Sunny

Stephen Obayan Sunday (born 17 September 1988 in Lagos) is a Nigeria-born Spain football (soccer) nicknamed Sunny. He currently plays for Valencia CF in Spain.

Career

Club

Sunday began his career in his native Lagos with FC Ebedei and Jegede Babes. In 2003, Sunday participtaed 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 Polideportivo Ejido . 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, Celta Vigo, Liverpool F.C] and S.S.C. Napoli. However, he chose to sign for Valencia, after allegedly rejecting a move to Liverpool F.C].

International

Although born in Nigeria, Sunday is eligible to play for Spain national football team 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
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