Rizespor in the Turkish second division

Rizespor in the Turkish second division

Published Jan. 30, 2011 10:32 p.m. ET

The agent for Freddy Adu says the American forward is being loaned to Rizespor in the Turkish second division.

Adu, whose contract is owned by Portugal's Benfica, had been on trial in January with the German second-division club Ingolstadt.

After playing in Major League Soccer, he joned Benfica in 2007. He made 11 appearances for the Portuguese club and been loaned to France's Monaco, Portugal's Belenenses and Greece's Aris in Greece. In July, Swiss club Sion declined to sign Adu after a week's training, and in November Adu worked out with Denmark's Randers.

The 21-year-old forward, who joined D.C. United when he was 14, was not selected to play for the U.S. at the 2010 World Cup.

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