PLAYER PROFILE

William Troost-Ekong.

· Nigeria

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At a glance

Full name: William Paul Troost-Ekong
Born: 01 Sep 1993
Age today: 33
Nationality: Nigeria

Career by season

221 recorded appearances

William Troost-Ekong appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
25/26	Saudi Professional League	Al Kholood Saudi Club	13	13	0	0	1,088	0 / 1 red
24/25	UEFA Champions League	PAOK Thessaloniki	2	2	1	0	180	0
24/25	Saudi Professional League	Al Kholood Saudi Club	32	32	2	1	2,854	2
24/25	International Friendly Games	Nigeria	1	1	0	0	90	0
24/25	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Nigeria	5	5	0	0	450	0
23/24	World Cup Qual. CAF	Nigeria	6	4	1	0	330	0
23/24	UEFA Conference League	PAOK Thessaloniki	12	11	0	1	1,001	3
23/24	Super League Greece	PAOK Thessaloniki	10	10	0	0	874	1
23/24	International Friendly Games	Nigeria	1	1	0	0	90	0
2024	Africa Cup of Nations	Nigeria	6	6	3	0	570	1
22/23	Serie A	US Salernitana 1919	9	4	1	0	441	1
22/23	International Friendly Games	Nigeria	1	1	0	0	90	0
22/23	FA Cup	Watford FC	1	1	0	0	90	0
22/23	EFL Cup	Watford FC	1	1	0	0	90	0
22/23	Championship	Watford FC	15	12	1	0	1,094	1
21/22	Premier League	Watford FC	17	15	0	0	1,388	3
21/22	International Friendly Games	Nigeria	2	2	0	0	180	0
21/22	EFL Cup	Watford FC	1	1	0	0	90	0
21/22	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Nigeria	1	1	0	0	82	0
2022	Africa Cup of Nations	Nigeria	4	4	1	0	360	0
20/21	International Friendly Games	Nigeria	2	2	0	0	180	0
20/21	FA Cup	Watford FC	1	1	0	0	76	0
20/21	Championship	Watford FC	32	31	1	0	2,696	2
19/20	World Cup Qual. CAF	Nigeria	7	7	1	1	630	0
19/20	Serie A	Udinese Calcio	30	29	0	0	2,577	5
19/20	International Friendly Games	Nigeria	2	2	0	0	177	0
19/20	Coppa Italia	Udinese Calcio	1	1	0	0	90	0
19/20	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Nigeria	6	6	0	0	540	1

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

William Troost-Ekong match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
28 Nov 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al-Okhdood Club v Al Kholood Saudi Club	1 – 2	90
24 Nov 2024	Saudi Professional League	Damac FC v Al Kholood Saudi Club	2 – 1	90
18 Nov 2024	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Nigeria v Rwanda	1 – 2	90
14 Nov 2024	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Benin v Nigeria	1 – 1	90
07 Nov 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al Kholood Saudi Club v Al-Shabab FC	0 – 2	90
02 Nov 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al-Taawoun FC v Al Kholood Saudi Club	1 – 1	90
25 Oct 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al Kholood Saudi Club v Al-Nassr FC	3 – 3	90
20 Oct 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al-Fateh SC v Al Kholood Saudi Club	1 – 1	90
11 Oct 2024	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Nigeria v Libya	1 – 0	90
04 Oct 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al-Khaleej FC v Al Kholood Saudi Club	1 – 0	90
28 Sep 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al Kholood Saudi Club v Al-Hilal SFC	2 – 4	90	1
19 Sep 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al-Wehda FC v Al Kholood Saudi Club	0 – 1	90
15 Sep 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al Kholood Saudi Club v Al-Orobah FC	3 – 3	90
10 Sep 2024	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Rwanda v Nigeria	0 – 0	90
07 Sep 2024	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Nigeria v Benin	3 – 0	90
29 Aug 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al-Riyadh SC v Al Kholood Saudi Club	3 – 1	90
24 Aug 2024	Saudi Professional League	Al Kholood Saudi Club v Al-Ittihad Club	0 – 1	90
31 Jul 2024	UEFA Champions League	FK Borac Banja Luka v PAOK Thessaloniki	0 – 1	90
24 Jul 2024	UEFA Champions League	PAOK Thessaloniki v FK Borac Banja Luka	3 – 2	90	1
11 Feb 2024	Africa Cup of Nations	Nigeria v Côte d'Ivoire	1 – 2	90	1

Career transfers

17 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

William Troost-Ekong career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
20 Jan 2026	Al Kholood Saudi Club	Al-Ahli Doha	Transfer	—
23 Aug 2024	PAOK Thessaloniki	Al Kholood Saudi Club	Transfer	€1.2m
04 Jul 2023	Watford FC	PAOK Thessaloniki	Transfer	€1m
30 Jun 2023	US Salernitana 1919	Watford FC	Loan return
24 Jan 2023	Watford FC	US Salernitana 1919	Loan	€500k
29 Sep 2020	Udinese Calcio	Watford FC	Transfer	—
17 Aug 2018	Bursaspor	Udinese Calcio	Transfer	€3.3m
11 Jul 2017	KAA Gent	Bursaspor	Transfer	€1.05m
31 Dec 2016	FK Haugesund	KAA Gent	Loan return
29 Jul 2015	KAA Gent	FK Haugesund	Loan	—
27 Jul 2015	FC Groningen	KAA Gent	Transfer	Free
30 Jun 2015	FC Dordrecht	FC Groningen	Loan return
29 Jan 2014	FC Groningen	FC Dordrecht	Loan	—
23 Jul 2013	Tottenham Hotspur U21	FC Groningen	Transfer	Free
01 Aug 2011	Tottenham Hotspur U18	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Internal move	—
01 Jul 2010	Fulham FC Youth	Tottenham Hotspur U18	Transfer	Free
01 Jul 2008	Bishop's Stortford FC	Fulham FC Youth	Transfer	—

Contracts and market values are not available yet.