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FILE -Inter Milan\u2019s goalkeeper Yann Sommer controls the ball during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Inter Milan, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo\/Luca Bruno, File)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

BRUGGE, Belgium \u2014 Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer signed up for Champions League soccer with Club Brugge on Tuesday after three seasons and two Serie A titles with Inter Milan.<\/p>

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Brugge said<\/a> it gave the 37-year-old Sommer a three-year contract as a free agent. He will replace veteran Simon Mignolet, who retired in May aged 38 after helping Brugge win the Belgian league.<\/p>\n

Sommer will return to the Champions League after helping Inter reach the final in 2025, when it lost 5-0 to Paris Saint-Germain. Inter was stunningly eliminated by Bod\u00f8\/Glimt<\/a> last season in the knockout playoffs round.<\/p>

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Sommer has won league titles with Inter, Bayern Munich and in Switzerland with Basel, where he started his career.<\/p>\n

He played 94 times for Switzerland and went to each World Cup from 2014 to 2022. Sommer retired from the national team after a quarterfinals loss to England at the 2024 European Championship.<\/p>

Read more Neither France nor Spain has trailed at this year\u2019s World Cup, but only one can reach the final<\/a><\/p>\n

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AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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