Joel Sunday
{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Joel Sunday
| image = Joelsunday.JPG
| caption = Sunday with Aizawl in 2016
| fullname = Joel Yinka Sunday Ayeni
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
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| youthclubs2 =
| years1 = 2008–2010
| clubs1 = Larry Sports Club
| caps1 = 26
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 2010–2011
| clubs2 = Mutual Point Sport Club
| years3 = 2011–12
| clubs3 = COD Sports Club
| years4 = 2012–13
| clubs4 = Langsning
| years5 = 2013–14
| clubs5 = Kalighat Milan Sangha
| years6 = 2014–15
| clubs6 = Chanmari
| years7 = 2014–15
| clubs7 = Rangdajied United
| caps7 = 13
| goals7 = 10
| years8 = 2016
| clubs8 = Aizawl
| caps8 = 12
| goals8 = 8
| years9 = 2016
| years11 = 2017
| clubs9 = Tollygunge Agragami
| caps9 = 10
| goals9 = 6
| years10 = 2017
| clubs10 = Minerva Punjab
| clubs11 = Pathachakra
| caps10 = 2
| goals10 = 0
| caps11 = 6
| goals11 = 4
| years12 = 2018
| clubs12 = Rainbow AC
| caps12 = 11
| goals12 = 6
| years13 = 2018–19
| clubs13 = Gokulam Kerala
| caps13 = 4
| goals13 = 3
| years14 = 2019
| clubs14 = George Telegraph
| caps14 = 8
| goals14 = 7
| years15 = 2019–20
| clubs15 = TRAU
| caps15 =
| goals15 =
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Joel Yinka Sunday Ayeni (born 31 December 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who last played as a forward for I-League outfit TRAU FC.
Career
=Aizawl FC=
On 16 February 2016, Sunday was signed by the newly promoted I-League team Aizawl F.C.{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2016/02/16/20404182/i-league-aizawl-fc-rope-in-joel-sunday-to-replace-atsushi|title=I-League: Aizawl FC rope in Joel Sunday to replace Atsushi Yonezawa - Goal.com|first=|last=Goal|date=|website=www.goal.com|accessdate=16 May 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331004640/https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2016/02/16/20404182/i-league-aizawl-fc-rope-in-joel-sunday-to-replace-atsushi|url-status=live}} He was top scorer for the team with 7 goals in 12 games. He scored a winner in dying minutes against the defending champions Bengaluru FC in 2015–16 Indian Federation Cup.{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/Joel-Sunday-is-Aizawl%E2%80%99s-hero/article14293860.ece | title=Joel Sunday is Aizawl’s hero | date=1 May 2016 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=9 December 2018 | archive-date=11 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211011716/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/Joel-Sunday-is-Aizawl%E2%80%99s-hero/article14293860.ece | url-status=live }}
=Tollygunge Agragami FC=
On 7 June 2016 Sunday signed for Calcutta Football League outfit SVF Tollygunge Agragami FC. Joel made his debut for Tollygunge Agragami on 28 July 2016 against Peerless SC and helped his team to draw the match 1–1 by scoring in the 81st minute.
=Gokulam Kerala FC=
In December 2018 Sunday signed for I-league outfit Gokulam Kerala F.C. as a replacement of their striker Antonio German. Joel found his first goal in his brace against his former club Aizawl F.C. but the club eventually lost to them.
He has recently signed for I-league outfits TRAU F.C. for the remainder of the 2019-20 season.
=TRAU F.C.=
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|joel-yinka-sunday-ayeni/435877}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunday, Joel}}
Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Calcutta Football League players
Category:Tollygunge Agragami FC players
Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
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