Fun Facts: What you don’t know about Nigeria’s Gift Monday

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

From COD United Ladies, FC Robo Queens, and UDG Tenerife, to earning her debut invitation for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Gift Monday has risen from grass to grace and worked hard to attain her current status in the Nigeria senior women’s national team.

On loan at Bayelsa Queens, Monday single-handedly won the 2021/2022 Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership Super Six in Benin City.

She scored nine goals in five games to ensure that the Prosperity Girls clinch the league title in 2022 causing a national clamour for the player to be included in the Super Falcons squad for the 2022 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco.

Currently, with the Spanish Liga F side, UDG Tenerife, there are some things and facts unknown to her fans about Monday which Nigeria Football series on unknown things about Super Falcons players tend to unveil.

Apart from action on the field, here are some things you don’t know about Gift Monday:

NAME: Gift Monday

CURRENT CLUB: UDG Tenerife

PREVIOUS CLUBS: FC Robo Queens, COD United, Bayelsa Queens (Loan), Rivers Angels (Loan)

POSITION: Forward

JERSEY NUMBER: 24

STATE OF ORIGIN: Akwa Ibom State

FAVORITE JERSEY NUMBER: 11/21

WHICH PROFESSION WOULD YOU CHOOSE OUTSIDE FOOTBALL: Entertainment

WHAT DO YOU DO HOURS BEFORE MATCHES / PRE MATCH RITUALS?: Been happy

BEST FOOD: Rice

BEST COLOUR: White

HOBBIES: Dancing

TURN OFFS (DISLIKES): Unnecessary lies.

BEST PLACES VISITED IN NIGERIA AND REASONS: Field of play because that’s where I derive joy

FIRST-EVER GOAL FOR CLUB AND COUNTRY (IF ANY): Against Mali at the 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup in Lagos.

YOUR HAPPIEST MOMENT AS A FOOTBALLER: Any time I score a goal.

SADDEST MOMENT: Any time I lose a game

SPECIAL MESSAGE TO YOUR FANS: I appreciate them.