Gift Monday

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Gift Monday
Monday with the Washington Spirit in 2025
Personal information
Full name Gift Nyakno Monday[1]
Date of birth (2001-12-09) 9 December 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Washington Spirit
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 COD United Amazons 25 (18)
2018–2021 FC Robo (13)
2021–2022 Bayelsa Queens
2022–2025 UD Tenerife 66 (19)
2025– Washington Spirit 22 (8)
International career‡
2018–2020 Nigeria U20 3 (0)
2019– Nigeria 10 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 December 2022

Gift Nyakno Monday (born 9 December 2001) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Nigeria national team.

Club career

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In January 2021, Monday was named the league's Player of the Month for the second consecutive month.[3][4] In March 2021, Monday scored a brace to lift FC Robo to a 2–1 win over the undefeated Rivers Angels.[5] Monday inspired Bayelsa Queens to winning the 2021–22 league title and also finished as the season's top scorer.[6]

In September 2022, Monday joined Spanish Liga F club UD Granadilla Tenerife.[7]

On 25 March 2025, NWSL club Washington Spirit acquired Monday from Tenerife in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed her to a three-year contract with an additional team option for 2028.[8] She made her club debut on 12 April 2025, coming on as a substitute for Gabrielle Carle in a 2–0 win over Racing Louisville FC.[9] One week later, Monday recorded her first NWSL start and goal, scoring after stealing the ball from goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse at the goal line in a 1–0 victory over league leaders Orlando Pride.[10] On 28 September, Monday registered the fastest NWSL hat-trick from kickoff in league history, netting three goals in under 36 minutes to help Washington beat the Houston Dash.[11]

International career

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Monday competed at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France. In 2019, she captained the national team to its first gold medal in 12 years at the African Games after defeating Cameroon 3–1 on penalties.[12][13] 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.[14] She scored the eighth goal in the team's 9–0 win over Equatorial Guinea.[15]

On 16 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Nigerian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[16]

Monday was called up to the Nigeria squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics as an unrolled alternate player.[17]

Honors

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Individual
International

References

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