Kralj back at Partizan
Thursday, June 5, 2003
Article summary
Ivica Kralj is back at FK Partizan for a third spell after joining on a free transfer from PSV Eindhoven.
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Goalkeeper Ivica Kralj has returned to Serbo-Montenegrin champions FK Partizan for a third spell after signing a one-year contract.
Free transfer
Kralj, who joins on a free transfer from PSV Eindhoven, said: "I feel like I have never left. Partizan is my second home. I have come for one year but I am not hiding my wish to extend the contract next season. I want to become a regular in the team and return to the national team."
Previous spells
Kralj first joined Partizan in 1987 from FK Arsenal Tivat, staying for eleven years. After spells with FC Porto, FK Radnicki Niš and PSV Eindhoven, he returned to Partizan on loan from the Dutch side early in the 2001/02 before returning to the Eredivisie club. However, he did not play a single game for PSV in the season just finished.
Champions League ambition