BATE Borisov’s Belarussian striker Gennadi Blizniuk has joined 2.Bundesliga side FSV Frankfurt on a free transfer. Blizniuk, 28, has signed a contract till the end of the season. FSV have the option to extend it for another two seasons.
Blizniuk has Champions League experience with BATE, and scored four goals in the qualifiers this season to help BATE reach the group stages of the competition.
German U-21 keeper Thorsten Kirschbaum has made a switch to Liechensteiner club FC Vaduz. Kirschbaum, 21, signed for Hoffenheim in 2006 from FC Nürnberg.
Opportunities have been limited for Kirschbaum at Hoffenheim and the arrival of Timo Hildebrand had further emphasised the fact that he was way down Ralf Rangnick’s pecking order.
Ukranian club FC Metalist Kharkiv have announced the signing of Argentine midfielder Walter Anibal Acevedo from San Lorenzo. Acevedo, 22, is primarily a defensive midfield player, and has signed a five year contract at Metalist Kharkiv. He has been capped for Argentina at U-17 and U-20 levels.
Acevedo made over 50 appearances for San Lorenzo in his three year stint as a professional footballer with them.