Chinese soccer player Sun Jihai announced retirement Saturday. Sun, now 39, is the first Chinese player to score in the English Premier League.
中国足球运动员孙继海星期六宣布退役。孙继海，现年39岁，是在英超联赛得分的中国球员第一人。
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.
孙继海与队友范志毅签约英甲水晶宫并踢完一季后，随即效力于英超球队曼城，并在英超联赛中出场130场。
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.
孙继海在2002年签约了曼城，成为俱乐部的第一个亚洲球员，直到2007年，迁到当时的二级冠军球队谢菲尔德联队。他在约克郡的生涯高低起伏，最终被租借到成都谢菲联。
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.
孙继海于十月份重现英国绿茵场，当时习近平主席观看了球赛，他在曼彻斯特被入选英格兰足球名人堂。
