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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Bordeaux bring in Placente

/noticias.info/ UEFA Champions League contenders FC Girondins de Bordeaux have added to their South American contingent with the signing of Argentina full-back Diego Placente from CA San Lorenzo.

Contract signed
The 31-year-old has passed a medical and signed a contract with Bordeaux, although the 2007/08 Ligue 1 runners-up have not released any other details of the deal. Placente first moved to Europe in 2001 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen and helped them finish runners-up in the UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup in his debut season. Four years later he joined RC Celta de Vigo before returning to Argentina 12 months ago.

Compatriots
Capped 22 times by Argentina and a winner of the 1997 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Placente links up with compatriots Fernando Cavenaghi and Alejandro Alonso, Brazilians Wendel, Jussiê and Luis Henrique and Bordeaux's new attacking signings Yoann Gourcuff and Yoan Gouffran. Bordeaux enter the UEFA Champions League in the group stage notas_de_prensa_archivo