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Buriram United sign Iceland international Solvi Ottesen

Thai League side Buriram United have completed the signing of Iceland defender Solvi Ottesen from Chinese League One club Wuhan Zall.

Buriram decided to sign the 32-year-old centre-back as a replacement for Venezuelan international Andrez Tunez, who moved to Spain’s Elche on loan.

Ottesen has been capped 28 times by Iceland national football team since making his debut in 2005.

He has also previously played for several clubs in Sweden, Denmark, Russia before spending his last two seasons in China with Jiangsu Suning and Wuhan Zall.