Chinese defender Sun Jihai has been voted one of the top 20 international players in English Premier League side Manchester City.

Sun was ranked 19th in the ballot, which was held by the official magazine of Manchester City. All the votes came from local fans of the club.

Other stars in the 20 are Nicolas Anelka of France, Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel and Paulo Wanchope of Costa Rica.

Sun Jihai, a former player with China's super league club Dalian Shide, was transferred to the English club in 2002.

(CRI English, January 18, 2006)