Sun Ke (; ; born 26 August 1989) is a

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professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for

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club

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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. 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 Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (C ...

. On 18 June 2015, Sun transferred to fellow

side Tianjin Teda. However, due to complications with the club's sponsor Quanjian, the transfer was suddenly put on hold and Sun returned to Jiangsu. By 12 January 2016, Quanjian had left their sponsorship with Tianjin Teda and moved it to

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, which saw Sun transferred to

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side Tianjin Quanjian for a record-breaking domestic transfer fee of an estimated ¥66 million. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the club on 13 March 2016 in a 3–0 win against

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. He immediately established himself as a vital member of the team as they won the

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division and promotion to the top tier. In July 2020, Sun was one of eight former Tianjin Tianhai players to sign with Shenzhen FC. He would go on to make his debut for the club on 4 August 2020 in a league game against

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that ended in a 3–1 defeat.

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

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during

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. He scored a dramatic game-tying goal on 21 July 2013 in a 3–3 draw against Japan at the

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. On 24 December 2014, Sun was named in China's squad for the

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. In the team's second group match, he scored the winning goal as China won 2–1 against

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to qualify for the knockout stage.

Career statistics

Club statistics

International statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Jiangsu Sainty *

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* Chinese FA Super Cup:

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References

External links

Player profile
at Sodasoccer.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Ke 1989 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Sportspeople from Xuzhou Footballers from Jiangsu Jiangsu F.C. players Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Shenzhen F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China men's international footballers 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Men's association football wingers