Efan Ekoku

Ekoku began his career at Sutton Utd, but made the move into league football in the summer of 1990 when he signed for AFC Bournemouth, who had just been relegated to the Third Division. His start in the Football League was unspectacular, as he managed just 20 games and three goals during the 1990–91 season for a Cherries side who finished mid table. He did better in 1991–92, scoring 11 goals in 28 league games. He managed seven goals from 14 games in 1992–93 before a £500,000 move to Norwich City on 26 March 1993 took him to the Premier League. He arrived at Carrow Road when Norwich were in the thick of the title race under the management of Mike Walker. 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, Ekoku and his teammates had achieved a third-place finish and qualified for the UEFA Cup. He 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. Just ten days later he scored four goals as Norwich beat Everton 5–1 at Goodison Park, becoming the first player to score more than three goals in a Premier League game. He managed a total of 27 league games that season, scoring 12 goals in the league (and 14 times in all competitions), although a slump in league form after manager Mike Walker departed to Everton in January saw the Canaries finish…

Ekoku works as a commentator for Premier League Productions, which produces the world feed commentaries. He was a match analyst for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, working for ESPN. In 2013, he appeared as a pundit for the BBC's coverage of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Ekoku is a weekly guest on Football Dynamics on Bloomberg Africa. Ekoku returned to ESPN for the 2014 World Cup as a match analyst. Ekoku works with BT Sport for their coverage of Champions League, Europa League, Ligue 1, and the Bundesliga. He also worked for ESPN during the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, commentating alongside Derek Rae.

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

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