Hailed as a hero by Chinese football fans, Lions goalkeeper Hassan Sunny gets star treatment in Shanghai

Singapore goalie Hassan Sunny met a local football team, HiKicker Youth FC, at one of CapitaLand's Raffles City malls on June 16. - ST

SHANGHAI: Man of the moment Hassan Sunny got his first taste of what stardom in China is like when he was in town for what has been described as a family holiday over the Hari Raya Haji long weekend.

The goalkeeper of the Singapore national football team arrived in Shanghai on the morning of Sunday (June 16) with his family in tow without much fanfare, but was quickly recognised by fans, who posted pictures and videos of him on Chinese social media.