Christian Vieri joins Botafogo

Italy striker Christian Vieri has signed a tie with the lowly Botafogo de Ribeirao Preto to dispute the Campeonato Paulista 2010. Thus, return to active practice after announcing his retirement.

The former Atletico Madrid, Milan, Inter and Juventus, among other equipment, had announced his retirement, but it seems that the offer of the Sao Paulo box made him change his mind. According to club sources, the financial arrangement is closed and only remains for El Toro approve appropriate medical examinations. In the absence of problems, Vieri will be in the Paulista championship next year, which is facing giants Botafogo and Corinthians, Palmeiras, Sao Paulo and Santos.

The aim of the club is a place for themselves in the limelight of Brazilian football, and for that also seek to hire the Italian Francesco Coco, who hung his boots for over two years. With the addition of these two players the club, the birthplace of Socrates and of lateral crack Barça Dani Alves, ensuring a fair share of attention from the media, but the football they can bring the Italians at this point in their lives is unknown.

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