Captain John Mikel Obi of Super Eagles has formally joined the Turkish Trabzonspor club.
The 32-year-old midfielder, currently in Egypt at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with the Nigeria national team, has signed a two-year agreement with an option for an extra year.
After his loan spell at the Middleborough English Championship club finished last season, Mikel became free.
He made 19 Middlesbrough appearances and scored one goal.
“A 2 + 1-year agreement was signed with the free captain of the Nigerian National Team, Professional Footballer John Mikel Obi, with one-year option to transfer to our club,” a statement on Trabzonspor’s official website read
Mikel is now the third Nigerian at Trabzonspor with already core Super Lig members alongside Ogenyi Onazi and Anthony Nwaekeme.
In the coming season, Trabzonspor will be playing in the UEFA Europa League following their fourth-place finish in last season’s Turkish Super Lig table.
The move to Turkey will see Mikel play in his fourth nation starting in Norway before moving to England where he spent the best part of his career with London club, Chelsea.
Mikel also had an uneventful period in the Chinese Super League where he was playing for Tianjin Teda.
