Kalu Uche returns to Spain, joins Levante

Nigerian forward Kalu Uche has been announced by Levante as their latest signing. He joins the Valencia-based club on an initial contract until the end of the season with an option to extend the deal for a further season if the move works out well for both player and club.
Levante will be hoping that the older brother of Villarreal striker, Ikechukwu Uche, will be able to fire them away from the relegation zone. Levante are currently 19th on the 20-team La Liga table. It will be Uche’s fourth stint in Spain having previously featured for Espanyol and Almeria, the former on two occasions.

His last stint with Espanyol in the second half of the 2011/2012 season saw the Nigerian scoring five goals in 15 appearances. He however left the Catalan side at the end of the season for Turkey’s Kasimpasa, where he found the back of the net 19 times in 34 appearances, before heading out to Qatar where he featured first with El Jaish, then with Al Rayyan.