Bernard Sun
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Biography
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.
Club career
Born in Shanghai, Sun moved to Koblenz, Germany at the age of seven 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. 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. 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.
On 2 September 2019, Sun joined Birmingham City on a two-year deal.