Oriola Sunday
.jpg) Sunday with Omiya Ardija in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 April 2003 | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Sydney FC (on loan from RB Omiya Ardija) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | IB Sports Dreams | ||
| 2019–2021 | Fukuchiyama Seibi High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Tokushima Vortis | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Vanraure Hachinohe (loan) | 33 | (5) |
| 2024 | → Omiya Ardija (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2025– | RB Omiya Ardija | 38 | (9) |
| 2026– | → Sydney FC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:57, 10 June 2026 (UTC) | |||
Oriola Sunday (born 18 April 2003) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for A-League Men side Sydney FC, on loan from J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija.
Career
Oriola Sunday, in his youth, played for IB Sports Dreams (of Abuja, Nigeria) and for Fukuchiyama Seibi High School football team. He signed his first professional contract with Tokushima Vortis on 1 February 2022. The club from Tokushima, a large city in the prefecture of the same name in Tokushima on the island of Shikoku, played in the second Japanese league, the J2 League. He made his second league debut on 19 February 2022 (matchday 1) at home against Zweigen Kanazawa. He was substituted for Akira Hamashita in the 78th minute. The game ended 0–0. After seven second-division games, he moved to third-division club Vanraure Hachinohe on loan in August 2023.
Career statistics
- As of match played 9 May 2026[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tokushima Vortis | 2022 | J2 League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023 | J2 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Vanraure Hachinohe (loan) | 2023 | J3 League | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | J3 League | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| Total | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||
| Omiya Ardija (loan) | 2024 | J3 League | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Omiya Ardija | 2025 | J2 League | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 |
| 2026 | J2/J3 | 12 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| Total | 53 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 15 | ||
| Sydney FC (loan) | 2026–27 | A-League Men | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 93 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 20 | ||
- ↑ Includes appearance(s) in the Emperor's Cup
- ↑ Includes appearances in the J.League Cup
Honours
RB Omiya Ardija
References
- ↑ Oriola Sunday at Soccerway
- ↑ "Standings". jleague.co. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- J2 League players
- J3 League players
- A-League Men players
- Tokushima Vortis players
- Vanraure Hachinohe players
- RB Omiya Ardija players
- Sydney FC players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Nigerian football forward stubs