Stuttgart backing Boka with new deal
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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VfB Stuttgart left-back Arthur Boka has extended his deal with the club for two years until summer 2012 and ahead of their tie with FC Zenit St. Petersburg said: "We have ambitious goals and I want to play my part."
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VfB Stuttgart left-back Arthur Boka has extended his deal with the club for two years until summer 2012.
'Feel at home'
Boka, 25, arrived at Stuttgart from RC Strasbourg in 2006 and helped them to the Bundesliga title in his first season. The former ASEC Mimosas and KSK Beveren defender, capped 33 times by Ivory Coast, said: "I have been here for almost three years now and I feel really at home. In the first year we won the championship right away. In the following season things did not go so smoothly, but we want to return to previous winning ways. As of late, we have improved. We have ambitious goals and I want to play my part." Stuttgart, tenth in the Bundesliga, continue their UEFA Cup campaign against holders FC Zenit St. Petersburg in the Round of 32 on 18 and 26 February.
