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Doubai makes Serie A switch

Image: Doubai: Hoping a move to Italy will reignite his international career

Udinese have moved to secure the signature of Ivory Coast international Thierry Doubai.

Udinese pounce for Ivorian midfielder

Udinese have moved to secure the signature of Ivory Coast international Thierry Doubai. The Serie A outfit have been busy bolstering their ranks of late and Doubai becomes their third capture of the summer. The 23-year-old midfielder arrives in Italy after spending the last four years in Switzerland with BSC Young Boys. He made 77 appearances for the Bern-based outfit and appeared in all eight of their UEFA Champions League fixtures last season.

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Doubai will be hoping that a high-profile switch will give him the opportunity to add to the one international cap in picked up in a friendly against Tunisia in 2008. He has penned a five-year contract, so will have ample opportunity to prove his worth. Doubai joins fellow new recruits Danilo Larangeira and Abdoul Wahid in Francesco Guidolin's squad for 2011/12. The upcoming campaign will see Udinese back in the Champions League, having secured a fourth-place finish last season.

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