Sunday Manara

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|name = Sunday Manara

|image =

|fullname = Sunday Ramadhan Manara

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|11|23|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Tanzania

|height =

|position = Winger

|currentclub =

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 =

|years1 = {{0|0000}}–1974

|clubs1 = Yanga

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1975–1976

|clubs2 = Pan African

|years3 = 1977–1978

|clubs3 = Heracles Almelo

|years4 = 1979

|clubs4 = Pan African|

|years5 = 1979

|clubs5 = New York Eagles

|years6 = 1980

|clubs6 = FC St. Veit

|years7 =

|clubs7 = Al Nasr

|nationalyears1 = 1974–1987

|nationalteam1 = Tanzania

|nationalcaps1 =

|nationalgoals1 =

}}

Sunday Ramadhan Manara (born 23 November 1952) is a Tanzanian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Career

Nicknamed 'Computer', Manara signed for Dutch side Heracles Almelo in 1977, becoming the first Tanzanian to play in Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teksterij.nl/journalistiek/het-verhaal-sunday-manara|title=Het verhaal Sunday Manara|publisher=teksterij.nl|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=2 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002233443/https://www.teksterij.nl/journalistiek/het-verhaal-sunday-manara|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tubantia.nl/heracles/het-onvergetelijke-anderhalf-jaar-van-sunday-manara-bij-heracles~aaf24ae6/|title=Het onvergetelijke anderhalf jaar van Sunday Manara bij Heracles|publisher=tubantia.nl|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=17 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617204942/https://www.tubantia.nl/heracles/het-onvergetelijke-anderhalf-jaar-van-sunday-manara-bij-heracles~aaf24ae6/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://heracleshistorie.weebly.com/uitgelicht/sunday-manara-tropische-verrassing|title=Sunday manara: tropische verrassing|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=24 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724082757/http://heracleshistorie.weebly.com/uitgelicht/sunday-manara-tropische-verrassing|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.binzubeiry.co.tz/2020/08/enzi-zake-sunday-manara-mtanzania-wa.html|title=SUNDAY MANARA, MTANZANIA WA KWANZA KUCHEZA SOKA ULAYA|publisher=binzubeiry.co.tz|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=10 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810231420/https://www.binzubeiry.co.tz/2020/08/enzi-zake-sunday-manara-mtanzania-wa.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/sports/jangwani-grounds-once-a-football-hub-with-over-20-pitches-now-a-floods-zone-2732948|title=Jangwani Grounds, once a football hub with over 20 pitches now a floods zone|publisher=thecitizen.co.tz|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=24 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124112155/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/sports/jangwani-grounds-once-a-football-hub-with-over-20-pitches-now-a-floods-zone-2732948|url-status=live}} In 1979, he signed for New York Eagles in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bongocelebrity.com/unamkumbuka-sunday-manara-%E2%80%9Ccomputer%E2%80%9D/|title=UNAMKUMBUKA SUNDAY MANARA “COMPUTER”?|publisher=bongocelebrity.com|access-date=24 July 2023|archive-date=24 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724082807/https://www.bongocelebrity.com/unamkumbuka-sunday-manara-%E2%80%9Ccomputer%E2%80%9D/|url-status=live}} Before the second half of 1979–90, he signed for Austrian club FC St. Veit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/5918731/Ludescher-erinnert-sich_Der-Ramadhani-hat-sogar-den-Prohaska|title="Der Ramadhani hat sogar den Prohaska ausgestochen"|publisher=kleinezeitung.at|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120042152/https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/5918731/Ludescher-erinnert-sich_Der-Ramadhani-hat-sogar-den-Prohaska|url-status=live}} After that, Manara signed for Al Nasr in the United Arab Emirates.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mwananchi.co.tz/mw/habari/makala/spoti-mikiki/sunday-manara-kompyuta-mtanzania-wa-kwanza-ulaya-2782246|title=Sunday Manara ‘Kompyuta’ Mtanzania wa kwanza Ulaya|publisher=mwananchi.co.tz|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=24 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724082803/https://www.mwananchi.co.tz/mw/habari/makala/spoti-mikiki/sunday-manara-kompyuta-mtanzania-wa-kwanza-ulaya-2782246|url-status=live}}