Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sunday Mba | ||
Date of birth | 28 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Aba, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
Number | 19 | ||
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 | → Enugu Rangers (loan) | ||
2014–2015 | CA Bastia | 43 | (5) |
2015– | Yeni Malatyaspor | 44 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2012– | Nigeria | 21 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 April 2014 |
Sunday Mba (born 28 November 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Yeni Malatyaspor and the Nigeria national team.
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 He signed for Bastia in December after a drawn-out negotiation that lasted most of the year.
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.
He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Mba scored the winning goal in Nigeria's 2–1 quarter-final win over Côte d'Ivoire. On February 10, 2013, in the final against Burkina Faso, he scored the first and only goal of the game, to hand Nigeria their third Africa Cup of Nations title.
He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.