Schweinsteiger maintains solid bond at Bayern

After a career that has already brought him ten winners' medals with FC Bayern München, 24-year-old Bastian Schweinsteiger has signed a three-year contract with the Bundesliga champions, committing until June 2012.

'Very happy'
The German international midfielder has scored 18 goals in 168 league appearances for Bayern, and has won four Bundesliga titles, four German Cups and two League Cups with the club he first joined as a trainee in 1998. His contract was set to expire next summer but Schweinsteiger's new deal potentially extends his association with the Bavarian outfit by another three years. It is a boost for Bayern, who go into Friday's draw for the UEFA Champions League first knockout round as one of eight seeded teams, having won Group F. Schweinsteiger, scorer of 17 goals in 62 games for Germany, played in all six of their group-stage matches.