Sweden midfielder Farnerud joins Young Boys

Sweden midfielder Farnerud joins Young Boys

Published Jan. 18, 2011 11:28 a.m. ET

Swiss club Young Boys has signed Sweden international Alexander Farnerud from Brondby of Denmark.

Young Boys says on its website that the 26-year-old midfielder signed a contract through to June 2014.

It did not disclose the transfer fee paid to Brondby.

Farnerud will join his new teammates Wednesday at a training camp in Marbella, Spain, during the Swiss league's midseason break.

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Farnerud previously played in France for Strasbourg and for Stuttgart when it won the German league title in 2007.

He has played eight times for Sweden.

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