Guy Ipoua

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title: "Guy Ipoua" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1976-births", "as-nancy-lorraine-players", "atlético-madrid-footballers", "bristol-rovers-f.c.-players", "cameroonian-men's-footballers", "doncaster-rovers-f.c.-players", "forest-green-rovers-f.c.-players", "gillingham-f.c.-players", "hereford-united-f.c.-players", "la-liga-players", "lincoln-city-f.c.-players", "living-people", "livingston-f.c.-players", "mansfield-town-f.c.-players", "scottish-premier-league-players", "scunthorpe-united-f.c.-players", "sevilla-fc-players", "torino-fc-players", "alicante-cf-footballers", "cameroonian-expatriate-men's-footballers", "expatriate-men's-footballers-in-france", "expatriate-men's-footballers-in-italy", "expatriate-men's-footballers-in-spain", "expatriate-men's-footballers-in-england", "expatriate-men's-footballers-in-scotland", "men's-association-football-forwards", "english-football-league-players"] description: "Cameroonian footballer" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Ipoua" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Guy Ipoua
fullname	Guy Ipoua
birth_date
birth_place	Douala, Cameroon
height
position	Striker
years1	1992–199?
years2	199?–199?
years3	199?–199?
years4	199?–199?
years5	199?–199?
years6	199?–1998
years7	1998–1999
years8	1999–2001
years9	2001–2003
years10	2003–2004
years11	2004–2005
years12	2004
years13	2005
years14	2005–2006
years15	2006
years16	2007
clubs1	Nancy
clubs2	Torino
clubs3	Atlético Madrid
clubs4	Novelda
clubs5	Sevilla
clubs6	Alicante
clubs7	Bristol Rovers
clubs8	Scunthorpe United
clubs9	Gillingham
clubs10	Livingston
clubs11	Doncaster Rovers
clubs12	→ Mansfield Town (loan)
clubs13	→ Lincoln City (loan)
clubs14	Hereford United
clubs15	Forest Green Rovers
clubs16	Oryx Douala
caps1	0
caps2	0
caps3	0
caps4	?
caps5	?
caps6	?
caps7	24
caps8	65
caps9	82
caps10	1
caps11	9
caps12	5
caps13	6
caps14	19
caps15	7
goals1	0
goals2	0
goals3	0
goals4	?
goals5	?
goals6	?
goals7	3
goals8	23
goals9	13
goals10	0
goals11	0
goals12	0
goals13	0
goals14	7
goals15	0
pcupdate	15 March 2007
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Career

Born in Douala, Cameroon, Ipoua moved to Strasbourg, France, at the age of four. His early football career is unclear but he joined Nancy in 1992, and had a spell at Torino, where his brother was also on loan from Inter Milan, for six months. He was also on the books of Atlético Madrid, at the time the reigning La Liga champions and cup holders. He has also played for Sevilla, Alicante, Écija and Novelda.

In the summer of 1998, he spent three weeks on trial at Crystal Palace, but failed to secure a contract. He spent a season at Bristol Rovers, where he scored three goals in 24 league games, before being released the following summer. A trial at Torquay United followed 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 St 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. Amid interest from Sheffield Wednesday and Bolton Wanderers and with a new contract offer at Scunthorpe United, 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. The transfer agreement included a further £10,000 fee if Ipoua was to play ten games in the following season and a ten percent sell-on clause on any future transfer.

He was mainly used as a substitute for Gillingham up to the end of the season. Ipoua was released by Gillingham at the end of the 2002–03 season.

After rejecting a possible move to the United States with FC Dallas, he joined Scottish side Livingston in July 2003, having missed a substantial amount of pre-season training. However, he was to make just two appearances for the club, both 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. However, he shone in Hereford's successful play-off campaign, scoring an extra-time winner in the semi-final against Morecambe. 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 net 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 three consecutive corners. However, Ipoua 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.

Post playing career

Ipoua joined the scouting team at Newcastle United in 2019.

Career statistics

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Club	Season	League	National cup	League cup	Other	Total	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Total	65	23	5	4	0	0	2	0	72	27	Total	82	12	6	2	6	2	0	0	94	16	Career total	218	45	18	6	10	2	10	2	256	55
Bristol Rovers	1998–99	Division Two	24	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	31	3
Scunthorpe United	1999–2000	Division Two	40	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	42	9
2000–01	Division Three	25	14	4	4	0	0	1	0	30	18
Gilliingham	2000–01	Division One	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2001–02	Division One	40	8	3	0	3	1	0	0	46	9
2002–03	Division One	33	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	39	7
Livingston	2003–04	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Doncaster Rovers	2004–05	League One	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
Mansfield Town (loan)	2004–05	League Two	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Lincoln City (loan)	2004–05	League Two	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Hereford	2005–06	Conference National	19	7	2	0	—	7	2	28	9
Forest Green Rovers	2006–07	Conference National	7	0	0	0	—	0	0	7	0
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References

References

1. (2008-05-15). "Memories of play-off glory revived as hero Guy Ipoua calls in at Edgar Street".
2. (2020-04-03). "Once an Iron... Guy Ipoua".
3. (1 March 2001). "Prize Guy Joining Gills". [[Sky Sports]].
4. (2003-07-11). "Livi chase Ipoua and McGovern". BBC Sport.
5. (26 August 2012). "Forest Green 0–1 Gravesend". BBC Sport.
6. http://doncasterrovers.in-doncaster.com/2008/08/old-rovers-players-what-there-doing-now/{{dead link. (December 2017)
7. (1 December 2019). "Report: Guy Ipoua joins Newcastle scouting staff". HITC.
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