Tolga says hello to Shakhtar
Friday, July 1, 2005
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Turkish international defender Tolga Seyhan has joined FC Shakhtar Donetsk from Trabzonspor in a €3.1m deal.
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Three-year contract
The 28-year-old former Malatyaspor and Dardanelspor AS player has signed a contract with the Ukrainian champions running until summer 2008. Capped 14 times by his country, he becomes the first-ever Turkish player in the Ukrainian Premier League.
New defenders
Tolga will link up with Shakhtar's newly-recruited defensive trio of Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Vyacheslav Sviderskiy and Oleg Karamushka in a season that begins with the Ukrainian Super Cup against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 9 July, four days before a Premier League opener against FC Volyn Lutsk. On 29 July, Shakhtar will learn their opponents in August's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, while Trabzonspor start a stage earlier against FC Dinamo Minsk or Anorthosis Famagusta FC.
