Sunday Seah

Sunday Seah
Personal information
Full name Sunday Mickelson Seah
Date of birth (1978-01-07) January 7, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Georgia FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 FC Kochin 19 (0)
2001–2003 Salgaocar SC Goa 41 (0)
2003–2004 Dempo SC 21 (0)
2004–2005 Persmin Minahasa 15 (0)
2006 PSIM Yogyakarta 18 (0)
2007–2008 Persiwa Wamena 34 (0)
2009 LISCR FC 15 (0)
2010 Delta United 12 (0)
2011 LISCR FC 18 (0)
2011 UMC Roots FC 20 (0)
2012–2013 Persip Pekalongan 28 (0)
International career
1997–2011 Liberia[2] 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sunday Seah (born January 7, 1978[3]) is a retired Liberian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[4]

Club career

Born in Monrovia, Seah began playing club football with local side Junior Professional at age 13.[5] He has played as a goalkeeper and a striker in India for FC Kochin.[6][7] From 1999 to 2001, he appeared in the National Football League (India) with the Elephants,[8][9] 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,[10] where he played until 2003 and appeared in 41 league matches, scoring 20 goals.[11] 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.[12]

He has 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 football team in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Namibia on 8 June 1997, which ended as their 2–1 defeat.[13]

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.[13]

Honors

FC Kochin

Salgaocar

Dempo SC

See also

References

  1. ^ Sunday Seah, Liberian player profile and archive Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 24 March 2021
  2. ^ Sunday Seah at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Azplayers.com". soccer.azplayers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. ^ "The New Dawn Liberia - The New Dawn Liberia". www.thenewdawnliberia.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. ^ FootballDatabase.eu Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2013-03-06.
  6. ^ Chandran, M. R. Praveen (10 March 2001). "Sunday is a double delight". www.thehindu.com. Thiruvananthapuram: The Hindu. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  7. ^ The quick rise and swift fall of the football club Kochin Archived 2021-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Goal.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 1999: India". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  9. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 2000: India". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  10. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 2001: India". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Leading Goal Scorers". Rediff.com. 14 May 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Md. Sporting lose amid missed chances – NATIONAL LEAGUE – First-half Seah strike boosts Dempo". telegraphindia.com. Calcutta: The Telegraph India. 10 January 2004. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  13. ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Seah, Sunday Mickelson". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  14. ^ "First Indian professional football club FC Kochin faces closure as players migrate". India Today. Archived from the original on 2020-09-06. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  15. ^ Federation Cup. the-aiff.com All India Football Federation. (archived)