Esther Sunday
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ukpong Esther Sunday[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 March 1992||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left wing | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Konak Belediyespor | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Sunshine Queens | |||
??–2014 | Pelican Stars | ||
2014–2015 | FC Minsk | 9[2] | (11) |
2016 | Trabzon İdmanocağı | 2 | (4) |
2016– | Konak Belediyespor | ||
International career‡ | |||
Nigeria | 24[3] | (5) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 07, 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:03, 17 June 2015 (UTC) |
Ukpong Esther Sunday (born 13 March 1992) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Konak Belediyespor in the Turkish Women's First Football League. Sunday has previously played at a club level for Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars in the Nigerian Women's Championship, as well as FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League. She has also played at an international level for the Nigeria women's national football team in several tournaments.
Playing career
Club
Esther Sunday previously played for the Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars, both in the Nigerian Women's Championship, before going on to join FC Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League.[4][5] While there, she was among one of three Nigerian internationals in the team when the club won the Premier League, the Belarusian Women's Cup and the Belarusian Women's Super Cup.[6]
In January 2016, she moved to Turkey joining Trabzon İdmanocağı. She appeared in the Turkish Cosmetics 2016 Tournament of the top four teams in the league, where she scored a goal on route to a victory with her new team.[7]
International
Sunday has represented the Nigeria women's national football team at junior levels, being in the squads of the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (competition Runners-Up) and 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At senior level she was part of the squads for the African Women's Championship tournaments in 2010, 2012 and 2014, winning it twice in 2010 and 2014. She was also a member of the team which took part in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, but did no progress past the group stage.[8][9]
Honours
Club
- FC Minsk
- Belarusian Premier League (1): 2014
- Belarusian Women's Cup (1): 2014
- Belarusian Women's Super Cup (1): 2015
International
- Nigeria
References
- ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Sunday profile on Soccerway.com". Official Website of Soccerway.com. Soccerway.com Website. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Minsk Sign Esther Sunday". Si10.ng Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Esther Sunday joins Minsk FC". FCNaija.com. Naija FC Website. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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- ^ "İdmanocağı şampiyon!". Karadeniz'de Son Nokta (in Turkish). 22 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Esther Sunday profile with FIFA". Official FIFA website. FIFA.com website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Minsk release Esther Sunday & Onome Ebi for AWC". Official Goal.com. Goal.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
External links
- Esther Sunday – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Esther Sunday – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Esther Sunday at Soccerway
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lagos
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Association football wingers
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- Nigerian expatriates in Belarus
- Expatriate women's footballers in Belarus
- Nigerian expatriates in Turkey
- Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
- FC Minsk (women) players
- Trabzon İdmanocağı women's players