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Werder Bremen has signed defender Mateo Pavlovic from Croatian first division side NK Zagreb.
The Bundesliga club says in a statement that the 22-year-old Pavlovic, a Croatia youth international, has agreed a deal until June 2016.
Bremen director of football and scouting Frank Baumann says the club has been watching the player for a long time and that ''he is a young, talented center back who has a lot of potential and meets our requirements.''
Pavlovic says he is ''very happy to take the next step in my career.''
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Pavlovic has nine caps for Croatia's under-21 team.
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