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Osei played six matches for the Serie A side during 2004-2005.
Timisoara finished sixth in the first division last season.
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Bosnia coach Sliskovic takes over Zrinjski Mostar
SARAJEVO, July 28 (Reuters) - Bosnia coach Blaz Sliskovic will also take over champions Zrinjski Mostar, Bosnia's Football Association (NSBIH) said on Thursday.
"The NSBIH's executive board allowed Sliskovic at his request to take over Zrinjski, but on condition that the national side remain his priority," NSBIH press official Fudo Krvavac said.
The 46-year-old was due to sign a two-year contract with his hometown team, Bosnian media reported.
He replaces title-winning coach Franjo Dzidic, who was fired after Zrinjski's surprise exit from the Champions League first qualifying round at the hands of Luxembourg's F91 Dudelange. Dudelange beat the Bosnian champions 3-1 in Mostar to erase their 1-0 advantage from the first leg.
Sliskovic was sacked by Croatian champions Hajduk Split in April after series of poor results.
He has coached Bosnia since 2002 but failed to take them to Euro 2004 in Portugal. They have only a theoretical chance of qualifying for next year's World Cup in Germany. Bosnia are fifth in the six-team European Group Seven with seven points from six games.
The bearded, chain-smoking midfielder made his name with Velez Mostar in the 1980s as one of the most talented players in the former Yugoslavia but erratic form on the pitch and flamboyant lifestyle limited his impact.
He played 26 times for the former Yugoslavia, scoring three goals, and captained Bosnia for one match.
Sliskovic also played for Olympique Marseille, Italy's Pescara and Croatia's Hrvatski Dragovoljac before ending his career with Zrinjski in 1998.
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Ballack named Bundesliga player of year
BERLIN, July 28 (Reuters) - Germany captain Michael Ballack has been named Bundesliga player of the season for the third time in four years in Kicker magazine's poll of sports journalists. The midfielder, who helped Bayern Munich win the league and cup double, was the clear winner with 516 votes ahead of young Germany and Cologne striker Lukas Podolski (103) and Hertha Berlin's Brazilian midfielder Marcelinho (99).
Ballack, recently linked with a move away from Bayern, was also voted best player in 2002 and 2003.
Bayern's Felix Magath won the coach's award, with 433 votes, ahead of Mainz 05's Juergen Klopp, Schalke 04's Ralf Rangnick and Germany's Juergen Klinsmann.
Marcelinho won the most votes in a poll of Bundesliga professionals by Kicker published at the end of May.
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July 28, 2005
LONDON (AFP) - Zambian striker Collins Mbesuma completed his move to Portsmouth when the 21-year-old was granted a work permit to play in the Premiership.
Mbesuma has joined from South African champions Kaizer Chiefs where he scored 35 goals last season.
"Everybody knows his goalscoring rate is phenomenal and he deserves his chance in the best league in the world," said Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric.
"He has to be allowed time to settle into his new surroundings but we have now signed seven players and all of them internationals."
Chief executive Peter Storrie believes Mbesuma can become the long-term successor to Nigerian ace Aiyegbeni Yakubu who was sold to Middlesbrough for 7.5million pounds at the end of last season after scoring 19 goals in each of his two Premiership campaigns at Fratton Park.
He, too, needed to appeal against the rejection a work-permit renewal.
Storrie, who attended the Mbesuma appeal hearing, said: "As in all transfers there is an element of risk and Collins will need a period of adjustment here but he has exceptional talent. The right decision has been made.
"Yakubu was a risk when he first came here but in reality it did not turn out that way."
Top clubs all over Europe were said to be chasing Mbesuma. Despite this, he was turned down for an automatic work-permit to play in this country two weeks ago after agreeing a three-year deal with Portsmouth who are understood to have agreed a price of just 500,000 pounds for him.
The sticking point was that Zambia, although ranked 62nd in FIFA's latest lists, have not figured regularly in the top 70 over the last two years.
Ironically it is Mbesuma's goals - he netted a hat-trick in a recent World Cup qualifier against Congo, scoring eight goals in all in five international games - that have propelled them up the rankings table.
Portsmouth's French manager Alain Perrin has already signed compatriots Laurent Robert - on loan from Newcastle - and Gregory Vignal plus Irish international Andy O'Brien, Colombian midfielder John Viafara, Norwegian striker Azar Karadas and Dutch goalkeeper Sander Westerveld.
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Atletico loan out Uruguayan midfielder Sosa to Osasuna
MADRID, July 28 (Reuters) - Uruguayan midfielder Marcelo Sosa has been loaned out by Atletico Madrid to fellow Primera Liga side Osasuna for next season.
Atletico said that the 27-year-old international would undergo a medical with the Navarrans who had an option to buy him at the end of the season.
Sosa joined Atletico from Spartak Moscow at the start of last season, but was unable to hold down a regular place in the first team.
His departure frees up one of the club's three berths for non-European Union players.
