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Netherlands midfielder Engelaar joins Schalke

17:43 BST, Tue 15 Jul 2008
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Orlando Engelaar (R) of the Netherlands runs past Anatoliy Tymoschuk of Ukraine during an international soccer friendly, in preparation for the Euro 2008 Championship, in Rotterdam May 24, 2008. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

July 15 (Reuters) - Netherlands midfielder Orlando Engelaar has signed a three-year contract to join Schalke 04 from Twente Enschede, the Bundesliga club said on its website (www.schalke04.de).

The 28-year-old midfielder, who started all his country's Euro 2008 matches, signed for a transfer fee of about 5.5 million euros, according to German media reports.

Twente said on July 3 they had agreed to sell Engelaar, who played for NAC Breda and Genk before joining them in 2006. He made 56 league appearances for the club, who he captained to a place in the Champions League qualifying round this year.

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