Sun Ke (footballer)

Sun Ke (Chinese: 孙可; pinyin: Sūn Kě; Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́n.kʰɤ̀]; born 26 August 1989) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.
Sun Ke
孙可
Personal information
Full name Sun Ke
Date of birth (1989-08-26) 26 August 1989
Place of birth Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Shenzhen
Number 38
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2015 Jiangsu Sainty 167 (18)
2016–2019 Tianjin Tianhai 92 (18)
2020– Shenzhen 33 (1)
International career‡
2013– China 33 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2019

Club career

Sun Ke started his football career playing for second-tier side Jiangsu Sainty in 2006. By the 2008 season, he would play in 22 league games and score two goals as he was part of the team that won the second-tier league title and promotion to the top flight.[2] Within the top tier, Sun found it hard to gain significant playing time until the 2011 season when he started to establish himself as a regular for the first team which soon culminated in his first goal in over two years when he scored on 14 September 2011 in a 2–0 win against Hangzhou Greentown.[3]

On 18 June 2015, Sun transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda.[4] However, due to complications with the club's sponsor Quanjian, the transfer was suddenly put on hold and Sun returned to Jiangsu.[5] By 12 January 2016, Quanjian had left their sponsorship with Tianjin Teda and moved it to Tianjin Quanjian, which saw Sun transferred to China League One side Tianjin Quanjian for a record-breaking domestic transfer fee of an estimated ¥66 million.[6] He made his debut and scored his first goal for the club on 13 March 2016 in a 3–0 win against Qingdao Huanghai. He immediately established himself as a vital member of the team as they won the 2016 China League One division and promotion to the top tier.[7]

In July 2020, Sun was one of eight former Tianjin Tianhai players to sign with Shenzhen FC.[8] He would go on to make his debut for the club on 4 August 2020 in a league game against Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. that ended in a 3–1 defeat.[9]

International career

Sun was called up to the Chinese national team for the first time in March 2013. He made his debut on 22 March 2013 in a 1–0 win against Iraq during 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. He scored a dramatic game-tying goal on 21 July 2013 in a 3–3 draw against Japan at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.

On 24 December 2014, Sun was named in China's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Australia.[10] In the team's second group match, he scored the winning goal as China won 2–1 against Uzbekistan to qualify for the knockout stage.[11]

Career statistics

Club statistics
As of 31 December 2022.[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jiangsu Sainty2006China League One0000--00
200700---00
2008222---222
2009Chinese Super League100---100
201080---80
201129300--293
201226310--273
201324420611[lower-alpha 1]0335
201426274--336
201522451--275
Total 16718155611018924
Tianjin Tianhai2016China League One25810--268
2017Chinese Super League26530--295
20182332081-334
201918230--212
Total 921890810010919
Shenzhen 2020 Chinese Super League 6010--70
202111143--154
202216000--160
Total 331530000384
Career total 292372981421033647
  1. Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

International statistics
National team
YearAppsGoals
2013113
2014111
201583
201630
Total337

International goals
As of 18 January 2015 [13]
Scores and results list China's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 July 2013Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Japan3–33–32013 EAFF East Asian Cup
2.28 July 2013Olympic Stadium, Songpa-gu, South Korea Australia2–14–32013 EAFF East Asian Cup
3.6 September 2013Olympic Stadium, Tianjin, China Singapore4–16–1Friendly
4.10 October 2014Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China Thailand2–03–0Friendly
5.14 January 2015Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Australia Uzbekistan2–12–12015 AFC Asian Cup
6.18 January 2015Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia North Korea1–02–12015 AFC Asian Cup
7.2–0

Honours

Club

Jiangsu Sainty

Tianjin Quanjian

References
  1. "Sun Ke" (in Chinese). Shenzhen F.C. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. "China 2008". RSSSF. 3 Apr 2009. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  3. "Jiangsu Sainty vs. Hangzhou 2-0". soccerway.com. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  4. 舜天官宣孙可转会天津泰达 传6600万天价创纪录 at sports.sohu.com 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-19 (in Chinese)
  5. 舜天官方宣布孙可回归 同意终止其三方转会协议 at sports.sohu.com 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-07-12 (in Chinese)
  6. 权健发官方海报宣布孙可回归 at sports.sohu.com 2016-01-12 Retrieved 2016-01-12
  7. "China 2016 > China League One". RSSSF. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  8. "8 former players of disbanded Tianjin Tianhai join Shenzhen Football Club". Xinhuanet. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  9. "SHENZHEN VS. GUANGZHOU FC 1 - 3". soccerway.com. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  10. "Asian Cup 2015: Zheng Zhi bolsters China's squad". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  11. "China defeats Uzbekistan 2-1 in Asian Cup to seal place in quarter-finals". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  12. 孙可 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2015-11-29 (in Chinese) Archived 2017-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
  13. "Matches of Sun Ke". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  14. "积分-重庆冲超成功 毅腾负江苏不幸降级(11.15)". sports.sohu.com. 2008-11-15. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  15. "足协杯-萨米尔加时绝杀 舜天客场1-0申花首夺冠". Sports.sina.com.cn. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  16. "2016赛季中甲积分榜". sports.sina.com.cn. 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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