Fellow midfielder Jesper Gronkjaer is also on the verge of leaving Atletico to sign for Stuttgart, while the club are negotiating with Real Zaragoza to sign Argentine winger Luciano Galletti as his replacement.
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Tacchinardi signs one-year deal with Villarreal
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MADRID, July 28 (Reuters) - Former Italian international midfielder Alessio Tacchinardi has signed a one-year deal with Villarreal, the Primera Liga club announced on Thursday.
The experienced 30-year-old, who began his career at Atalanta, joins Villarreal after 11 years at Juventus where he won five league championships, one Italian Cup, the European Super Cup and the World Club Cup.
He did not play in the final when Juventus won the Champions League in 1996, but was involved in their defeats in the 1997, 1998 and 2003 finals.
Villarreal are in the third qualifying round of the Champions League after finishing in a best ever third place in the Primera Liga last season.
As well as Tacchinardi the club have also signed Argentine goalkeeper Mariano Barbosa and Ecuador midfielder Antonio Valencia to strengthen their squad in the close season.
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Brazilian football star Jaja dies
July 28, 2005
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazilian football legend Jair Rosa Pinto who was known as "Master Jaja" has died at the age of 84 at his home here after suffering from a lung related disease, local press reported.
Jaja, who gave advice to players like Pele and Didi, was known for his small feet (size 4/37) but it failed to hinder his talent as he was the player who invented the dead ball free-kick and step-over.
During his final years with Santos, Jaja spent time coaching a certain youngster by the name of Pele who at 19 was already a world champion with Brazil.
Jair Rosa Pinto never experienced World Cup fame like Pele, he played 41 matches and scored 21 goals for the national team.
Jaja was a member of the Brazilian world cup team that played in the "final of all finals" at the Maracana stadium in 1950 in which they lost 2-1 against Uruguay.
He couldn't understand how they had lost after leading 1-0 and he often asked God for an explanation.
Born in 1921 in Barra Mansa, near Rio, Jaja started his career in Madureira before playing for a number of big Brazilian clubs, Flamengo, Vasco de Gama, Santos, Ponte Preta and Palmeiras with which he experienced his greatest moments on the pitch.
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Panathinaikos close to signing Southampton's Nilsson
By Barney Spender
ATHENS, July 29 (Reuters) - Swedish international Mikael Nilsson is due in Athens later on Friday to complete a move from English second division Southampton to top Greek side Panathinaikos, according to local media reports.
Panathinaikos, who will discover their opponents in the third qualifying round of the Champions League on Friday, have made no official comment.
But national broadcaster ERT said Nilsson, an ever-present for Sweden at Euro 2004, would be in Athens to complete negotiations.
The Southampton website said the 27-year-old utility player would cost a fee of 600,000 euros ($724,000).
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Australia captain Moore joins Newcastle
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LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) - Australia captain Craig Moore has joined Newcastle United, the Premier League club said on their website on Friday.
The 29-year-old defender signed a two-year contract after passing a medical.
Free agent Moore has been without a club since ending a brief spell with German Bundesliga team Borussia Moenchengladbach at the end of last season.
"I've watched the Premiership for many years and it's always been a place where I would like to play," said Moore. "I am really delighted to be given this opportunity.
"I don't feel as if I'm an old player, I think 29 is a good age. It's an extremely tough league but one I'm really looking forward to playing in."
Moore joined Rangers in 1993 and spent five seasons at Ibrox before leaving for Crystal Palace.
Moore, who has won 30 caps for Australia, spent six months with Palace before returning to Rangers.
He moved to Moenchengladbach on a free transfer in January.
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Celtic sign Japan's Nakamura then look to China captain
By Kenny MacDonald
GLASGOW, July 29 (Reuters) - Celtic paraded their 2.75 million pounds ($4.83 million) Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura on the eve of the new Scottish season and confirmed that China captain Du Wei is to arrive for a week's trial.
Nakamura, the first Japanese footballer to play in Scotland, told a packed news conference at Celtic Park on Friday that all he knew about the country was bagpipes and Highland dancing.
"When I arrived I saw many media people and the attention was on me so I want to contribute to the set up and the Celtic team and the fans as well," he said via an interpreter.
Celtic manager Gordon Strachan said Nakamura should make his debut next week, adding. "It will not be tomorrow (Saturday) because he has not really trained and is just getting himself together. Hopefully, it will be next Saturday.
Celtic, who lost a Champions League second round qualifier 5-0 at Artmedia Bratislava in midweek, open their Scottish Premier League campaign at Motherwell this Saturday followed by a home game against Dundee United the following weekend.
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell confirmed Celtic's interest in China defender Du Wei. "He will be here on Saturday night and he will be training with us for a week, just to see how things go," said Lawell.
Strachan added: "Obviously, it is very hard to see players in that area but he comes highly recommended and we're looking to bring people in who will make the team better and take it on a level.
"So we are open-minded and there are a couple of Chinese lads who have done very well in England with their play, their attitude and their fitness and we thought, 'Yeah, we'll have a look.'"