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Esther Sunday

Esther Sunday
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 (1992-03-13) 13 March 1992 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Left wing
Team information
Current team
 Khovd Western FC (women)
Number 30
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
International career
2010– Nigeria 24[3] (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ukpong Esther Sunday (born 13 March 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Khovd Western FC and the Nigeria women's national football team.

Playing career

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Club

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Esther Sunday (red) playing for Konak Belediyespor against Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2017–18 season's away match

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.[4][5] 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.[6]

In January 2016, she moved to Turkey joining Trabzon İdmanocağı. She appeared in the Turkish Cosmetics 2016 Tournament.[7] In the beginning of the 2016–17 Women's First League's second half, she transferred to the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor.[8] She debuted at the UEFA Women's Champions League and took part in three matches of the 2017–18 qualifying round.[9][10][11] 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.[12] She played in all three matches and scored one goal.[13][14][15] In the 2019–20 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor.[8] By October 2020, she transferred to the Gazianyep-based club ALG Spor.[8]

International

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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.[12] 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.[12][16][17]

Career statistics

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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

Honours

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Club

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Belarusian Premier League
FC Minsk
Winners (1): 2014
Belarusian Women's Cup
FC Minsk
Winners (1): 2014
Belarusian Women's Super Cup
FC Minsk
Winners (1): 2015
Turkish Women's First League
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (1): 2016–17

International

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African Women's Championship
Nigeria women's national football team
Winners (3): 2010, 2014, 2016

References

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  1. ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Sunday profile on Soccerway.com". Official Website of Soccerway.com. Soccerway.com Website. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Minsk Sign Esther Sunday". Si10.ng Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Esther Sunday joins Minsk FC". FCNaija.com. Naija FC Website. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Nigerian trio help FK Minsk win Belarus Women Super Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. ^ "İdmanocağı şampiyon!". Karadeniz'de Son Nokta (in Turkish). 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "Ukpong Esther Sunday" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  10. ^ "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  11. ^ "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  12. ^ a b c "Falcons star Esther Sunday joins Turkish women champions Ataşehir Belediyespor". Savid News. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  13. ^ "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 07/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Slavia Praha 7–2 Ataşehir". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Hidegkúti Nándor – Budapest 10/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Ataşehir (TUR) 2–2 MTK Hungária (HUN)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  15. ^ "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 13/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 – KFF Mitrovica (KOS) 1–6 Ataşehir (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Esther Sunday profile with FIFA". Official FIFA website. FIFA.com website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Minsk release Esther Sunday & Onome Ebi for AWC". Official Goal.com. Goal.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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