Ex-Super Eagles forward Brown Ideye joins Enyimba

Former Nigeria striker and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) winner, Brown Ideye, has signed with nine-time Nigerian champions Enyimba FC for the remainder of the 2024/25 season.

The transfer was confirmed by Enyimba’s Sporting Director and ex-international, Ifeanyi Ekwueme, who shared the news with our correspondent on Tuesday.

“Yes, the talks have been going on for a while and we completed it yesterday,” Ekwueme told PUNCH Online.

“He will be with us until the end of the season and we believe he will bolster our team’s attack as we compete in the league and the continent.”

Ideye, 36, has been without a club since leaving Kuwaiti side Al Yarmouk in 2022 but he is now set to stage a return to Nigeria’s top flight, taking after former international teammates Ahmed Musa and Abdullahi Shehu who are currently playing for Kano Pillars.

The move will also mark the return of Ideye to the domestic scene 17 years after he left Ocean Boys in 2006.

Ideye was on the verge of joining former league champions Rivers United in October but the move collapsed.

Enyimba have two matches crucial to their domestic and continental aspirations in the next five days as they play Sunshine Stars on Wednesday in a rescheduled NPFL game before travelling to Maputo, Mozambique for their third group game in the CAF Confederation Cup against Black Bulls.