Oriola Sunday
{{short description|Nigerian footballer}}
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|name = Oriola Sunday
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|4|18|df=y}}
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|height = 1.78 m
|position = Forward
|currentclub = Omiya Ardija
|clubnumber = 90
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018
|youthclubs1 = IB Sports Dreams
|youthyears2 = 2019–2021
|youthclubs2 = Fukuchiyama Seibi High School
|years1 = 2022– |clubs1 = Tokushima Vortis | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2023–2024 |clubs2 = → Vanraure Hachinohe (loan) | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 5
|years3 = 2024– |clubs3 = Omiya Ardija | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0
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|club-update = 14:00, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
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Oriola Sunday (born 18 April 2003) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Omiya Ardija.
Career
Oriola Sunday, in his youth, played for IB Sports Dreams (of Abuja, Nigeria) and for Fukuchiyama Seibi High School football team. He signed his first professional contract with Tokushima Vortis on February 1, 2022. The club from Tokushima, a large city in the prefecture of the same name in Tokushima on the island of Shikoku, played in the second Japanese league, the J2 League. He made his second league debut on February 19, 2022 (matchday 1) at home against Zweigen Kanazawa. He was substituted for Akira Hamashita in the 78th minute. The game ended 0-0. After seven second-division games, he moved to third-division club Vanraure Hachinohe on loan in August 2023.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|11 July 2024.}}{{Soccerway|oriola-sunday/815335}}
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Tokushima Vortis
|2022 |rowspan="2"|J2 League |6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| rowspan="2"|2023
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| rowspan="2"|Vanraure Hachinohe (on loan)
|rowspan="3"|J3 League |14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| rowspan="2"|2024
|19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| Omiya Ardija
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan=3 | Career total
!40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 5 |
;Notes
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References
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{{Omiya Ardija squad}}
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Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Tokushima Vortis players
Category:Vanraure Hachinohe players
Category:RB Omiya Ardija players
Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
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