Sun Kai (

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: 孙凯;

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: ''Sūn Kǎi''; born 26 March 1991 in

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) is a Chinese

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who plays as a

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left winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

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side

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, on loan from Chongqing Liangjiang.

Club career

Born in Shanghai, Sun joined

Genbao Football Academy Genbao Football Base (Simplified Chinese: 上海根宝足球基地) is the training ground of Shanghai Port F.C. and home to its youth academy. Located in Chongming County, Shanghai, China, the base is named after its founder and owner, Xu Genb ...

in July 2000. He was promoted to academy's first team

Shanghai East Asia Shanghai Port FC (), previously named Shanghai SIPG, is a professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Pudong, Shanghai, and their home st ...

squad in 2007 and followed Shanghai East Asia to win promotion to the second tier. He didn't play as a regular starter until 2011, when some regular players such as

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and

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left the club. Appearing in 21 league match, he was selected into best squad of 2011 League One season by

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. Sun made 22 league appearances in the 2012 season, as Shanghai East Asia won the champions and promoted to the top flight. In January 2014, Sun was signed for fellow

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side

Shanghai Shenxin Shanghai Shenxin Football Club () was a professional football club that participated in China's football league system between 2003 and 2019 under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Jinshan District, Shangh ...

. Sun joined

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" i ...

at the beginning of the 2017 league season, however was unable to register for league matches due to the club having reached their maximum transfer slot limit and he played for reserve team instead. On 7 February 2018, Shanghai Shenhua officially announced Sun's inclusion in the club's first team. He made his debut for Shenhua on 7 March 2018 in a 1–1 away draw against Korean club

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in the

2018 AFC Champions League The 2018 AFC Champions League was the 37th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title. Kashima Antlers won the title for the ...

. Sun would make his league debut for the club the following season on 15 August 2019 against

Tianjin Tianhai F.C. Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (; ;) was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin. History 2006-2010: Formation and League Two On June 6, 2006 the Tianjin Binhai Holdings Limited company would form a new football team based in Hohhot calle ...

in a 2-2 draw.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.''

Honours

Club

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China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football A ...

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Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. Its current holders are Shandong Taishan, having beaten Shanghai Port in 2021 for a record seventh ti ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Kai 1991 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Shanghai Shanghai Port F.C. players Shanghai Shenxin F.C. players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Men's association football midfielders