{"id":66927,"date":"2025-05-30T09:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66927"},"modified":"2025-05-30T09:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:52:16","slug":"ideye-bids-emotional-goodbye-to-enyimba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/30\/ideye-bids-emotional-goodbye-to-enyimba\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideye Bids Emotional Goodbye to Enyimba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oluwamayowa Fakande<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Veteran striker Brown Ideye has officially parted ways with Enyimba FC, expressing heartfelt gratitude to the club for their support during his short stint in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).<\/p>\n<p>The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner, who returned to Nigerian football after nearly two decades abroad, made seven appearances for the People\u2019s Elephant, scoring two goals.<\/p>\n<p>His last involvement in the NPFL was with Ocean Boys during the 2006\/07 season.<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional farewell shared on social media, Ideye thanked the club\u2019s chairman, staff, teammates, and supporters for the warm reception and unforgettable experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the Chairman, Staff, my teammates and fans of Enyimba FC thank you for the wonderful journey,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been an honour to wear the jersey and play for one of the biggest and best football club in Nigeria and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I move on, I\u2019m grateful for the fond memories we created together on and off the pitch, and I appreciate the love, respect and support you all gave me from day one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis club will always have a great place in my heart. With Love and Appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ideye\u2019s departure marks the end of a nostalgic homecoming for the former West Brom and Olympiacos striker, whose return sparked excitement among local fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oluwamayowa Fakande Veteran striker Brown Ideye has officially parted ways with Enyimba FC, expressing heartfelt gratitude to the club for their support during his short stint in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner, who returned to Nigerian football after nearly two decades abroad, made seven appearances for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66929,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66927\/revisions\/66929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}