期六宣布退役。孫繼海,現年39歲,是在英超聯賽得分的中國球員第一人。
Sun made 130 appearances for English Premier League club Manchester City after spending a season on loan at Crystal Palace, where he also played with compatriot Fan Zhiyi.
孫繼海與隊友范志毅簽約英甲水晶宮并踢完一季后,隨即效力于英超球隊曼城,并在英超聯賽中出場130場。
Sun signed for Man City in 2002, becoming the club’s first Asian player, and stayed until 2007, when he moved to Sheffield United, which was in the second-tier Championship at the time. He had mixed fortunes in Yorkshire and was eventually loaned to the club’s Chinese affiliate, Chengdu Blades.
孫繼海在2002年簽約了曼城,成為俱樂部的第一個亞洲球員,直到2007年,遷到當時的二級冠軍球隊謝菲爾德聯隊。他在約克郡的生涯高低起伏,最終被租借到成都謝菲聯。
Sun reappeared in Britain briefly in October when, watched by President Xi Jinping, he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in Manchester.
孫繼海于十月份重現英國綠茵場,當時習近平主席觀看了球賽,他在曼徹斯特被入選英格蘭足球名人堂。