Brown Ideye

Brown Ideye

Ideye with West Bromwich Albion in 2014
Personal information
Full name Aide Brown Ideye
Date of birth (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988
Place of birth Yenagoa, Nigeria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 99
Youth career
Bayelsa United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006 Bayelsa United 19 (6)
2006–2007 Ocean Boys 13 (10)
2008–2010 Neuchâtel Xamax 55 (23)
2010–2011 Sochaux 52 (17)
2011–2014 Dynamo Kyiv 74 (34)
2014–2015 West Bromwich Albion 24 (4)
2015– Olympiacos 16 (7)
National team‡
2007 Nigeria U20 5 (1)
2010– Nigeria 25 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2015

Aide Brown Ideye (born 10 October 1988) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays as a central striker for Greek club Olympiacos FC.

Club career

Early career

Ideye began his career with Bayelsa United, before moving to Ocean Boys.[2] He was a member of the Ocean Boys team that won the Nigerian Premier League.

Ideye moved in January 2008 to Europe and signed with Swiss Super League club Neuchâtel Xamax. Before this move to Switzerland he was on trial in the Netherlands with Willem II Tilburg,[3] but was not signed. After three years with Xamax, Ideye left to sign for French Ligue 1 club FC Sochaux.[4]

Dynamo Kyiv

On 6 July 2011 he signed a five-year deal with Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv. He made his first appearance on 16 July against PFC Oleksandria and scored two goals.[5] In his second game for Dynamo he scored two goals again against FC Obolon Kyiv.[6] On 7 August 2012, Ideye scored the winner in a Champions League qualifying 3rd round second-leg game against Feyenoord, in which Kyiv ultimately progressed.[7] 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.[8] On 15 May 2014, Ideye was an unused substitute in Dynamo Kyiv's 2–1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final.[9]

West Bromwich Albion

On 18 July 2014 he signed a three-year deal with 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. He was assigned the number 9 shirt.[10][11] 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 league and two against West Ham United in the FA Cup.[12]

Olympiacos

On 31 August 2015, Ideye joined Olympiacos from West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed fee.[13][14] Olympiakos have announced the acquisition of Brown Ideye and the West Bromwich Albion side also revealed through a statement posted on their official website that the Nigeria international is heading to Greece. Though the length of contract and financial terms have not been disclosed by both parties, a transfer fee of €6 million is being mooted. The prospect of featuring in the UEFA Champions League played a crucial role in convincing Brown Ideye to sever ties with West Brom.[15]

On 20 October 2015, Olympiakos boosted their hopes of reaching the UEFA Champions League knockout stages after an Ideye's goal helped them to a 1-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb. Nigerian Ideye scored the 79th-minute winner with a superb finish from a tight angle, redeeming himself for an astonishing miss earlier in the second half.[16][17]

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.[18] 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.[19] Ideye was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations,[20] playing in most of their games at the tournament.[5] He scored Nigeria's second goal in their 4–1 semi-final win over Mali[21] and played in their 1–0 win over Burkina Faso in the Final.[22]

He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 January 2016[24]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayelsa United 2006[25] Nigeria Premier League 19600——196
Total 19600——196
Ocean Boys 2006[25] Nigeria Premier League 5100——51
2007[25] Nigeria Premier League 8900——89
Total 131000——1310
Neuchâtel Xamax 2007–08[25] Swiss Super League 5100——51
2008–09[24] Swiss Super League 331010——3410
2009–10[24] Swiss Super League 171200——1712
Total 552310——5623
Sochaux 2009–10[24] Ligue 1 1723300—205
2010–11[24] Ligue 1 35153200—3817
Total 52176500—5822
Dynamo Kyiv 2011–12[24] Ukrainian Premier League 271200—1023714
2012–13[24] Ukrainian Premier League 281710—1143916
2013–14[24] Ukrainian Premier League 19533—723710
Total 743443—28810645
West Bromwich Albion 2014–15[26] Premier League 2443231—307
Total 2443231—307
Olympiakos 2015–16 Super League 1672200612410
Total 1672200612410
Career total 253101161231349306123

Honours

Ideye at the 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final

Club

Dynamo Kyiv
Olympiacos

International

Nigeria

References

  1. ↑ "Brown Ideye". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile on Footmercato.net".
  3. ↑ "Ideye Brown niet naar Willem II" (in Dutch).
  4. ↑ "Jetzt ist es fix!: Ideye Brown für stolze 6 Millionen zu Sochaux – Blick Online".
  5. 1 2 "B. Idye – stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Brilliant Debut for BROWN IDEYE".
  7. ↑ "Feyenoord vs. Dynamo Kyiv 0 – 1 (agg:1–3)". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Dynamo Kyiv vs. Borussia M'gladbach 1 – 2 (agg:4–3)". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Dynamo 2 – 1 Shakthar". fpl.ua. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Albion sign Brown Ideye in club record transfer". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Brown Ideye: West Brom break club record to sign Nigerian striker". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Ideye Brown in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Brown Ideye sold to Greek club". West Bromwich Albion. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Official: Ideye departs West Brom for Olympiakos". 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Brown Ideye Joins Olympiakos". 31 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Brown Ideye goal sees off Dinamo Zagreb to raise Olympiakos hopes". 20 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Olympiakos beats Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in Champions League". 20 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "FIFA Player Statistics: Brown IDEYE". FIFA. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  19. ↑ "Ideye replaces Mikel". FIFA. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  20. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (10 January 2013). "Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria pick six locally-based players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  21. ↑ "Nigeria 4 Mali 1: Super Eagles soar into Africa Cup of Nations final with four-goal demolition". Mail Online. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  22. 1 2 Hughes, Ian (10 February 2013). "Nigeria 1 – 0 Burkina Faso". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "B. IDEYE". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  25. 1 2 3 4 "Ideye, Brown". NFT. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Ideye Brown in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

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