 Godswill Ekpolo in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elohor Godswill Ekpolo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City,Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AEK Larnaca | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2014 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 45 | (3) |
| 2024– | AEK Larnaca | 35 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| Nigeria U17 | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 June 2025 | |||
Elohor Godswill Ekpolo (born 14 May 1995) is a Nigerian professionalfootballer who plays forCypriot First Division clubAEK Larnaca. Mainly aright back, he can also play as acentral defender.
Ekpolo moved with his family to Spain from Nigeria in 2002, and settled inTarragona. He came through the youth team atFC Barcelona, and played for the reserve team and captained the under-21 team, before he was released in June 2016.[2]
After a trial atWolverhampton Wanderers in July 2016,[3] he signed with EnglishLeague One sideFleetwood Town on a contract of undisclosed length in November.[4] He scored his first goal for Fleetwood in anEFL Trophy tie againstLeicester City Under-23s on 29 August 2017.[5]
Having been replaced at right-back byEverton loaneeGethin Jones, Ekpolo returned to Spain on 26 January 2018 and signed forMérida AD ofSegunda División B.[6]
On 29 June 2018, Ekpolo signed a six-month deal with SwedishAllsvenskan sideBK Häcken,[7] and on 12 October it was extended to the end of 2021.[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Barcelona B | 2015–16 | Segunda División B | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| Fleetwood Town | 2016–17 | League One | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Mérida | 2017-18 | Segunda División B | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Häcken | 2018 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| Total | 100 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 120 | 6 | |||
| Norrköping | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| Apollon Limassol | 2022-23 | Cypriot First Division | 13 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2023-24 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 48 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 216 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 250 | 10 | ||
AEK Larnaca