Berlin - Schalke 04 have signed Brazilian right-back Junior Caicara from Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad, the club announced on Thursday.
Caicara, 26, will bolster a Schalke defence weakened for the start of next season by the absence of Japan's Atsuto Uchida, who underwent a knee operation earlier this month.
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