Turkish Super Lig club Goztepe has terminated the contract of the 33-year-old Nigerian striker Brown Ideye, the club announced on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old injoined the Turkish side as a free agent after leaving Greece side Aris Thessaloniki on August 22, 2020, and signed a two-year contract.
But after making only five appearances so far this season and not scoring a goal, Goztepe have confirmed in a statement they have terminated his contract by mutual consent.
“As a result of the negotiations with our player Brown Ideye, his contract was mutually terminated,” Goztepe said in a statement on their official club website.
Before now, Ideye has played for several clubs in Europe among them Dynamo Kyiv, West Bromwich Albion, Olympiacos and he also played in China for Tianjin Teda after leaving Greece in 2017.
On the international scene, Ideye represented the Super Eagles at the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup in Canada, where he played five games and scored one goal, against Costa Rica.
Ideye was also called up to Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, playing in most of their games at the tournament. He scored Nigeria’s second goal in their 4-1 semi-final win over Mali and played in their 1-0 win over Burkina Faso in the final.
His last appearance for the Super Eagles, who are preparing to take part in the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon, came in 2016.
