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Mainz and defender Gonzalo Jara agree to part ways

Xinhua, January 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Chilean international Gonzalo Jara and Mainz agreed to cancel the running contract with immediate effect, the Bundesliga club announced on Saturday.

The defender asked Mainz' club bosses to void his contract which was stipulated until June 2016.

"Gonzalo Jara approached us with this request. We understand his private motives and agreed on a cancellation. We thank him for his commitment over the past year and a half," Mainz' sporting director Christian Heidel said.

The 30-year-old defender joined the "Nuellfuenfer" from second division side Nottingham Forest in the summer 2014 to make 23 appearances since his arrival. Jara is since 2006 part of Chile's national team where he scored three goals in 85 caps.

Eighth-placed Mainz clash with newly-promoted Ingolstadt at the 18th round in Bundesliga on January 23. Endi