{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Uchechi Sunday | image = | image_size = | fullname = Uchechi Lopez Sunday<ref name="fifa">{{cite web |title=List of Players - Nigeria |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2014/pdf/FU20W_2014_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |access-date=31 August 2015 |date=4 August 2014 |page=14 |archive-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802183151/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2014/pdf/FU20W_2014_SquadLists.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1994|09|09}} | birth_place = Port Harcourt, Nigeria | height = 182cm<ref name="fifa" /> | position = Striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2004–2008 | youthclubs1 = Rivers Angels F.C. | years1 = 2009–2010 | clubs1 = Rivers Angels F.C. | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = FC Neunkirch | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2011–2015 | clubs3 = Rivers Angels F.C. | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2015–2017 | clubs4 = FC Minsk | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = Icheon Daekyo | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = Meizhou Huijun | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2019–2021 | clubs7 = FC Nordsjælland | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = Nojima Stella Kanagawa | caps8 = | goals8 = | club-update = | nationalyears1 = 2014 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-20 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2011– | nationalteam2 = Nigeria | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = | nationalteam-update = 4 October 2021 }}

'''Uchechi Lopez Sunday''' {{Audio|Yo-uchechi Sunday.ogg |Listen|help=no}}(born 9 September 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker.<ref name="uefa1"/> and is a member of the Nigeria women's national football team.<ref name="fg1"/>

==Early years== Sunday was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria on 9 September 1994 as the youngest of seven sisters.<ref name="bz1"/><ref name="k1"/>

==Career==

===Club=== Sunday began her football career in 2004 with Rivers Angels F.C. in Nigeria. From 2009, she played in their professional team in the Nigerian Women's Premier League. On 14 April 2011, she signed with the Swiss club FC Neunkirch in Schaffhausen. She capped eight times in the Nationalliga B and scored 18 goals.<ref name="bz1"/><ref name="sk1"/> In August the same year following the end of the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup at Germany, she returned to her former club in Nigeria.<ref name="p1"/> At the beginning of 2015, Sunday joined the Belarusian team FC Minsk.<ref name="fg1"/> She scored three goals in the first match with her new club.<ref name="sl"/> As end of May 2015, she had 14 goals netted in five matches only.<ref name="sl10"/><ref name="ans"/> She scored her 15th league goal in her 6th appearance on 20 June in the same season.<ref name="n24"/>

On 11 August 2015, she debuted in the UEFA Women's Champions League playing in the qualifying round match against Konak Belediyespor from Turkey. She scored five goals in the match, which ended 10–1 for FC Minsk.<ref name="uefa1"/><ref name="fg1"/> She netted one goal in the second,<ref name="g1"/> and two goals in the third match,<ref name="fg2"/> totaling to eight goals in three matches of the qualifying round.

===International=== Playing for the Nigeria women's U-20 team, Sunday made her first appearance in a FIFA tournament at the 2010 U-20 World Cup in Germany, entering the Group C match-up against Mexico as a substitute.<ref name="FIFAprofile">{{cite web|title=Uchechi SUNDAY|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=322841/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908070032/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=322841/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 September 2015|website=Player profile|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010, Nigeria - Mexico, 21 Jul 2010|url=https://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/matches/round=253537/match=300125154/report.html#nosticky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724091749/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/matches/round=253537/match=300125154/report.html#nosticky|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2010|website=Match Report|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref> She also took part in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada, where she scored 3 goals in 6 matches.<ref name="FIFAprofile" /> She scored three goals at the second round of the 2014 African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women.<ref name="f24"/>

She made her debut at the FIFA Women's World Cup and appeared in three matches of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A for the Nigeria women's national football team.<ref name="s1"/><ref name="s2"/><ref name="s3"/>

