Moroccan Mehdi Benatia signs five-year contract with Udinese

Moroccan international player Mehdi Benatia, central defender of the Second Division French Football club of Clermont, signed a five-year contract with the Italian club Udinese, which runs until 2014.

Tracked by several clubs, the 22-year-old defender picked Udinese as his next stop, but he will first finish the season with Clermont before joining the Calcio next summer.

"I seized the opportunity. It is a good club despite their current standing in the Calcio" Benatia told the press.

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