Gift Monday

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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
 FC Robo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 COD United Amazons 25 (18)
2018– FC Robo (13)
National team
2018–2020 Nigeria U20 3 (0)
2019– Nigeria 10 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gift Monday (born 9 December 2001) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for NWFL Premiership club FC Robo, where she serves as captain, and the Nigeria women's national team.

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]

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.[4][5] 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.[6] She scored the eighth goal in the team's 9–0 win over Equatorial Guinea.[7]

Honors[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Gift Monday Receives Nigeria Women League Player Of The Month Award". Afrinews247. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "NWFL Premiership Player and Manager for December Revealed". NWFL. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Monday Gift inspired FC Robo ends Rivers Angels unbeaten run". Kick442.com. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Know Your NWFL Players: Gift Monday of FC Robo Queens". Kick442. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ Saliu, Mo (2 September 2019). "African Games champion Monday Gift dreams Falcons debut". footballlive.ng. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Nigeria 9-0 Equatorial Guinea: Super Falcons clinch Turkish Women's Cup in style". Goal.com. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Equatorial Guinea 0 Nigeria 9 : Barcelona's Oshoala Nets Four, Sevilla's Payne". Allnigeria.com. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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