Dinamo entice Kovač to Croatia
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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NK Dinamo Zagreb have signed the experienced Croatian international centre-back Robert Kovač, 34, from Bundesliga outfit BV Borussia Dortmund for an undisclosed fee on a contract running until the summer of 2010.
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NK Dinamo Zagreb have signed the experienced Croatian international Robert Kovač from BV Borussia Dortmund for an undisclosed fee.
League leaders
The 34-year-old centre-back, who was out of contract at the end of the season, has signed a deal until summer 2010 with a Dinamo team who hold a one-point lead at the top of the Prva Liga at the winter break. Capped 80 times, Kovač will experience his first taste of Croatian league football having spent the majority of his career in Germany, the country of his birth. Kovač joined Dortmund in summer 2007 from Juventus but made just 26 appearances for the Ruhr Valley club, his last coming on 8 November. "Negotiations went well and we agreed terms very fast,” said Zoran Mamić, the Dinamo sports director.