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Gift Monday (born 9 December 2001) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish Primera División club UDG Tenerife and the Nigeria women's national team.

Gift Monday

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-12-09) 9 December 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth	Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	UDG Tenerife
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	COD United Amazons	25	(18)
2018–2021	FC Robo		(13)
2021–2022	Bayelsa Queens
2022–	UDG Tenerife	0	(0)
National team
2018–2020	Nigeria U20	3	(0)
2019–	Nigeria	10	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

In January 2021, Monday was named the league's Player of the Month for the second consecutive month.[1][2] In March 2021, Monday scored a brace to lift FC Robo to a 2–1 win over the undefeated Rivers Angels.[3] Gift Monday inspired Bayelsa Queens to winning the 2021–22 league title and also finished the season's topscorer.[4]

International career

Monday competed at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France. In 2019, she captained the team to its first gold medal in 12 years at the African Games after defeating Cameroon to 3–1 win on penalties.[5][6] In February 2021, Monday was named to the senior national team squad ahead of the 2021 Turkish Women's Cup. She was part of the team that won the championship and was the first African team to do so.[7] She scored the eighth goal in the team's 9–0 win over Equatorial Guinea.[8]

Honors

Individual

• NWFL Premiership Player of the Month: December 2020,[2] January 2021[1]
• NWFL Premiership Player of the Season: 2022

International

• Turkish Women's Cup: 2021[7]

References

External links

• Gift Monday at Soccerway

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