Sunday Mba (born 28 November 1988) is a

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who last played as a

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for

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and the Nigeria national team.

Club career

Mba joined Rangers on loan in May 2013 from Warri Wolves. He scored in his Rangers' debut, a 3–1 loss to

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in the

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He signed for Bastia in December after a drawn-out negotiation that lasted most of the year. In October 2019, after 2 years without a club, he said he wanted to return to active football.

International career

He was a member of the Nigeria B team that won the

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. He made his senior debut in the Eagles' 0–0 tie against

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in January 2012. He scored a brace against Liberia in his next game. He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the

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. Mba scored the winning goal in Nigeria's 2–1 quarter-final win over Ivory Coast. On 10 February 2013, in the

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against

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, he scored the first and only goal of the game, to hand Nigeria their third Africa Cup of Nations title. He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mba, Sunday 1988 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigeria international footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Enyimba F.C. players Rangers International F.C. players Dolphin F.C. (Nigeria) players Warri Wolves F.C. players CA Bastia players Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Ligue 2 players TFF First League players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Expatriate footballers in Turkey People from Aba, Abia Association football midfielders