Advocaat to coach Zenit St Petersburg

ST PETERSBURG, June 26 (Reuters) Dutchman Dick Advocaat has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to coach Zenit St Petersburg, the Russian premier league side said today.

Advocaat stepped down as South Korea manager after his team was eliminated from the World Cup in Germany on Friday.

Zenit said on their website that the 58-year-old would arrive in Russia's second city next Monday.

Advocaat will make his Russian debut next Thursday when Zenit host Dynamo Moscow in a league game.

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