Monday Bassey Etim (born 4 December 1998) is a Nigerian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991 the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the forma ...

club

FC Helsingør FC Helsingør is a Danish football club from Helsingør. The club plays in the Danish 1st Division, having been promoted after winning the Danish 2nd Division in the 2019-2020 season. The club has finished the last two seasons in the top 4 of th ...

Career

After spending time in the

Kadji Sports Academy Kadji Sport Academies is a sports academy and association football team from Békoko, Douala in Cameroon. The academy was founded by Gilbert Kadji. Striker Samuel Eto'o played for the club at youth, and has since gone on to represent Cameroon ...

in Cameroon, Etim moved to Florida to join the

Montverde Academy Montverde Academy is a private PK–12 school in Montverde, Florida, United States. History The school was founded in 1912 as Montgomery Industrial School. The school president was Henry P. Carpenter. It underwent a major expansion in 1921, whe ...

. He became the second ever signing for new

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

franchise

Los Angeles FC Los Angeles Football Club, commonly referred to as LAFC, is an American professional Association football team based in Los Angeles. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The club ...

in April 2017, and was immediately loaned to their

United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a Association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues curren ...

affiliate

Orange County SC Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship. The team plays its home games at ...

. On 15 July 2019, Etim signed a 2-year contract with

club

FC Roskilde Football Club Roskilde is a Danish professional association football club based in Roskilde, Region Zealand. They will compete in the Danish 2nd Division in the 2022–23 season following their promotion. They play at Roskilde Idrætspark (also k ...

after two weeks trial. After four years at Roskilde, Etim joined

in June 2023, signing a two-year deal.Monday Etim kommer til FC Helsingør
fchelsingor.dk, 19 June 2023

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* * 1998 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Los Angeles FC players Orange County SC players Rio Grande Valley FC Toros players FC Roskilde players FC Helsingør players USL Championship players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players Men's association football midfielders People from Calabar Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Montverde Academy alumni {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub