# Esther Sunday

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{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name       = Esther Sunday
| image      = EstherSunday (2).JPG
| image_size = 
| caption    = Esther Sunday playing for [Trabzon İdmanocağı](/source/Trabzon_%C4%B0dmanoca%C4%9F%C4%B1_(women)) in the [2016–17 Turkish Women's First Football League](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League)
| fullname   = Ukpong Esther Sunday<ref name="FIFA 2015">{{cite news |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title= List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |work=[FIFA](/source/FIFA) |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1992|3|13}}<ref name="FIFA 2015" />
| birth_place = [Lagos](/source/Lagos), Nigeria
| height      = {{height|cm=158}}<ref name="FIFA 2015" />
| position    = [Left wing](/source/Left_wing)
| currentclub = [Selangor](/source/Selangor_F.C._Women)
| clubnumber  = 29
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = {{0|0000}}
| clubs1 =  [Sunshine Queens](/source/Sunshine_Queens)
| caps1  =
| goals1 =
| years2 = {{0|0000}}–2014
| clubs2 = [Pelican Stars](/source/Pelican_Stars)
| caps2  =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2014–2015
| clubs3 = [FC Minsk](/source/FC_Minsk_(women))
| caps3  = 24<ref name="sw1"/>
| goals3 = 27
| years4 = 2016
| clubs4 = [Trabzon İdmanocağı](/source/Trabzon_%C4%B0dmanoca%C4%9F%C4%B1_(women))
| caps4  = 6
| goals4 = 8
| years5 = 2016–2018
| clubs5 = [Konak Belediyespor](/source/Konak_Belediyespor)
| caps5  = 27
| goals5 = 20
| years6 = 2018
| clubs6 = [Ataşehir Belediyespor](/source/Ata%C5%9Fehir_Belediyespor)
| caps6  = 7
| goals6 = 4
| years7 = 2019–2020
| clubs7 = [Konak Belediyespor](/source/Konak_Belediyespor)
| caps7  = 15
| goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2020–2021
| clubs8 = [ALG Spor](/source/ALG_Spor)
| caps8  = 
| goals8 =
| years9 = 2021–2022
| clubs9 = [Dijon](/source/Dijon_FCO_(women))
| caps9  = 10 
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2022–2023
| clubs10 = [OKS Stomil Olsztyn](/source/OKS_Stomil_Olsztyn_(women))
| caps10 = 
| goals10 = 
| years11 = 2023–2024
| clubs11 = [Rekord Bielsko-Biała](/source/Rekord_Bielsko-Bia%C5%82a_(women))
| caps11 = 14
| goals11 = 9
| years12 = 2024–2025
| clubs12 = [Sportowa Czwórka Radom](/source/LUKS_Sportowa_Czw%C3%B3rka_Radom)
| caps12  = 
| goals12 = 
| years13 = 2025–
| clubs13 = [Selangor](/source/Selangor_F.C._Women)
| caps13 = 
| goals13 = 
| nationalyears1 = 2010–
| nationalteam1  = [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria_women's_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 24<ref name="fifa1"/>
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| club-update    = 
| nationalteam-update = 
}}

'''Ukpong Esther Sunday''' (born 13 March 1992) is a Nigerian professional [women footballer](/source/Women's_association_football) who plays for [Malaysia National Women's League](/source/Malaysia_National_Women's_League) club [Selangor](/source/Selangor_F.C._Women) and the [Nigeria national team](/source/Nigeria_women's_national_football_team).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DPDPi7ZAWAg/ |title=Two new forces join the Selangor FC Women |publisher=selangorfcwomen |accessdate=25 October 2025}}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Club===
[[File:EstherSunday (19).jpg|thumb|Esther Sunday (red) playing for [Konak Belediyespor](/source/Konak_Belediyespor) against [Beşiktaş J.K.](/source/Be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F_J.K._(women's_football)) in the [2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) season's away match]]
Esther Sunday previously played for the [Sunshine Queens](/source/Sunshine_Queens) and [Pelican Stars](/source/Pelican_Stars), both in the [Nigerian Women's Championship](/source/Nigerian_Women's_Championship), before joining [FC Minsk](/source/FC_Minsk_(women)) of the [Belarusian Premier League](/source/Belarusian_Premier_League_(women)).<ref name="s110"/><ref name="br"/> She was among three Nigerian internationals when the club won the Premier League, the [Belarusian Women's Cup](/source/Belarusian_Women's_Cup) and the Belarusian Women's Super Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4110/nigerians-abroad/2015/04/18/10879022/nigerian-trio-help-fk-minsk-win-belarus-women-super-cup |title= Nigerian trio help FK Minsk win Belarus Women Super Cup |publisher=Goal.com |access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref>

In January 2016, she moved to Turkey joining [Trabzon İdmanocağı](/source/Trabzon_%C4%B0dmanoca%C4%9F%C4%B1_(women)). She appeared in the Turkish Cosmetics 2016 Tournament.<ref name="ksn"/> In the beginning of the [2016–17 Women's First League](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League)'s second half, she transferred to the [İzmir](/source/%C4%B0zmir)-based club [Konak Belediyespor](/source/Konak_Belediyespor).<ref name="tff0"/> She debuted at the [UEFA Women's Champions League](/source/UEFA_Women's_Champions_League) and took part in three matches of the [2017–18 qualifying round](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_UEFA_Women's_Champions_League_qualifying_round).<ref name="uefa1"/><ref name="uefa2"/><ref name="uefa3"/> In July 2018, Sunday signed a one-year contract with [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul)-based club [Ataşehir Belediyespor](/source/Ata%C5%9Fehir_Belediyespor), with participation at the [2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Women's_Champions_League_qualifying_round).<ref name="sn1"/> She played in all three matches and scored one goal.<ref name="uefa4"/><ref name="uefa5"/><ref name="uefa6"/> In the [2019–20 First League](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) season, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor.<ref name="tff0"/> By October 2020, she transferred to the [Gazianyep](/source/Gazianyep)-based club [ALG Spor](/source/ALG_Spor).<ref name="tff0"/>

===International===
Sunday has represented [Nigeria women's national football team](/source/Nigeria_women's_national_football_team) at junior levels, being in the squad of the [2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup](/source/2010_FIFA_U-20_Women's_World_Cup) and the [2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup](/source/2012_FIFA_U-20_Women's_World_Cup).<ref name="sn1"/> At senior level she was part of the [African Women's Championship](/source/African_Women's_Championship) tournaments in [2010](/source/2010_African_Women's_Championship), [2012](/source/2012_African_Women's_Championship) and [2014](/source/2014_African_Women's_Championship), winning it twice. She was also a member of the team which took part in the [2015 FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/2015_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup), but did not progress past the group stage.<ref name="sn1"/><ref name="fifa2"/><ref name="g"/>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|8 March 2020}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|National
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=2 |[Trabzon İdmanocağı](/source/Trabzon_%C4%B0dmanoca%C4%9F%C4%B1_(football_women))
|[2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) ||First League
|6 ||8 || – || – || || ||6 ||8
|-
!colspan=2 |Total
!6 !!8 !! – !! – !! !! !!6 !!8
|-
|rowspan=3 |[Konak Belediyespor](/source/Konak_Belediyespor_(women))
|[2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) ||First League
|16 ||13 || – || – || || ||16 ||13
|-
|[2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) ||First League
|11 ||7 ||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||14 ||7
|-
!colspan=2 |Total
!27 !!20 !!3 !!0 !!0 !!0 !!30 !!20
|-
|rowspan=2 |[Ataşehir Belediyespor](/source/Ata%C5%9Fehir_Belediyespor)
|[2018–19](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) ||First League
|7 ||4 ||3 ||1 || || ||10 ||5
|-
!colspan=2 |Total
!7 !!4 !!3 !!1 !!0 !!0 !!10 !!5
|-
|rowspan=2 |[Konak Belediyespor](/source/Konak_Belediyespor)
|[2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League) ||First League
|15 ||4 || – || – || || ||15 ||4
|-
!colspan=2 |Total
!15 !!4 !! – !! – !!0 !!0 !!15 !!4
|}

==Honours==
===Club===
; Belarusian Premier League
:; FC Minsk
:: ''Winners'' (1): [2014](/source/2014_Belarusian_Premier_League_(women))

