Town have confirmed that trialist midfielder Kevin Bru has put pen to paper on a one-year deal with an option for a second season. Earlier, manager Mick McCarthy revealed that the 25-year-old had become the Blues' first ever Mauritius international.
"We’ve just signed two today in Kevin Bru and Balint,” McCarthy said. "Kevin’s a midfield player who looks a really gifted footballer. He was in the school of excellence at Clairfontaine, he’s got a good background to him.
"Sometimes people drift for a while and I’m hoping that he can give us something. He looks a nice, talented, positive footballer who plays forward passes.”
Bru told the club site: "I feel really good, having signed for Ipswich. I have been here on trial for two weeks and I have been happy with the way my football has gone.
"I have followed English football for many years and it’s a great opportunity for me to come and play here for such a big club as Ipswich.
"I spoke to my friend, Bakary Sako at Wolverhampton and he said the football in England is fantastic with all the stadiums and the fans.
"He said it would be a good for me to come to England and I’m looking forward to my time here.
"I hope we start well against Fulham and have a good season. I think we have the team to do that. I think we have the team to get to the Premier League. I hope so.”
Paris-born Bru, who was a free agent, was a youth player with IFF Clairfontaine and Rennes, where he made his break into senior football when he made two Ligue 1 sub appearances in the 2006/07 season.
A set-piece expert, 6ft tall Bru continued his career in the French second division, spending time on loan at Châteauroux and Clermont Foot before joining Dijon FCO on a permanent basis in January 2010. He moved on to US Boulogne a year later and then spent 2012/13 with FC Istres.
Last season, after a reported €250,000 move, he scored one goal in 26 appearances in Bulgaria with Levski Sofia, with whom he played twice in the Europa League, before leaving at the end of the campaign.
Having won U18 and U19 caps with France, Bru switched international allegiance in 2011 and has won two caps with Mauritius.
His older brother Jonathan has also played international football for Mauritius and is also a free agent having been released by the Melbourne Victory in January.