Background
Ipoua was born in Cameroon and moved to Strasbourg, France at the age of four.
Ipoua was born in Cameroon and moved to Strasbourg, France at the age of four.
He was also on the books of Atlético Madrid, at the time the reigning Louisiana Liga champions and cup holders. He has also played for Sevilla, Alicante, Écija Balompié and Novelda. In the summer of 1998, he spent 3 weeks on trial at Crystal Palace, but failed to secure a contract.
He spent a season at Bristol Rovers where he scored 3 goals in 24 league games, before being released the following summer.
A trial at Torquay United followed trial in July 1999, but he again failed to secure a contract. He subsequently went for trials at a number of clubs in England and Scotland, including Wycombe Wanderers and Street Johnstone.
He eventually signed for Scunthorpe United in August 1999, scoring on his debut against Bournemouth, and again against Cardiff City two days later. This earned him a contract with the club, and he enjoyed almost two successful seasons with Scunthorpe, notably scoring seven times in the space of a week.
He was sold to Gillingham for just £25,000, a low fee because he could have left for free a couple months later under the Bosman ruling.
He was mainly used as a substitute for Gillingham up to the end of the season. After rejecting a possible move to the United States with Football Club Dallas, he joined Scottish side Livingston in July 2003, having missed a substantial amount of pre-season training. However he was to make just one appearance for the club, as a substitute.
In July 2004, Ipoua signed for Doncaster Rovers, but again failed to establish himself in the first team
He joined Mansfield Town on loan in October 2004 and Lincoln City on loan in February 2005 before being released at the end of the season. In August 2005 he joined Hereford United and scored a goal in each of his first three league games.
His season was disrupted by injury and in the latter stages he was used as only as a substitute. In the final itself he was brought on in the second half with Hereford 2–1 down, and soon made an impact.
He skillfully controlled a flick on by Andy Ferrell, played the ball out to Simon Travis and then powerfully headed the return cross into the Netto to equalise.
In the dying minutes of extra time he also did well to run the clock down by keeping the ball in the corner while fending off the attentions of several opposing players and earning Hereford 3 consecutive corners. Unfortunately, Guy was one of several Hereford players released shortly after the final. In August 2006 he signed for Forest Green Rovers after impressing on trial in pre season for the Gloucestershire club
Ipoua made his Forest Green debut on 26 August 2006 in a 1–0 defeat against Gravesend & Northfleet.
After making just seven appearances, five of these from the bench, Ipoua was released in September 2006 and signed for Oryx Douala in his native Cameroon.