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. Reggiana
Due to Italian rules regarding non-European Union players, he could not play for the first team in Serie A, he ended up going on a loan to Football Club Koper from Slovenia, when he returned to Italy he was loaned out again to Tecos Unity Application Generator of Mexico, then Air Corps Bellinzona from Switzerland and FCM UTA from Romania. lieutenant would not be until 2000 when Prince Ikpe Ekong returned to Italy to play for A.C. (before Christ) Reggiana.
Allsvenskan
In 2003 he moved to China and Changsha Ginde and later Xiamen Lanshi.
In 2006 four clubs where interested in signing him, French club CS Sedan, Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel, Gençlerbirliğ from Turkey and GAIS from Sweden. In 2008, he left GAIS to sign for Allsvenskan rivals Djurgårdens IF. He was bought out of his contract with Djurgården in November 2011 after having played none of the games in the 2011 season.