Joel Sunday

Joel Sunday
Sunday with Aizawl in 2016
Personal information
Full name Joel Yinka Sunday Ayeni
Date of birth (1988-12-31) 31 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Larry Sports Club 26 (11)
2010–2011 Mutual Point Sport Club
2011–12 COD Sports Club
2012–13 Langsning
2013–14 Kalighat Milan Sangha
2014–15 Chanmari
2014–15 Rangdajied United 13 (10)
2016 Aizawl 12 (8)
2016 Tollygunge Agragami 10 (6)
2017 Minerva Punjab 2 (0)
2017 Pathachakra 6 (4)
2018 Rainbow AC 11 (6)
2018–19 Gokulam Kerala 4 (3)
2019 George Telegraph 8 (7)
2019–20 TRAU
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joel Yinka Sunday Ayeni (born 31 December 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who last played as a forward for I-League outfit TRAU FC.

Career

Aizawl FC

On 16 February 2016, Sunday was signed by the newly promoted I-League team Aizawl F.C.[1] He was top scorer for the team with 7 goals in 12 games. He scored a winner in dying minutes against the defending champions Bengaluru FC in 2015–16 Indian Federation Cup.[2]

Tollygunge Agragami FC

On 7 June 2016 Sunday signed for Calcutta Football League outfit SVF Tollygunge Agragami FC. Joel made his debut for Tollygunge Agragami on 28 July 2016 against Peerless SC and helped his team to draw the match 1–1 by scoring in the 81st minute.

Gokulam Kerala FC

In December 2018 Sunday signed for I-league outfit Gokulam Kerala F.C. as a replacement of their striker Antonio German. Joel found his first goal in his brace against his former club Aizawl F.C. but the club eventually lost to them. He has recently signed for I-league outfits TRAU F.C. for the remainder of the 2019-20 season.

TRAU F.C.

He has recently signed for I-league outfits TRAU F.C. for the remainder of the 2019-20 season.

References

  1. ^ Goal. "I-League: Aizawl FC rope in Joel Sunday to replace Atsushi Yonezawa - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Joel Sunday is Aizawl's hero". The Hindu. 1 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.