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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.
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
As of 8 March 2020.
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
External links
Esther Sunday – FIFA competition record (archived)
Esther Sunday – UEFA competition record (archive)
Esther Sunday at Soccerway
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