Uche Ikpeazu: Port Vale re-sign striker for rest of season
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Uche Ikpeazu netted five Championship goals for Middlesbrough and Cardiff in 2021-22
Port Vale have re-signed striker Uche Ikpeazu on a short-term contract.
Ikpeazu, 28, who was with Konyaspor in Turkey last season, has signed for the League One side at least until the end of the 2023-24 season.
The Bedford-born player, who began his career with Watford, was first with Vale back in the first half of the 2015-16 season when he scored six times on loan from Vicarage Road.
He also had three separate loan spells with local rivals Crewe Alexandra.
The target man, who was available as a free agent, arrives back in Burslem at a time when Vale have picked up just one point from their past four league games and scored only once in three.
Ikpeazu also spent time in his Watford days at Doncaster Rovers (loan), and Blackpool (loan) before signing for Cambridge United in 2016, then Hearts in 2018.
He moved to Wycombe Wanderers in 2020, then on to Middlesbrough a year later, but was mostly used off the bench.
After finishing the 2021-22 season on loan at Cardiff City, three times coming off the bench to score, Ikpeazu departed in August 2022 for the Turkish Super League.
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