The 31-year-old Turkish international midfielder has decided to call time on his football career having failed in his bid to return to full fitness after a series of knee injuries.
Izzet spent two years at St Andrew's following his free transfer from Leicester City in 2004 but managed just 22 starts for Blues in which he scored just one league goal.Debut Apps (+ sub) Goals Yellows Reds 14/08/2004 22 (6) 1 5 2 165 (5) 18 36 2 First App. Apps (+ sub) Goals Yellows Reds 20/08/2005 12 (6) 0 2 1 14/08/2004 10 (0) 1 3 1 16/08/2003 31 (2) 2 8 0 10/08/2002 42 (0) 5 13 1 18/08/2001 32 (2) 4 10 1 19/08/2000 29 (1) 7 5 0 25/09/1999 31 (0) 0 0 0