Sunday Seah
{{Short description|Liberian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sunday Seah
| image =
| full_name = Sunday Mickelson Seah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|01|07}}
| birth_place = Monrovia, Liberia[https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/sunday-seah/396029/ Sunday Seah, Liberian player profile and archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031163854/https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/sunday-seah/396029/ |date=2022-10-31 }} Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 24 March 2021
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Georgia FC
| years1 = 1999–2001
| clubs1 = FC Kochin
| caps1 = 19
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2001–2003
| clubs2 = Salgaocar SC Goa
| caps2 = 41
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2003–2004
| clubs3 = Dempo SC
| caps3 = 21
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2004–2005
| clubs4 = Persmin Minahasa
| caps4 = 15
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2006
| clubs5 = PSIM Yogyakarta
| caps5 = 18
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2007–2008
| clubs6 = Persiwa Wamena
| caps6 = 34
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2009
| clubs7 = LISCR FC
| caps7 = 15
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2010
| clubs8 = Delta United
| caps8 = 12
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2011
| clubs9 = LISCR FC
| caps9 = 18
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2011
| clubs10 = UMC Roots FC
| caps10 = 20
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2012–2013
| clubs11 = Persip Pekalongan
| caps11 = 28
| goals11 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1997–2011
| nationalteam1 = Liberia
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Sunday Seah (born January 7, 1978{{Cite web|url=http://soccer.azplayers.com/players/S/Sunday-Seah|title=Azplayers.com|website=soccer.azplayers.com|access-date=2018-05-04|archive-date=2012-07-23|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723032952/http://soccer.azplayers.com/players/S/Sunday-Seah|url-status=live}}) is a Liberian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenewdawnliberia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4440:monrovia-fc-concludes-four-local-signings&catid=27:football&Itemid=73|title=The New Dawn Liberia - The New Dawn Liberia|website=www.thenewdawnliberia.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-05-04|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235933/http://www.thenewdawnliberia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4440:monrovia-fc-concludes-four-local-signings&catid=27:football&Itemid=73|url-status=live}}
Club career
Born in Monrovia, Seah began playing club football with local side Junior Professional at age 13.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} He played as a goalkeeper and a striker in India for FC Kochin.{{cite web|first=M. R. Praveen|last=Chandran|title=Sunday is a double delight|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/03/10/stories/0710044n.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411021103/http://www.hindu.com/2001/03/10/stories/0710044n.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|website=www.thehindu.com|publisher=The Hindu|date=10 March 2001|access-date=11 April 2013|location=Thiruvananthapuram}}[https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/indian-football-kerala-quick-rise-swift-fall-fc-kochin/h6ht5as4fe8717soazw007d2v The quick rise and swift fall of the football club Kochin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714105921/https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/indian-football-kerala-quick-rise-swift-fall-fc-kochin/h6ht5as4fe8717soazw007d2v |date=2021-07-14 }} Goal.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021. From 1999 to 2001, he appeared in the National Football League (India) with the Elephants,{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1999.html|title=Season ending Transfers 1999: India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217030450/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1999.html|archive-date=17 February 2020|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=1 July 2021|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2000.html|title=Season ending Transfers 2000: India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217030450/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2000.html|archive-date=17 February 2020|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=1 July 2021|url-status=dead}} where he scored 8 goals in 19 league matches. With Kochin, he won the National Football League in 1999.
In 2001, he moved to another Indian club Salgaocar SC,{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2001.html|title=Season ending Transfers 2001: India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217030450/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2001.html|archive-date=17 February 2020|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=1 July 2021|url-status=dead}} where he played until 2003 and appeared in 41 league matches, scoring 20 goals.{{cite web |title=Leading Goal Scorers |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/nflsco04.htm |publisher=Rediff.com |access-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828213707/http://www.rediff.com/sports/nflsco04.htm |archive-date=28 August 2004 |date=14 May 2004}} He was in Salgaocar's 2002–03 National Football League Runners-up squad.
Seah signed with Indian giants Dempo SC in 2003 and appeared in only a season before moving to Indonesian outfit Persmin Minahasa in 2004. With Dempo, he lifted the Federation Cup trophy in 2004. During his days in India, he was one of the best in business when it came to scoring goals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/md-sporting-lose-amid-missed-chances-national-league-first-half-seah-strike-boosts-dempo/cid/1040908|title=Md. Sporting lose amid missed chances – NATIONAL LEAGUE – First-half Seah strike boosts Dempo|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|date=10 January 2004|location=Calcutta|access-date=24 March 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418181441/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/md-sporting-lose-amid-missed-chances-national-league-first-half-seah-strike-boosts-dempo/cid/1040908}}
He also played for clubs like PSIM Yogyakarta of Liga 2 (Indonesia), Persiwa Wamena of Liga 3 (Indonesia) and then he finally moved to his home country and joined LISCR FC in 2009.
International career
Seah made his senior international debut for Liberia national team in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Namibia on 8 June 1997, which ended as their 2–1 defeat.{{NFT player|3828|accessdate=}}
Between 1997 and 2011, he represented Liberia in both the World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers, appearing in a total of 14 matches.
Honors
FC Kochin
- Kerala State Football League: 1999{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/20020506-first-indian-professional-football-club-fc-kochin-faces-closure-as-players-migrate-795344-2002-05-06|title=First Indian professional football club FC Kochin faces closure as players migrate|access-date=22 February 2021|website=India Today|archive-date=2020-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906103103/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/20020506-first-indian-professional-football-club-fc-kochin-faces-closure-as-players-migrate-795344-2002-05-06|url-status=live}}
Salgaocar
- National Football League runner-up: 2002–03
Dempo SC
See also
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|sunday-seah}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seah, Sunday}}
Category:Footballers from Monrovia
Category:Liberia men's international footballers
Category:Liberian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Persmin Minahasa players
Category:PSIM Yogyakarta players
Category:Persiwa Wamena players
Category:Ayeyawady United F.C. players
Category:Persip Pekalongan players
Category:National Football League (India) players
Category:Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Category:Indonesian Premier Division players
Category:Myanmar National League players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in India
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Myanmar
Category:Liberian expatriate sportspeople in India