Efan Ekoku

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Personal information
Efan Ekoku
Full name	Efangwu Goziem Ekoku
Date of birth	June 8, 1967 (1967-06-08) (age 41)
Place of birth	Cheetham Hill, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Minster Lovell F.C.
Youth clubs
	Merton F.C.
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989 - 1990 1990 - 1993 1993 - 1994 1994 - 1999 1999 - 2001 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2003 2003 2004	Sutton United F.C. A.F.C. Bournemouth Norwich City Wimbledon F.C. Grasshoppers →Sheffield Wednesday (loan) Sheffield Wednesday Brentford F.C. Minster Lovell F.C.	062 (21) 038 (16) 123 (37) 028 (19) 032 0(7) 027 0(7) 004 0(9)
National team
	Nigeria	20 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Efangwu Goziem Ekoku (born 8 June 1967 at Cheetham Hill), or Efan Ekoku, is a professional footballer who currently plays for Minster Lovell. He is a pacy centre-forward. He has formed a great partnership with Dan Bishop supplying the crosses.

During his club career, he played for Sutton United, A.F.C. Bournemouth and made his name at Norwich City, before playing for Wimbledon F.C., Grasshopper Zürich, Sheffield Wednesday and Minster Lovell. Whilst at Minster, he became the first player to score four goals in a Oxfordshire FA match, in Lovell's 5-1 win at Milton 25 September 2007. He also scored Norwich's first ever goal in European competition, against Vitesse Arnhem in the UEFA Cup on 15 September 1993.

Whilst in Sheffield he scored both of Wednesday's goals against bitter rivals Sheffield United in the Steel City Derby on Wednesday 1st November 2000. In a Worthington Cup Third Round match at Hillsborough. Scoring the opener and the winner in the 112th minute.

On 2 October 2006 he was training with the Middlesbrough F.C. squad and was widely tipped to be joining the coaching staff possibly as a player/coach, as he has obtained all of his FA and UEFA Coaching Badges.

His brother, Abi Ekoku, is a former British discus champion and also played professional rugby league for the club then known as London Crusaders.

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v • d • e Nigeria squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Rufai • 2 Eguavoen • 3 Iroha • 4 Keshi • 5 Okechukwu • 6 Nwanu • 7 George • 8 Oliha • 9 Yekini • 10 Okocha • 11 Amuneke • 12 Siasia • 13 Ezeugo • 14 Amokachi • 15 Oliseh • 16 Agu • 17 Ikpeba • 18 Ekoku • 19 Emenalo • 20 Okafor • 21 Adepoju • 22 Agbonavbare • Coach: Westerhof