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Two N. Korean footballers sign contracts with Swiss club
GENEVA, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Two North Korean football players have signed contracts with Concordia Basel of Switzerland, making the first-ever move from the communist country into a European club, a local broadcaster said Friday.
Pak Chol-ryong and Kim Kuk-jin, both aged 19 and members of the North's under-21
national team, arrived in Basel on Wednesday after signing the three-year
contracts, said the Basler Zeitung newspaper. Details of the deal were not
released, it said, adding that it took two years to broker.
The report said the Swiss team considers defender Pak and midfielder Kim
disciplined and tactically shrewd.
The players were accompanied by a North Korean government official, who was
formerly an international referee and who will serve as their interpreter, it
said.
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Pak Chol-ryong and Kim Kuk-jin, both aged 19 and members of the North's under-21
national team, arrived in Basel on Wednesday after signing the three-year
contracts, said the Basler Zeitung newspaper. Details of the deal were not
released, it said, adding that it took two years to broker.
The report said the Swiss team considers defender Pak and midfielder Kim
disciplined and tactically shrewd.
The players were accompanied by a North Korean government official, who was
formerly an international referee and who will serve as their interpreter, it
said.
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