Bernard Sun

Bernard Yipeng Sun (Chinese: 孙怡朋; pinyin: Sūn Yípéng; born 3 February 1999) is a Chinese footballer who plays for English side Birmingham City as a midfielder.

Bernard Sun
Personal information
Full name Bernard Yipeng Sun
Date of birth (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Youth career
FC Kaiserslautern
2015–2016 TuS Koblenz
2016 JFV Rhein-Hunstrück
2016–2017 Sportfreunde Eisbachtal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Estudiantes Murcia 28 (0)
2019 → Gimnàstic (loan) 2 (0)
2019– Birmingham City 0 (0)
National team
China U16
China U18
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2019

Club career

Born in Shanghai, Sun moved to Koblenz, Germany at the age of seven[1] and represented FC Kaiserslautern, TuS Koblenz, JFV Rhein-Hunstrück and Sportfreunde Eisbachtal as a youth. In 2017, after finishing his formation, he moved to Spain after agreeing to a contract with FC Jumilla and being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.

Sun made his senior debut on 24 September 2017, starting in a 3–1 away win against CD Minera.[2] He scored his first goal the following 3 March, netting his team's third in a 5–3 success at CD Bala Azul.

On 30 January 2019, Sun was loaned to Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona until June, and was initially assigned to the farm team also in the fourth division.[3] He made his professional debut on 26 May, coming on as a late substitute for Pol Prats in a 3–3 home draw against Elche CF for the Segunda División championship.[4]

On 2 September 2019, Sun joined Birmingham City on a two-year deal.[5]

References
  1. "塔拉戈纳官方宣布签下了中国小将孙怡朋" [Tarragona officially announced the signing of Chinese teenager Sun Yipeng] (in Chinese). Zhuanhui5.com. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "La Minera sigue sin alcanzar la victoria y el Estudiantes se lleva los puntos del Llano (1–3)" [Minera remain without victories and Estudiantes take the points out of the Llano (1–3)] (in Spanish). Sport Cartagena. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. "Bernard Sun llega cedido por el FC Jumilla" [Bernard Sun arrives on loan from FC Jumilla] (in Spanish). 30 January 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. "Locura en Tarragona: el Nástic iguala un 0-3 al Elche" [Craziness in Tarragona: Nàstic equalize a 0–3 from Elche] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. "Blues sign Bernard Sun". Birmingham City FC. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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