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Former Manchester City star Sun Jihai is now a successful businessman away from football. Jihai joined the Blues in 2002 from Chinese side DL Shide.

Jihai has not left a career in football behind altogether. The app's userbase has since sky rocketed from 20,000 to 400m. [Manchester](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) after helping to boost the popularity of football in China. Jihai even has his own app named after him where users can predict scores. The company provides sports media, technology and 'datatainment'. After just one year at Bramall Lane, Jihai would move back to his home country where he eventually retired in 2016 at BJ Renhe.