Canadian-born Portuguese defender Steven Vitoria has signed a four-year contract with Benfica, the Lisbon club have announced.
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The 26-year-old, who was born in Toronto and has played for Portugal at under-19 and under-20 level, joins last year's Primeira Liga runners-up from Estoril.
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Benfica are looking to strengthen their squad and have in recent weeks have signed three Serbia internationals: attacking midfielder Filip Djuricic and forwards Lazar Markovic and Miralem Sulejmani.
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The club last season had been in line for a historic treble but lost the league to Porto, were beaten in the Europa League final by Chelsea and then came off second-best to Vitoria de Guimaraes in the Portuguese cup final.
As at now I really believe Benfica is fine even without his signature but it's all good he joined them at the right time.