Stephen Sunday

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Personal information
Sunny
Full name	Stephen Obayan Sunday
Date of birth	September 17, 1988 (1988-09-17) (age 19)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Valencia CF
Number	2
Youth clubs
2004–2005	FC Ebedei Jegede Babes Poli Ejido B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2007 2007–	Poli Ejido Valencia CF	055 0(0) 016 0(0)
National team
	Spain U19 Spain U20
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 11, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Stephen Obayan Sunday (born 17 September 1988 in Lagos) is a Nigerian-born Spanish footballer nicknamed Sunny.

1 Career
- 1.1 Club
- 1.2 International
2 Honours
- 2.1 Valencia
3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Sunny began his career in his native Lagos with FC Ebedei and Jegede Babes. In 2003, Sunday participated in two youth championships in Sweden and Spain; in Madrid he participated in the third edition of the Annual Immigrants Mundial, where he impressed so much that he was given a five-year-contract with Poli Ejido ^[1]. In order for that to happen though, one of the directors of Ejido had to become his adopted father to allow him to obtain the necessary paperwork to stay in Spain

His performances for Ejido attracted interest from Manchester United, Real Madrid, Real Betis, Deportivo La Coruna, Valencia CF, AEK Athens, Celta Vigo, Liverpool F.C. ^[2] and S.S.C. Napoli. However, he chose to sign for Valencia.

[edit] International

Although born in Nigeria, Sunday is eligible to play for Spain under FIFA rules, which allow players with dual nationality to change their international allegiance before the age of 21 if they have not won a full international cap. He has been called up by the Spain Under-19 side and represented Spain at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada ^[3].