Pazzini signs for Inter Milan

Pazzini signs for Inter Milan

Published Jan. 28, 2011 9:23 p.m. ET

Italy striker Giampaolo Pazzini has joined Inter Milan from Sampdoria, signing a contract through June 2015.

Inter says on its website that the 26-year-old Pazzini signed for €12 million ($16.5million), with French winger Jonathan Biabiany moving in the opposite direction.

Pazzini has scored nine goals in all competitions for Sampdoria this season. He joined the Genoa club in 2009 from Fiorentina. In his first season he scored 11 goals in 19 appearances then added 19 in 37 games in 2009-10.

He has made 13 international appearances for Italy, scoring one goal, and was in the squad for last year's World Cup.
 

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