Prince Ikpe Ekong

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Prince Ikpe Ekong
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Personal information
Date of birth (1978-10-05) 5 October 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Märsta IK
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Julius Berger
1995–2003 Reggiana 63 (1)
1995–1996 → Koper (loan) 16 (0)
1996–1998 → Tecos UAG (loan)
1998–1999 → AC Bellinzona (loan)
1999–2000 → UTA Arad (loan)
2003–2004 Shenyang Ginde 43 (1)
2005 Xiamen Lanshi 21 (5)
2006–2008 GAIS 46 (1)
2008–2011 Djurgårdens IF 53 (3)
2012–2013 Väsby United 23 (1)
2016– Märsta IK
International career‡
2001–2004 Nigeria 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 April 2011

Prince Ikpe Ekong (born 5 October 1978) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Märsta IK as a midfielder.

Career

After the 1994 World Cup a series of Nigerian players was brought to the European top leagues, and Ikpe Ekong was signed by Italian club Reggiana, then coached by Carlo Ancelotti.

Reggiana

Due to Italian rules regarding non-EU players, he could not play for the first team in Serie A, he ended up going on a loan to FC Koper from Slovenia,[1] when he returned to Italy he was loaned out again to Tecos UAG of Mexico, then AC Bellinzona from Switzerland and FCM UTA from Romania. It would not be until 2000 when Prince Ikpe Ekong returned to Italy to play for A.C. Reggiana. However Reggiana had fallen to Serie C2 where no non-EU players were allowed, and this led to Ikpe Ekong filing a lawsuit against the Italian FA, which he won, allowing him to play in Serie C2.

Allsvenskan

In 2003 he moved to China and Changsha Ginde and later Xiamen Lanshi. In 2006 four clubs where interested in signing him, French club CS Sedan, Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel, Gençlerbirliğ from Turkey and GAIS from Sweden. He chose GAIS after he visited the club and then visited a local church where he heard God tell him to sign for GAIS. In 2008, he left GAIS to sign for Allsvenskan rivals Djurgårdens IF.[2][3] He was bought out of his contract with Djurgården in November 2011 after having played none of the games in the 2011 season.[4] Since 2016 Prince plays for Märsta IK in the fifth tier of the Swedish Football League system. [5]

References

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External links

  1. ↑ Stats from Slovenia at PrvaLiga
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  5. ↑ http://www.unt.se/sigtunabygden/sport/sasongspremiar-med-nya-krafter-4189036.aspx
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