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Ukpong Esther Sunday (born 13 March 1992) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Konak Belediyespor in the Turkish Women's First Football League. Sunday has previously played at a club level for Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars in the Nigerian Women's Championship, as well as FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League. She has also played at an international level for the Nigeria women's national football team in several tournaments.
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 one of 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 on route to a victory with her new team.
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 no progress past the group stage.
Honours
Club
- FC Minsk
- Belarusian Premier League (1): 2014
- Belarusian Women's Cup (1): 2014
- Belarusian Women's Super Cup (1): 2015
International
- Nigeria
- African Women's Championship (3): 2010, 2014, 2016