Bordeaux's Fernando set for Saudi Arabia
Posted Friday, June 17, 2011 by YAHOO Sport
BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - Bordeaux's Brazilian defensive midfielder Fernando has agreed to join Saudi club Al Shabab on a three-year contract, the Ligue 1 side announced on Thursday.
The 30-year-old, who can also play at centre-back, joined Bordeaux from Italian side Catania in 2005, having previously turned out for Juventude and Gremio in Brazil and Siena in Italy.
The transfer fee is reported to be around six million euros ($8.5m).
In six seasons with Bordeaux, Fernando played 190 league games and scored 19 goals, winning the league title under Laurent Blanc in 2009 and the French League Cup in 2007 and 2009.
He becomes the third player to leave the club this summer, after young defender Matthieu Saunier joined Ligue 2 side Troyes and veteran goalkeeper Ulrich Rame dropped down a division to sign for Sedan.
Bordeaux finished a disappointing seventh in the 2010-11 season, with Francis Gillot subsequently arriving from Sochaux to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of head coach Jean Tigana in May.
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