Pelita to hire foreign players

Sat, 23 Dec 2000, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SEMARANG (JP): Pelita soccer club in Surakarta, Central Java,
will hire four players from Senegal, Mali and Uzbekistan to face
the 2001 Bank Mandiri Soccer League.

"The foreign players are midfielder Djabate Seran of Mali and
strikers Libasse Layeser (Senegal) and Uzbeks Pacel Solomin and
Rustam Bulatov," Pelita's soccer director Danurwindo said Friday.

"Their recruitment is aimed to improve our ability in scoring
goals. That's why we focused on negotiating for frontline
players," he added.

According to Danur, Solomin was one of the top scorers in the
Uzbek league while Seran had played for Italian Torino club.
(har)

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