Sunday Afolabi (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sunday Kolawole Afolabi | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Enugu, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Perak | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Osun United | ||
| 2018 | Rivers United | ||
| 2019 | San Martín | 26 | (2) |
| 2021 | Leiria | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | Púchov | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | Perak | 16 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2022 | |||
Sunday Kolawole Afolabi (born 10 July 1999) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Perak.
Career
[edit]Before the 2017 season, Afolabi signed for Nigerian second tier side Osun United.[1] Before the 2018 season, he signed for Rivers United in the Nigerian top flight.[2] Before the 2019 season, Afolabi signed for Peruvian club San Martín, where he made 26 league appearances and scored 2 goals.[3] On 16 February 2019, he debuted for San Martín during a 1–1 draw with UTC.[4] On 24 March 2019, Afolabi scored his first goal for San Martín during a 1–0 win over Mannucci.[4]
Before the second half of 2020–21, he signed for Leiria in Portugal. In 2021, Afolabi signed for Slovak second tier team Púchov.[4] Before the second half of 2021–22, he signed for Žižkov B in the Czech fifth tier.[5]
Honours
[edit]- Individual
- Fallon d'Floor': 2022[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sunday Afolabi, el nigeriano de la San Martín que sueña algún día con la Premier League". depor.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Sunday Afolabi "Me dicen Yaya Touré"". todosport.pe (Archived). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Sunday Afolabi revela el tremendo susto que pasó en Cusco: "No podía respirar, fue horrible"". libero.pe (Archived). Archived from the original on 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Sunday Afolabi at Soccerway
- ^ "Profile". fkvz.cz.
- ^ "Perak's Afolabi wins 'Fallon d'Floor' award". NST. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Sunday Afolabi at Soccerway
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- 1999 births
- 2. Liga (Slovakia) players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
- Living people
- MŠK Púchov players
- Nigeria Professional Football League players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Osun United F.C. players
- Rivers United F.C. players
- U.D. Leiria players
- Perak F.C. players
- Footballers from Enugu
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football biography stubs