; Belarusian Women's Cup
:; FC Minsk
:: ''Winners'' (1): [2014](/source/2014_Belarusian_Women's_Cup)

; Belarusian Women's Super Cup
:; FC Minsk
:: ''Winners'' (1): 2015

; Turkish Women's First League
:; Konak Belediyespor
:: ''Winners'' (1): [2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Turkish_Women's_First_Football_League)

===International===
; African Women's Championship
:; Nigeria women's national football team
:: ''Winners'' (3): [2010](/source/2010_African_Women's_Championship), [2014](/source/2014_African_Women's_Championship), [2016](/source/2016_African_Women's_Championship)

==References==
{{reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="tff0">{{cite web |url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=1877677 |publisher=Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu |title=Ukpong Esther Sunday |language=tr |access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref>
<ref name="sw1">{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/uchechi-sunday/135307/ | title=Sunday profile on Soccerway.com | publisher=Soccerway.com Website | work=Official Website of Soccerway.com | access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="fifa1">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=302104/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610010720/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=302104/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2015 |title= Profile |publisher= FIFA.com |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="uefa1">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2022867--konak-vs-martve/lineups/ |publisher=UEFA |title=Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve |access-date=2017-08-22}}</ref>
<ref name="uefa2">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2022885--partizan-bardejov-vs-konak/ |publisher=UEFA |title=David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak |access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref>
<ref name="uefa3">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2022902--konak-vs-gintra/ |publisher=UEFA |title=David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra |access-date=2017-08-28}}</ref>
<ref name="uefa4">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2024749--slavia-praha-vs-atasehir/ |publisher=UEFA |title=III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 07/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Slavia Praha 7–2 Ataşehir |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="uefa5">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2024768--atasehir-vs-mtk/ |publisher=UEFA |title=Hidegkúti Nándor – Budapest 10/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Ataşehir (TUR) 2–2 MTK Hungária (HUN) |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="uefa6">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2024786--mitrovica-vs-atasehir/ |publisher=UEFA |title=III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 13/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 – KFF Mitrovica (KOS) 1–6 Ataşehir (TUR) |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="fifa2">{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=324248/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711005718/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=324248/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 July 2010 | title=Esther Sunday profile with FIFA | publisher=FIFA.com website | work=Official FIFA website | access-date=9 October 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="s110">{{cite web | url=http://www.sl10.ng/news/articles/categories/nigeria-players-abroad/minsk-have-signed-nigeria-winger-esther-sunday/172162 | title=Minsk Sign Esther Sunday | publisher=Si10.ng Website | access-date=9 October 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="br">{{cite web|url=http://fcnaija.com/esther-sunday-joins-minsk-fc |title=Esther Sunday joins Minsk FC |publisher=Naija FC Website |work=FCNaija.com |access-date=9 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814024412/http://fcnaija.com/esther-sunday-joins-minsk-fc |archive-date=14 August 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="g">{{cite web | url=http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4093/nigeria/2014/09/29/5142661/minsk-release-esther-sunday-onome-ebi-for-awc | title=Minsk release Esther Sunday & Onome Ebi for AWC | publisher=Goal.com Website | work=Official Goal.com | access-date=9 October 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="ksn">{{cite news |url=http://www.karadenizdesonnokta.com.tr/haber-detay/22436/idmanocagi-sampiyon |newspaper=Karadeniz'de Son Nokta |title=İdmanocağı şampiyon! |date=22 January 2016 |language=tr |access-date=9 February 2016 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408011927/https://www.karadenizdesonnokta.com.tr/haber-detay/22436/idmanocagi-sampiyon |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="sn1">{{cite news |url=http://www.savidnews.com/esther-sunday-joins-turkish-women-champions-atasehir-belediyespor/ |newspaper=Savid News |title=Falcons star Esther Sunday joins Turkish women champions Ataşehir Belediyespor |date=4 July 2018 |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|302104}}
* {{UEFA player|250073666}}
* {{Soccerway|uchechi-sunday/135307}}

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{{commons category|Esther Sunday}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunday, Esther}}
Category:1992 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Lagos
Category:Nigerian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
Category:Women's association football wingers
Category:Nigeria women's international footballers
Category:2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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Category:Nigeria women's under-20 international footballers

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