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.
[citation needed] 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.
[citation needed] He remained at Carrow Road until 14 October 1994, when a £1 million fee took him to Wimbledon to replace long-serving John Fashanu as strike partner to Dean Holdsworth.
Ekoku had played six times for the Canaries in 1994–95, but didn't score a goal and was faced with competition for a regular place in the Carrow Road attack from new signing Mike Sheron.
[citation needed] He managed seven goals in the 1995–96 season and had a particularly exciting campaign in 1996–97, when Wimbledon finished eighth and were semi-finalists in both of the domestic cups.
Having been out of the first team picture for a whole year, he was given a free transfer and signed for Division Two strugglers Brentford in March 2003,[3] but failed to win a call into the squad before his release at the end of the season.