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(xiàn)年39歲，是在英超聯(lián)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(lián)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(dāng)時的二級冠軍球隊謝菲爾德聯(lián)隊。他在約克郡的生涯高低起伏，最終被租借到成都謝菲聯(lián)。

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(xiàn)英國綠茵場，當(dāng)時習(xí)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。