Prince Ikpe Ekong

Prince Ikpe Ekong (born 5 October 1978) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He is best remembered for representing Reggiana, Shenyang Ginde, Xiamen Lanshi, GAIS, and Djurgårdens IF during his career.

After the 1994 World Cup a series of Nigerian players was brought to the European top leagues, and Ikpe Ekong was signed by Italian club Reggiana, then coached by Carlo Ancelotti.

[1] Due to Italian rules regarding non-EU players, he could not play for the first team in Serie A, he ended up going on a loan to FC Koper from Slovenia,[2] when he returned to Italy he was loaned out again to Tecos UAG of Mexico, then AC Bellinzona from Switzerland and FCM UTA from Romania.

[3][4] He was bought out of his contract with Djurgården in November 2011 after losing interest as a full-time professional player, he was studying in sports management and phycologist .