Cruzeiro signs Argentine midfielder Prediger

Cruzeiro signs Argentine midfielder Prediger

Published Aug. 19, 2010 4:11 p.m. ET

Brazilian club Cruzeiro says it has signed Argentine midfielder Leonardo Sebastian Prediger on a one-year loan from FC Porto.

The 24-year-old Prediger was with the Portuguese club since 2009 but this year had been playing on loan with Boca Juniors in Argentina.

Details of the loan with Cruzeiro were not released, but the club said on Thursday it has an option to acquire the player after the loan contract ends.

Prediger is joining countrymen Ernesto Farias and Walter Damian Montillo.

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A two-time Copa Libertadores champion, Cruzeiro also said it signed Brazilian midfielder Pablo on a one-year loan from Zaragoza in Spain, where the 21-year-old also played for Malaga and Gimnastic de Tarragona.

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