Brown Ideye
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Personal information
Full name
Aide Brown Ideye
Date of birth
10 October 1988
Place of birth
Yenagoa, Nigeria
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position
Forward
Club information
Current team
Tianjin Teda
Number
99
Youth career
Bayelsa United
Senior career
Bayelsa United
2006
19x apps / 6x goals
Ocean Boys
2006-2007
13x apps / 10x goals
Neuchâtel Xamax
2007-2009
55x apps / 23x goals
Sochaux
2009-2011
52x apps / 17x goals
Dynamo Kyiv
2011-2014
74x apps / 34x goals
West Bromwich Albion
2014-2015
24x apps / 4x goals
Olympiacos
2015-2017
43x apps / 23x goals
Tianjin Teda
2017-
0x apps / 0x goals
National team
Nigeria U20
2007
5x apps / 1x goals
Nigeria
2010-
28x apps / 6x goals
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 February 2017 - National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016)
Aide Brown Ideye is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central striker for Chinese club Tianjin Teda and the Nigeria national team.
Club career
Early career
Ideye began his career with Bayelsa United before moving to Ocean Boys.
He was a member of the Ocean Boys team that won the Nigerian Premier League.
Ideye moved in January 2008 to Europe to sign with Swiss Super League club Neuchâtel Xamax.
Before this move to Switzerland, he was on trial with Dutch side Willem II, but was not signed.
After three years with Xamax, Ideye left to sign for French Ligue 1 club Sochaux.
Dynamo Kyiv
On 6 July 2011, Ideye signed a five year deal with Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv.
He made his first appearance on 16 July against Oleksandria, scoring two goals.
In his second game for Dynamo, he again scored a brace, this time against Obolon Kyiv.
On 7 August 2012, Ideye scored the winner in a UEFA Champions League qualifying third round second-leg game against Feyenoord, in which Dynamo ultimately progressed.
He also scored against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the second-leg of the play-off round.
Mönchengladbach won the game 2:1, but Kyiv progressed to the Champions League group stage on a 4:3 aggregate score.
On 15 May 2014, Ideye was an unused substitute in Dynamo's 2:1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final.
West Bromwich Albion
On 18 July 2014, Ideye signed a three year deal with English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion, becoming the club's record signing at a fee reported as £10 million.
The contract included an option in the club's favour for an extra year.
After a difficult start to the season in England, Ideye scored his first league goal for the club in their 3:1 loss to Manchester City on Boxing Day 2014, and scored four times in a six-day spell in February 2015 with goals against Burnley and Swansea City in the Premier League and two against West Ham United in the FA Cup.
Olympiacos
On 31 August 2015, Ideye joined Olympiacos from West Brom for an undisclosed fee, though believed to be around €6 million.
The prospect of featuring in the Champions League again was rumoured to play a crucial role in convincing Ideye to move to the Athens-based club.
On 20 October 2015, Ideye scored a goal in Olympiacos' Champions League group stage victory over Dinamo Zagreb (1:0).
He scored the 79th-minute winner with a superb finish from a tight angle, redeeming himself for an astonishing miss earlier in the second half.
On 9 March 2016, Ideye received a lucrative offer from China during the January transfer window, however he rejected the offer as he preferred to stay with the reigning Superleague Greece champions.
On 17 April 2016, he was a key member for the club as it celebrated winning the domestic championship for the sixth consecutive season.
Tianjin Teda
Brown Ideye is set to leave Olympiakos for Chinese Super League side, Tianjin Teda, before the close of the January transfer window.
Sources close to the player have told, that Ideye is likely to be lining up along with his international team-mate, John Obi Mikel.
It is understood that personal terms have been agreed with the player and the move is at an advanced stage.
Ideye will join the Chinese club on a two-and-a half-years' contract for a transfer fee of €12 million.
His contract, which ran until the summer of 2019, was worth €3 million per year.
International career
Ideye represented his country at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.
He played five games in the tournament and scored one goal, against Costa Rica.
In May 2010, he was called up to the senior side as part of the 30-man team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
He was not part of the final 23-man squad, but he was subsequently called up after a knee injury to John Obi Mikel ruled him out of the competition.
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.
Ideye was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.