Sunday Mba

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Sunday Mba
Personal information
Full name Sunday Mba
Date of birth (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2004 Pepsi Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Enyimba
2007 Enugu Rangers
2007–2008 Enyimba
2008–2009 Enugu Rangers
2009–2010 Dolphins
2010–2013 Warri Wolves
2013 → Rangers (loan)
2014–2015 CA Bastia 43 (5)
2015–2017 Yeni Malatyaspor 54 (8)
International career
2012–2014 Nigeria 21 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2013 South Africa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sunday Mba MON (born 28 November 1988) is a Nigerian former footballer.[1][2]

Club career

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Mba joined Rangers on loan in May 2013 from Warri Wolves. He scored in his Rangers' debut, a 3–1 loss to Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo in the 2013 CAF Champions League[3] He signed for Bastia in December after a drawn-out negotiation that lasted most of the year.[4]

In October 2019, after 2 years without a club, he said he wanted to return to active football.[5]

International career

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He was a member of the Nigeria B team that won the 2010 WAFU Nations Cup. He made his senior debut in the Eagles' 0–0 tie against Angola in January 2012. He scored a brace against Liberia in his next game.[6]

He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[7] Mba scored the winning goal in Nigeria's 2–1 quarter-final win over Ivory Coast. On 10 February 2013, in the final against Burkina Faso, he scored the only goal of the game, to hand Nigeria their third Africa Cup of Nations title.[8]

He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[9]

Honours

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Orders

References

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