Sun Ke (footballer)

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 (age 35)
Place of birth Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2015 Jiangsu Sainty 167 (18)
2016–2019 Tianjin Tianhai 92 (18)
2020–2022 Shenzhen FC 33 (1)
International career‡
2013–2016 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

Sun Ke (Chinese: 孙可; pinyin: Sūn Kě; Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́n.kʰɤ̀]; born 26 August 1989) is a Chinese former professional footballer as a winger.

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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jiangsu Sainty 2006 China League One 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2007 0 0 - - - 0 0
2008 22 2 - - - 22 2
2009 Chinese Super League 10 0 - - - 10 0
2010 8 0 - - - 8 0
2011 29 3 0 0 - - 29 3
2012 26 3 1 0 - - 27 3
2013 24 4 2 0 6 1 1[a] 0 33 5
2014 26 2 7 4 - - 33 6
2015 22 4 5 1 - - 27 5
Total 167 18 15 5 6 1 1 0 189 24
Tianjin Tianhai 2016 China League One 25 8 1 0 - - 26 8
2017 Chinese Super League 26 5 3 0 - - 29 5
2018 23 3 2 0 8 1 - 33 4
2019 18 2 3 0 - - 21 2
Total 92 18 9 0 8 1 0 0 109 19
Shenzhen 2020 Chinese Super League 6 0 1 0 - - 7 0
2021 11 1 4 3 - - 15 4
2022 16 0 0 0 - - 16 0
Total 33 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 38 4
Career total 292 37 29 8 14 2 1 0 336 47
  1. ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

International statistics

National team
Year Apps Goals
2013 11 3
2014 11 1
2015 8 3
2016 3 0
Total 33 7

International goals

As of 18 January 2015 [13]
Scores and results list China's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 July 2013 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea  Japan 3–3 3–3 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
2. 28 July 2013 Olympic Stadium, Songpa-gu, South Korea  Australia 2–1 4–3 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
3. 6 September 2013 Olympic Stadium, Tianjin, China  Singapore 4–1 6–1 Friendly
4. 10 October 2014 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China  Thailand 2–0 3–0 Friendly
5. 14 January 2015 Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane, Australia  Uzbekistan 2–1 2–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup
6. 18 January 2015 Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia  North Korea 1–0 2–1 2015 AFC Asian Cup
7. 2–0

Honours

Jiangsu Sainty

Tianjin Quanjian

References

  1. ^ "Sun Ke" (in Chinese). Shenzhen F.C. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. ^ "China 2008". RSSSF. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  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. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  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. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  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. 15 November 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  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. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  16. ^ "2016赛季中甲积分榜". sports.sina.com.cn. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2019.