18 Facts About Efan Ekoku

Efangwu Goziem Ekoku was born on 8 June 1967 and is a Nigerian former professional footballer, and sports commentator.

Efan Ekoku played in the Football League for AFC Bournemouth and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as in the League of Ireland with Dublin City and in non-league with Sutton United.

Efan Ekoku was capped five times by Nigeria and featured in World Cup 94.

Efan Ekoku arrived at Carrow Road when Norwich were in the thick of the title race under the management of Mike Walker.

Efan Ekoku scored three goals in ten games in what was left of that campaign, and although Norwich were beaten to the title by Manchester United, Efan Ekoku and his teammates had achieved a third-place finish and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Efan Ekoku scored Norwich's first ever goal in European competition, against Vitesse Arnhem in the UEFA Cup on 15 September 1993, and famously helped them eliminate German club Bayern Munich in the next round.

Efan Ekoku was the club's top scorer in the league that season with nine goals as they finished ninth in the league.

Efan Ekoku was their top scorer with 11 league goals.

Efan Ekoku played a further seven games and scored three goals before returning to England on a free transfer to Sheffield Wednesday on 20 October 2000.

Efan Ekoku arrived at Hillsborough just months after the Owls had been relegated from the Premier League and were battling against a second successive relegation.

Efan Ekoku finished his career in Ireland with Dublin City before finally retiring in 2004.

In 2012, Efan Ekoku was inducted into the Norwich City Hall of Fame.

Efan Ekoku was a match analyst for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, working for ESPN.

Efan Ekoku is a weekly guest on Football Dynamics on Bloomberg Africa.

Efan Ekoku returned to ESPN for the 2014 World Cup as a match analyst.

Efan Ekoku worked for ESPN during the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, commentating alongside Derek Rae.

Efan Ekoku has obtained all of his FA and UEFA coaching badges.

Efan Ekoku is a regular at AFC Wimbledon, which is the phoenix club of the original Wimbledon for which he played.