Esther Sunday
Nigerian footballer
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Ukpong Esther Sunday (born 13 March 1992) is a Nigerian professional women footballer who plays for Malaysia National Women's League club Selangor and the Nigeria national team.[4]
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Esther Sunday playing for Trabzon İdmanocağı in the 2016–17 Turkish Women's First Football League | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ukpong Esther Sunday[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1992[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Selangor | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sunshine Queens | |||
| –2014 | Pelican Stars | ||
| 2014–2015 | FC Minsk | 24[2] | (27) |
| 2016 | Trabzon İdmanocağı | 6 | (8) |
| 2016–2018 | Konak Belediyespor | 27 | (20) |
| 2018 | Ataşehir Belediyespor | 7 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Konak Belediyespor | 15 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | ALG Spor | ||
| 2021–2022 | Dijon | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | OKS Stomil Olsztyn | ||
| 2023–2024 | Rekord Bielsko-Biała | 14 | (9) |
| 2024–2025 | Sportowa Czwórka Radom | ||
| 2025– | Selangor | ||
| International career | |||
| 2010– | Nigeria | 24[3] | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
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Esther Sunday previously played for the Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars, both in the Nigerian Women's Championship, before joining FC Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League.[5][6] She was among three Nigerian internationals when the club won the Premier League, the Belarusian Women's Cup and the Belarusian Women's Super Cup.[7]
In January 2016, she moved to Turkey joining Trabzon İdmanocağı. She appeared in the Turkish Cosmetics 2016 Tournament.[8] In the beginning of the 2016–17 Women's First League's second half, she transferred to the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor.[9] She debuted at the UEFA Women's Champions League and took part in three matches of the 2017–18 qualifying round.[10][11][12] In July 2018, Sunday signed a one-year contract with Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor, with participation at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[13] She played in all three matches and scored one goal.[14][15][16] In the 2019–20 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor.[9] By October 2020, she transferred to the Gazianyep-based club ALG Spor.[9]
International
Sunday has represented Nigeria women's national football team at junior levels, being in the squad of the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[13] At senior level she was part of the African Women's Championship tournaments in 2010, 2012 and 2014, winning it twice. She was also a member of the team which took part in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, but did not progress past the group stage.[13][17][18]
Career statistics
- As of 8 March 2020
| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Trabzon İdmanocağı | 2015–16 | First League | 6 | 8 | – | – | 6 | 8 | ||
| Total | 6 | 8 | – | – | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Konak Belediyespor | 2016–17 | First League | 16 | 13 | – | – | 16 | 13 | ||
| 2017–18 | First League | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |
| Total | 27 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | ||
| Ataşehir Belediyespor | 2018–19 | First League | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Total | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Konak Belediyespor | 2019–20 | First League | 15 | 4 | – | – | 15 | 4 | ||
| Total | 15 | 4 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | ||
