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 lea ...

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 for ...

club

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 36,604 (1 January 2025)Kadji Sports Academy Kadji Sport Academy commonly known as KSA, is a sports academy and association football team from Békoko, Douala in Cameroon. The academy was founded in 1996 by businessman Gilbert Kadj. Striker Samuel Eto'o played for the club at youth, and ha ...

in Cameroon, Etim moved to Florida to join the

Montverde Academy Montverde Academy is a private college preparatory school in Montverde, Florida, United States, located in the Greater Orlando area. The school is widely known for its athletic programs, particularly soccer and basketball. History The school ...

. He became the second ever signing for new

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

franchise

Los Angeles FC Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Los Angeles. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. It was establi ...

in April 2017, and was immediately loaned to their

United Soccer League The United Soccer League (USL) is an organizer of various professional and amateur soccer leagues in the United States league system. It currently organizes its Championship, League One, and League Two for men, its Super League and W Leag ...

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 Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier ...

. 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 1st Division in the 2024–25 season following their promotion. They play at Roskilde Idrætspark (also k ...

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

FC Helsingør FC Helsingør is a Danish association football, football club from Helsingør. The club plays in the Danish 2nd Division, having been relegated after finishing 12th in the Danish 1st Division in the 2023–24 season. The club has finished their ...

in June 2023, signing a two-year deal. On July 17, 2024, after the 2023-24 season ended in relegation for Helsingør, the

club

Hillerød Fodbold Hillerød Fodbold is a Denmark, Danish association football club, located in the district of Ullerød in the western part of Hillerød, that is an independent men's football department of the sports club, Hillerød Gymnastik- og Idrætsforening (H ...

confirmed that they had signed Etim on a contract until June 2026.MONDAY ON A WEDNESDAY
hfelite.dk, 17 July 2024

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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 Hillerød Fodbold 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 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub