Esther Sunday Explained

Esther Sunday
Fullname:Ukpong Esther Sunday[1]
Birth Date:1992 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Lagos, Nigeria
Position:Left wing
Currentclub:OKS Stomil Olsztyn
Clubs1:Sunshine Queens
Years2:–2014
Clubs2:Pelican Stars
Years3:2014–2015
Clubs3:FC Minsk
Caps3:24
Goals3:27
Years4:2016
Clubs4:Trabzon İdmanocağı
Caps4:6
Goals4:8
Years5:2016–2018
Clubs5:Konak Belediyespor
Caps5:27
Goals5:20
Years6:2018
Clubs6:Ataşehir Belediyespor
Caps6:7
Goals6:4
Years7:2019–2020
Clubs7:Konak Belediyespor
Caps7:15
Goals7:4
Years8:2020–2021
Clubs8:ALG Spor
Years9:2021-2022
Clubs9:Dijon
Caps9:10
Goals9:0
Years10:2022-
Clubs10:OKS Stomil Olsztyn
Caps10:0
Goals10:0
Nationalteam1:Nigeria
Nationalcaps1:24
Nationalgoals1:5
Club-Update:00:10, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Nationalteam-Update:18:03, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Ukpong Esther Sunday (born 13 March 1992) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for OKS Stomil Olsztyn and has also played for the Nigeria women's national football team.

At the club level, Sunday has previously played for Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars in the Nigerian Women's Championship, as well as FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League.

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. While there, she was among 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.[2]

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 en route to a victory with her new team.

In the beginning of the 2016–17 Women's First League's second half, she transferred to the Izmir-based club Konak Belediyespor. She debuted at the UEFA Women's Champions League, and took part in the three matches of the 2017–18 qualifying round.

In July 2018, Sunday signed a one-year contract with the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor before the 2017–18 league champion's participation at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. She played in all three matches of the qualification round, and scored one goal. In the 2019–20 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor. By October 2020, she transferred to the Gazianyep-based club ALG Spor.

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 not progress past the group stage.

Career statistics

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ClubSeasonLeagueContinentalNationalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trabzon İdmanocağıFirst League6 8 6 8
Total6 8 6 8
Konak BelediyesporFirst League16 13 16 13
First League11 7 3 0 0 0 14 7
Total27 20 3 0 0 0 30 20
Ataşehir BelediyesporFirst League7 4 3 1 10 5
Total7 4 3 1 0 0 10 5
Konak BelediyesporFirst League15 4 15 4
Total15 4 0 0 15 4

Honours

Club

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

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

    Notes and References

    1. News: List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup . . 20 June 2015.
    2. Web site: Nigerian trio help FK Minsk win Belarus Women Super Cup . Goal.com . 29 June 2015.