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    Atletico Madrid sign Dutch defender Heitinga

    Wednesday, July 9, 2008

    MADRID, July 9 (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid have signed Netherlands defender John Heitinga from Ajax on a five-year contract, the Primera Liga club confirmed on Wednesday. The 24-year-old, who can play at right back and centre back, will be presented at the Calderon on Thursday after having agreed a deal back in March when he said Atletico were paying his €10 million buyout clause. He has already passed a medical. Heitinga represented his country at Euro 2008, has won 39 caps, and was cro ...

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