Freddy Adu headed to Rizespor in Turkey

By Steve Goff

The next stop for Freddy Adu: Turkey.

His agent Richard Motzkin told the Insider on Sunday that the nomadic American midfielder-forward will go on loan to Rizespor, a Turkish second-division club. Adu, who was born in Ghana before moving to the Washington area and signing with MLS at age 14, will turn 22 in June.

Since leaving D.C. United after the 2006 MLS season, Adu has been with Real Salt Lake, Benfica (Portugal), Monaco (France), Beleneses (Portugal) and Aris (Greece), but unable to secure regular playing time in Europe. He trained with both Danish club Randers and Germany's Ingolstadt this winter and remains under contract with Benfica, which purchased him from MLS in the summer of 2007.

Rizespor is in third place with a 9-5-4 record, two points behind Orduspor and Samsunspor.

Adu has two goals in 15 U.S. national team appearances.

