Godswill Ekpolo

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Godswill Ekpolo
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Godswill Ekpolo in 2012
Personal information
Full name Elohor Godswill Ekpolo [1]
Date of birth (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 AEK Larnaca
Youth career
2005–2014 Barcelona
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Barcelona B 28 (0)
2016–2018 Fleetwood Town 9 (0)
2018 Mérida 8 (0)
2018–2021 Häcken 100 (4)
2022–2023 Norrköping 28 (0)
2023–2024 Apollon Limassol 41 (3)
2024– AEK Larnaca
International career
Nigeria U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024

Elohor Godswill Epokoli (born 14 May 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Cypriot First Division club AEK Larnaca. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a central defender.

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Playing career

Ekpolo moved with his family to Spain from Nigeria in 2002, and settled in Tarragona. He came through the youth team at FC Barcelona, and played for the reserve team and captained the under-21 team, before he was released in June 2016. [2]

After a trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers in July 2016, [3] he signed with English League One side Fleetwood Town on a contract of undisclosed length in November. [4] He scored his first goal for Fleetwood in an EFL Trophy tie against Leicester City Under-23s on 29 August 2017. [5]

Having been replaced at right-back by Everton loanee Gethin Jones, Ekpolo returned to Spain on 26 January 2018 and signed for Mérida AD of Segunda División B. [6]

On 29 June 2018, Ekpolo signed a six-month deal with Swedish Allsvenskan side BK Häcken, [7] and on 12 October it was extended to the end of 2021. [8]

Statistics

Club

As of 16 July 2017
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Barcelona B 2015–16 Segunda División B 270———270
Fleetwood Town 2016–17 League One 6010——70
2017-18 3000—5 [lower-alpha 1] 181
Total9010—51151
Mérida 2017-18 Segunda División B80———80
Häcken 2018 Allsvenskan 160101 [lower-alpha 2] 0—180
2019 261702 [lower-alpha 2] 0—351
2020 29041——331
2021 293312 [lower-alpha 3] 0—344
Total100415250—1206
Norrköping 2022 Allsvenskan28040——320
Apollon Limassol 2022-23 Cypriot First Division 131—00—131
2023-24 31240——352
Total4434000—483
Career total2167242505125010
  1. ↑ One appearance in EFL Cup, Four appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Barcelona

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References

  1. ↑ "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Swarbrick, Rosie (7 November 2016). "Fleetwood swoop for former Barcelona player". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Barcelona defender Godswill Ekpolo on trial at Wolves". Express and Star. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Godswill Ekpolo: Former Barcelona defender joins Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Foxes Go Down To Fleetwood In Checkatrade Trophy". lcfc.com. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Swarbrick, Rosie (26 January 2018). "Fleetwood defender Godswill Ekpolo seals Mérida AD switch". Lancashire Evening Post. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Presenterar ny back – under VM-uppehållet". Expressen (in Swedish). 29 June 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Malmkvist, Alexander (12 October 2018). "Ekpolo har imponerat - nu förlänger Häcken: "Det var lite gambling - en 'videojugge'"" (in Swedish). Fotboll Skanalen. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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