Gift Nyakno Monday (born 9 December 2001) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish Liga F club UDG Tenerife and the Nigeria women's national team.

Club career

In January 2021, Monday was named the league's Player of the Month for the second consecutive month. In March 2021, Monday scored a brace to lift FC Robo to a 2–1 win over the undefeated Rivers Angels. Gift Monday inspired

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to winning the 2021–22 league title and also finished the season's topscorer.

International career

Monday competed at the

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in France. In 2019, she captained the team to its first gold medal in 12 years at the African Games after defeating Cameroon to 3–1 win on penalties. In February 2021, Monday was named to the senior national team squad ahead of the

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. She was part of the team that won the championship and was the first African team to do so. She scored the eighth goal in the team's 9–0 win over Equatorial Guinea.

Honors

; Individual * NWFL Premiership Player of the Month: December 2020, January 2021 *NWFL Premiership Player of the Season:

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; International *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monday, Gift 2001 births Living people People from Bayelsa State Nigerian women's footballers Women's association football forwards FC Robo players UD Granadilla Tenerife players Nigeria women's international footballers Nigerian expatriate women's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain