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[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

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]

Playing career

Club

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

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

References

  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. ^ "Two new forces join the Selangor FC Women". selangorfcwomen. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Minsk Sign Esther Sunday". Si10.ng Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Esther Sunday joins Minsk FC". FCNaija.com. Naija FC Website. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Nigerian trio help FK Minsk win Belarus Women Super Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  8. ^ "İdmanocağı şampiyon!". Karadeniz'de Son Nokta (in Turkish). 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Ukpong Esther Sunday" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  11. ^ "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  12. ^ "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  13. ^ a b c "Falcons star Esther Sunday joins Turkish women champions Ataşehir Belediyespor". Savid News. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  14. ^ "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 07/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Slavia Praha 7–2 Ataşehir". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  15. ^ "Hidegkúti Nándor – Budapest 10/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Ataşehir (TUR) 2–2 MTK Hungária (HUN)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  16. ^ "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 13/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 – KFF Mitrovica (KOS) 1–6 Ataşehir (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  17. ^ "Esther Sunday profile with FIFA". Official FIFA website. FIFA.com website. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  18. ^ "Minsk release Esther Sunday & Onome Ebi for AWC". Official Goal.com. Goal.com Website. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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