==References== <references>

<ref name="fg1">{{cite web |url=https://futbalgalore.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/uchechi-hits-five-as-minsk-savage-konak-belediyesi/ |publisher=Futball Galore |title=Uchechi hits five as Minsk savage Konak Belediyesi |date=2015-08-11 |access-date=2015-08-11 }}</ref> <ref name="k1">{{cite news |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/intwettbewerbe//2015/fc-neunkirch-22720/69038/spieler_sunday-uchechi.html |newspaper=Kicker |title=Uchechi Sunday |language=de |access-date=2015-08-12 }}</ref> <ref name="sk1">{{cite news |url=http://www.suedkurier.de/sport/regionalsport/regionalsport-hochrhein/Der-grosse-Traum-der-Sunday-Uchechi;art3111,4946643 |newspaper=Südkurier |title=Der große Traum der Sunday Uchechi |date=2011-06-16 |language=de |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140717/http://www.suedkurier.de/sport/regionalsport/regionalsport-hochrhein/Der-grosse-Traum-der-Sunday-Uchechi;art3111,4946643 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="bz1">{{cite news |url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/nigerias-fussballspielerinnen-pilgern-nach-skandinavien-schweden-sei-dank,10810590,10939992.html |newspaper=Berliner Zeitung |title=Schweden sei Dank |author=Lieske, Matti |date=2011-06-25 |language=de |access-date=2015-08-12 }}</ref> <ref name="p1">{{cite news |url=http://www.punchng.com/news/falconets-coach-invites-29-players-to-camp/ |newspaper=The Punch|title=Falconets coach invites 29 players to camp |date=2012-03-03 |access-date=2015-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211152027/http://www.punchng.com/news/falconets-coach-invites-29-players-to-camp/ |archive-date=2013-12-11 }}</ref> <ref name="s1">{{cite web |url=http://shark.cdn.md/Match/Default.aspx?id=683939 |publisher=Shark |title=Nigeria 0–1 France |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140210/http://shark.cdn.md/Match/Default.aspx?id=683939 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="s2">{{cite web |url=http://shark.cdn.md/Match/Default.aspx?id=683940 |publisher=Shark |title=Germany 1–0 Nigeria |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080211/http://shark.cdn.md/Match/Default.aspx?id=683940 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="s3">{{cite web |url=http://shark.cdn.md/Match/Default.aspx?id=683943 |publisher=Shark |title=Canada 0–1 Nigeria |access-date=2015-08-12 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <ref name="f24">{{cite web |url=http://www.futbol24.com/international/CAF/African-Womens-U-20-Champ/2014/ |publisher=Futbol 24 |title=Nigeria 4–0 Tunisia |access-date=2015-08-12 }}</ref> <ref name="sl">{{cite news |url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/nigeria-players-abroad/sunday-uchechi-bags-hat-trick-in-minsk-demolition-of-nadezhda-in-belarus-women-s-league/207408 |newspaper=Soccer Laduma |title=Uchechi Bags Hattrick In Minsk Romp |author=SL10 |date=2015-04-21 |access-date=2015-08-12 }}</ref> <ref name="uefa1">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2017231--konak-vs-minsk/ |publisher=UEFA |title=UEFA Women's Champions League-2016 > Matches-Qualifying round – Konak-Minsk |access-date=2015-08-12 }}</ref> <ref name="sl10">{{cite news |url=http://www.sl10.ng/news/articles/categories/nigeria-players-abroad/uchechi-sunday-delighted-with-excellent-minsk-early-start/210824 |newspaper=SL10 |title=Uchechi Delighted With Minsk's Early Start |date=2015-05-28 |access-date=2015-08-12 }}</ref> <ref name="ans">{{cite news |url=http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=14981 |newspaper=All Nigerian Soccer |title=Goal Machine Uchechi Scores Four, As Ishola And Otuwe Find Form In Massive |date=2015-05-28 |access-date=2015-08-12 }}</ref> <ref name="n24">{{cite news |url=http://m.news24.com/Nigeria/Sport/Football/Red-hot-Uchechi-nets-15th-league-goal-20150624 |newspaper=News 24 |title=Red – hot Uchechi nets 15th league goal |date=2015-06-24 |access-date=2015-08-12 }}</ref> <ref name="g1">{{cite news |url=http://www.goal.com/ba/news/6921/liga-%C5%A1ampiona/2015/08/13/14403472/sarajke-izgubile-od-minska-s-30 |newspaper=Goal |title=Sarajke izgubile od Minska s 3:0 |date=2015-08-13 |language=bs |access-date=2015-08-19 }}</ref> <ref name="fg2">{{cite web |url=https://futbalgalore.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/uwcl-uchechi-at-the-double-as-minsk-books-second-round-ticket/ |publisher=Futball Galore |title=UWCL: Uchechi at the double as Minsk books second round ticket |date=2015-08-17 |access-date=2015-08-19 }}</ref>

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==External links== {{sister project links|d=Q1375911|c=no|n=no|b=no|v=no|voy=no|m=no|mw=no|s=no|wikt=no|species=no}} * {{FIFA player|322841}} * {{UEFA player|250031299}}

{{Nigeria squad 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup}} {{Nigeria squad 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations}}

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